EditorialPoem of Sir Thomas Wyatt. England; circa 1537. [Whole folio] Autograph draft of a poem beginning 'What rage is this? What furour of what kynd?', which is preoccupied with torments of 'wrathfull love' Originally published/produced in England; circa 153...
EditorialReclining Nude, 1883, Oil on canvas, 25 5/8 x 32 in. (65.1 x 81.3 cm), Paintings, Auguste Renoir (French, Limoges 1841?1919 Cagnes-sur-Mer), Nudes and the grand tradition of classical art preoccupied Renoir in the 1880s. In this painting, he paid homag...
EditorialStanding Male Nude Holding a Bow ('Poynter Apollo'), 1501?3, Pen and brown and black ink, 8 5/8 x 5 11/16 in. (21.9 x 14.5 cm), Drawings, Albrecht D?rer (German, Nuremberg 1471?1528 Nuremberg), As his artistic career advanced and his exposure to Italia...
EditorialSkeleton of Death adorning a Countess with a necklace of bones even as she is preoccupied with a new gown from her maid. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Wenceslaus Hollar from The Dance of Death by Hans Holbein, Coxhead, London, 1816.