EditorialTerracotta hydria (water jar), Archaic, ca. 560?550 B.C., Greek, Attic, Terracotta; black-figure, H. 13 1/8 in. (33.3 cm), Vases, On the body, Herakles wrestling Triton, On the shoulder, Achilles pursuing Troilos. Herakles wrestling Triton is a recurre...
EditorialCostume Design for a Demon (Se?or Remon), for a performance held during the celebration of the wedding of Marie-Louise de Bourbon with Archduke L?opold de Habsbourg-Lorraine, hosted by the Marquis of Ossuna in Madrid in 1764.
EditorialCostume Design for a Demon (Se?or Remon), for a performance held during the celebration of the wedding of Marie-Louise de Bourbon with Archduke L?opold de Habsbourg-Lorraine, hosted by the Marquis of Ossuna in Madrid in 1764.
EditorialHexagonal Tile, first half 15th century, Attributed to Syria, Composite body; underglaze painted, Ht. 7 1/8 in. (18.1 cm), Ceramics-Tiles, The background of tightly coiled spirals and the use of black, blue, and turquoise underglaze pigments betray the...
EditorialTerracotta jug, Cypro-Archaic I, ca. 750?600 B.C., Cypriot, Terracotta, H. 9 15/16 in. (25.3 cm), Vases, Birds represent a frequent motif on this class of jugs with so-called free-field decoration. The variety in the birds' articulation is noteworthy, ...
EditorialMarble palette, Early Cycladic I, ca. 3000?2800 B.C., Cycladic, Marble, width 2 9/16in. (6.5cm), The palette is an established shape in the repertoire of Cycladic marble utensils. Recurrent traces of red pigment, as here, suggest that palettes were use...
EditorialGold capsule in the form of a grasshopper, Archaic-Classical, 6th?4th century B.C., Cypriot, Gold, Other: 1 in. (2.5 cm), Gold and Silver, A recurrent object of the Archaic and Classical periods--part amulet, part jewelry--is the small capsule worn as ...
EditorialTerracotta hydria (water jar), Archaic, ca. 560?550 B.C., Greek, Attic, Terracotta; black-figure, H. 13 1/8 in. (33.3 cm), Vases, On the body, Herakles wrestling Triton, On the shoulder, Achilles pursuing Troilos. Herakles wrestling Triton is a recurre...