EditorialWalls of Babylon Babylonis Muri (title on object) From the Seven Wonders of the World (series title) The eight wonders of the world (series title) The Great Figuer-Bibel (...) (series title), The walls of Babylon, built in circles. Rear left a large bu...
EditorialSemiramis. Henri Fantin-Latour; French, 1836-1904. Date: 1894-1895. Dimensions: 368 ? 269 mm (image); 566 ? 418 mm (sheet). Lithograph in black on ivory chine. Origin: France.
EditorialSemiramis. Legendary Lydian-Babylonian wife of Ninus, Assyrian king. The mother Derketo abandoned her at birth and doves fed the child until Simmas, the royal shepherd, found her. Scene from her childhood. Drawing by Casanovas. Chromolithography. La Ci...
EditorialSemiramis. Henri Fantin-Latour; French, 1836-1904. Date: 1894-1895. Dimensions: 368 ? 269 mm (image); 566 ? 418 mm (sheet). Lithograph in black on ivory chine. Origin: France.
EditorialSemiramis. Henri Fantin-Latour; French, 1836-1904. Date: 1894-1895. Dimensions: 368 ? 269 mm (image); 566 ? 418 mm (sheet). Lithograph in black on ivory chine. Origin: France.
EditorialSemiramis. Legendary Lydian-Babylonian wife of Ninus, Assyrian king. The mother Derketo abandoned her at birth and doves fed the child until Simmas, the royal shepherd, found her. Scene from her childhood. Drawing by Casanovas. Chromolithography. La Ci...
EditorialSemiramis. Legendary Lydian-Babylonian wife of Ninus, Assyrian king. The mother Derketo abandoned her at birth and doves fed the child until Simmas, the royal shepherd, found her. Scene from her childhood. Drawing by Casanovas. Chromolithography. La Ci...
EditorialBoccaccio reading a book; Boccaccio presenting the book to Andrea Acciaiuoli and a group of women; a messenger presenting a letter to Semiramis; a queen with four female musicians. De claris mulieribus. France, early 15th century. Source: Royal 20 C. V...
EditorialPortrait of Semiramis, wife of King Ninus of Assyria, wearing a hairband, holding a scroll and with a bare breast, on cornelian from the Duke of Marlborough's collection. Copperplate engraving by Thomas Worlidge from James Vallentin's One Hundred and E...
EditorialSemiramis, wife of King Ninus of Assyria, with scroll and diadem. Copperplate engraving by Francesco Bartolozzi after a design by Giovanni Battista Cipriani from 108 Plates of Antique Gems, 1860. The gems were from the Duke of Marlborough's collection.
EditorialAssaradon and his mother Naqi'a, who seems to be the model for the Greek legend of Queen Semiramis, a polit-cally active and influential woman to whom campaigns in Africa and India were ascribed, but also the plans for the Hanging Gardens. Bronze, H: 3...