EditorialSupplication of Louis XVI, Place de la Revolution on January 21, 1793; or 1st of the Republic, Louis XVI is beheaded on the Place de la R?volution on January 21, 1793, signed: Sweebach Desfontaines inv. Et del, Berthault sculp, Fig. 11, no. 78, after p...
EditorialSupplication of Saint Rochus Biblical, mythological and allegorical representations (series title), During an outbreak of the plague, Saint Roch (top right) begs the Virgin Mary for help. In the foreground a group of plague sufferers. The print is part...
EditorialStela of Shamshi-Adad V. from Nimrud, Mesopotamia, northern Iraq. The king extends his right hand, with forefinger outstretched in the typical Assyrian gesture of respect and supplication towards the gods. He wears a large Maltese cross on his chest as...
EditorialShiva and Parvati are shown in the foreground of the painting seated beside Nandi the bull. Five Gods join hands in supplication before them and ask Shiva to rid the world of the rakshasas, who advises them to ask Vishnu. In the top register, Vishnu an...
EditorialMatilda, Countess of Tuscany, sits on a throne framed by an archway. Her cousin, Holy roman Emperor Henry IV (1050-1106) kneels before her in supplication. Behind him, the Abbot Hugh of Cluny sits on an elaborate seat holding a crosier. Italy. 12th cen...
EditorialBas-de-page scene showing the Virgin Mary appearing before a monk, who kneels in supplication before a statue of the Virgin and Child on an altar. Queen Mary Psalter. England (London?); circa 1310-1320. Source: Royal 2 B. VII, f.221v. Language: Latin.
EditorialShiva and Parvati are shown in the foreground of the painting seated beside Nandi the bull. Five Gods join hands in supplication before them and ask Shiva to rid the world of the rakshasas, who advises them to ask Vishnu. In the top register, Vishnu an...
EditorialChrist, with three disciples, encounters a woman, possibly Martha, the Canaanite woman or the woman with an issue of blood, who kneels in supplication, holding an unfurled blank scroll, with four male figures in niches to the left and right; below, par...
EditorialPsalm 31. Border decoration with grotesques, a man dancing a reel, holding a legless bird, and an angry wife thrashing her husband, who kneels in supplication, with a large distaff. At the foot; a seated pope with papal tiara and crozier. Luttrell Psal...
EditorialOpening of Proverbs. Bible. France; circa 1260. [Whole folio] Beginning of the Book of Proverbs. Rehoboam with book on his lap, sitting at the feet of King Solomon, who holds a birch rod. Below, Solomon enthroned with crown and sceptre; a soldier in ar...
EditorialCustoms of the american Indians. 16th century. Mourning and supplication of the of Indian warriors' widows, calling for revenge for the death of their husbands. Engraving, 1841.
EditorialMatilda, Countess of Tuscany, sits on a throne framed by an archway. Her cousin, Holy roman Emperor Henry IV (1050-1106) kneels before her in supplication. Behind him, the Abbot Hugh of Cluny sits on an elaborate seat holding a crosier. Italy. 12th cen...
EditorialGroup of Nude Male Figures Kneeling and Standing in Supplication, ca. 1598, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash. Squared in red chalk, 6-15/16 x 7-13/16 in. (17.6 x 19.8 cm), Drawings, Giovanni Baglione (Italian, Rome 1566?1643 Rome), As pointed ou...
EditorialThe Virgin and Saint Rosalia Interceding with Christ, 1625?1713, Pen and brown ink, over black chalk, 10 5/16 x 8 15/16in. (26.2 x 22.7cm), Drawings, Carlo Maratti (Italian, Camerano 1625?1713 Rome), Saint Rosalia, shown at the left in supplication bef...
EditorialReliquary Cross with Saint George, 800?1300, Byzantine, Copper alloy, Overall: 4 15/16 x 2 3/8 x 1/2 in. (12.6 x 6.1 x 1.2 cm), Metalwork-Copper alloy, The figure of Saint George wearing a tunic, arms raised in supplication, is incised on one side of t...
EditorialCustoms of the american Indians. 16th century. Mourning and supplication of the of Indian warriors' widows, calling for revenge for the death of their husbands. Engraving, 1841.
EditorialFlorida tribeswomen crouch in supplication before a rival chief after the killing of their spouses. Illustration copied from Theodor de Bry's "America," 1591. Handcoloured lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsche's "Vollstaendige V?lkergallerie in ge...
EditorialTarget for archery. Archery is the national sport of Bhutan; the targets placed around 140 m away from the archers. Competitions involve supplication of local deities.
EditorialStela of Shamshi-Adad V. from Nimrud, Mesopotamia, northern Iraq. The king extends his right hand, with forefinger outstretched in the typical Assyrian gesture of respect and supplication towards the gods. He wears a large Maltese cross on his chest as...