EditorialModel of Topgallant Crosstrees, Bramble payments consisting of longitudinal, three transverse and a crossbar, cast in lead and painted black. Probably a fragment of a large ship model. Possibly a model., anonymous, Netherlands, c. 1750 - c. 1800, paint...
EditorialModel of Topgallant Crosstrees, Bramble payments consisting of longitudinal, three transverse and a crossbeam, cast in lead and painted black. Probably a fragment of a large ship model. Possibly a model., anonymous, Netherlands, c. 1750 - c. 1800, pain...
EditorialStudy of a Figure in a Niche (Saint Ambrose; recto); Architectural Studies: Four Alternative Designs for Fictive Niches and an Unrelated Design with Garlands (verso), ca. 1560-67.
EditorialStudy of a Figure in a Niche (Saint Ambrose; recto); Architectural Studies: Four Alternative Designs for Fictive Niches and an Unrelated Design with Garlands (verso), ca. 1560-67.
EditorialLeonardo da Vinci's notes. Notebook of Leonardo da Vinci. early 16th century. (Whole folios) Diagrams and notes, including payments made for colours, by Leonardo da Vinci Image taken from Notebook of Leonardo da Vinci. Originally published/produced i...
EditorialStudy of a Figure in a Niche (Saint Ambrose; recto); Architectural Studies: Four Alternative Designs for Fictive Niches and an Unrelated Design with Garlands (verso), ca. 1560-67.
EditorialLady Smith (Charlotte Delaval) and Her Children (George Henry, Louisa, and Charlotte), 1787, Oil on canvas, 55 3/8 x 44 1/8 in. (140.7 x 112.1 cm), Paintings, Sir Joshua Reynolds (British, Plympton 1723?1792 London), Charlotte, the daughter of Sir Fran...
EditorialOne of a Pair of Gold Earrings, 550?650, Avar, Gold, Other: 2 3/16 ? 7/8 ? 13/16 in., 0 Troy Ounces (5.5 ? 2.3 ? 2 cm, 16g), Metalwork-Gold, In the 500s and early 600s, when the Avars were regularly receiving enormous payments from the Byzantine Empire...
EditorialOne of a Pair of Gold Earrings, 550?650, Avar, Gold, 2 3/16 ? 7/8 ? 13/16 in., 0 Troy Ounces (5.6 ? 2.2 ? 2.1 cm, 16g), Metalwork-Gold, In the 500s and early 600s, when the Avars were regularly receiving enormous payments from the Byzantine Empire, vir...
EditorialRelief Block with Coat of Arms of Cholula, early 16th century, Mexico, Mexican, Stone, traces of stucco, Overall: 18 x 26 in. (45.72 x 66.04 cm), Stone-Sculpture, The Aztecs, like other Mesoamerican peoples before them, devised a form of writing to rec...
EditorialThe United States. San Francisco (California). 19th century. Crowd around the bank the day that it suspended payments, August 26th, 1882. Engraving, 1882.
EditorialA set of Hematite weights from Ur, southern Iraq, 1900-1600 BCE. Hematite was consistently used in Mesopotamia for weights from the late 3rd milennium BC; it is a hard stone which wears well and it would be obvious if it had been tampered with. A syste...