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Editorial Oleanders.
Editorial Allegory of the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands Title page for Fran?ois Halma and Matthaeus Brouerius van Nidek, Tooneel of the United Netherlands and its subordinate landscapes, 1725 Francois Halma's Stage of the United Netherlands and its de...
Editorial Only a sick body is cared for Allegories about the care of man for the body and the neglect of the soul (series title) Animae incuria ob nimiam corporis Curam (series title), An ass lies in his sick bed and vomiting. He symbolizes the sick human body (...
Editorial Residents of Amsterdam in the guise of frogs gathered on Dam Square in Amsterdam, English cartoon on the Netherlands during the Second English War. On the Dam in front of the town hall a crowd of people dressed as frogs gathered to attend the speech of...
Editorial Title page for New Rome, by F. Desseine, Amsterdam, 1704 Description of New Rome (title on object), The female personification of the city of Rome is on an elevation with its attributes. Next to her is the female personification of religion and another...
Editorial Allegory on the history of Great Britain with the portrait of Isaac de Larrey, The personification history, sitting on the floor, writes the history of Great Britain together with the personification Inspiration. Right at a pillar the personification o...
Editorial The city maid of Haarlem takes the oath Charters of the city of Haerlem (title on object), The Haarlem city maid is kneeling in front of a throning woman and takes the oath. She wears the armor of Minerva and is supported by a shield with the city arms...
Editorial Female figure with palette pointing to a painting Title print by: Toneel van Sinnebeelden, third part New Ordonantien van Sinnebeelde, Suitable to the painter by Deure Haartslee-stucke, etc. (title on object) Toneel van sinnebbeelden opened to the serv...
Editorial Amsterdam City Virgin with a coat of arms, The crowned Amsterdam City Virgin with the arms of Amsterdam in her hand holds the caduceus for a coat of arms with the image of a double-headed eagle, crowned with crossed axes. On the other side of the coat ...
Editorial Elevation of the Prince of Orange to Stadholder by the States of Zeeland, Silver Medal. Obverse: Virgin of Zeeland, in the form of a helmeted woman with a drawn sword, freedom hat on a spear and a coat of arms with an inscription, tramples a snake with...
Editorial Allegorical show with an elephant Tomus Sixtus (title on object), Landscape with four putti, who are involved in catching birds and fish, around an allegorical female figure with a spear at a cannon. In the landscape stands an elephant with a tower on ...
Editorial Memorial print in memory of the Battle of Waterloo, The print was published fifty years after the event. In a decorative border consisting of arms, leaves, a family crest, a crown and lions, there is a poem by Samuel Johannes van den Bergh. Under the p...
Editorial Amsterdam City Virgo surrounded by putti, The Amsterdam City Virgo sits on an elevation with the coat of arms of Amsterdam. She has extended her arm to the cornucopia held by a putto with a winged helmet. To her right a putto flies with a crown in his ...
Editorial Outer ornamental is considered more important than inner well-being. Allegories about human care for the body and the neglect of the soul (series title) Animae incvria ob nimiam corporis Cvram (series title on object) Animae incuria ob nimiam corporis ...
Editorial Staging of dolls in a setting, representing the fable about the wolf and the lamb, The staging is: Le Loup et l'Agneau, beasts of prey, predatory animals: wolf - FF - fabulous animals (sometimes wrongly called 'grotesques'), 'Mostri' (Ripa) (animals us...
Editorial Mirror of the example Specvlvm S. Scriptvrae (title on object) Twelve mirrors with which man tries to see God (series title) Duodecim Specula Deum (series title), Two believers in the foreground. They kneel before a mirror diptych that shows the reflec...
Editorial Ophelia (Twelve Characters from Shakespeare).
Editorial Roundel with a Personification of the Moon, ca. 860?890, Made in south central France, Carolingian, Cloisonn? enamel, Copper alloy, gilding, iron back plate, Overall: 3 3/8 x 1/4 in. (8.6 x 0.6 cm), Enamels-Cloisonn?, This plaque is one of the earliest...
Editorial Portrait of Thomas Sydenham, Portrait of the English doctor Thomas Sydenham. Below the portrait an ointment jar, rolls of paper, books and a snake that wraps itself around the staff of the Greek god of medicine, Asclepius., Attributes of Aesculapius, s...
Editorial Paul C?zanne: Young Man and Skull (Jeune homme ? la t?te de mort), Paul C?zanne, 1896?1898, Oil on canvas, Seated at a wooden table covered with books, a young man leans on his elbow in a pose recalling Renaissance representations of Melancholia, one o...
Editorial Indra, Lord of the Gods: Regent of the East.
Editorial Varuna, Lord of Knowledge; Regent of the West.
Editorial Yama, Lord of Death: Regent of the South.
Editorial Brahma Standing on a Turtle Surrounded by the Four Lokapalas, Guardians of the Cardinal Directions.
Editorial The Lokapala Kubera, Regent of the North.
Editorial Ophelia (Twelve Characters from Shakespeare).
Editorial Senwosret III as a Sphinx.
Editorial Anthropoides virgo, Print, The demoiselle crane (Grus virgo) is a species of crane found in central Eurasia, ranging from the Black Sea to Mongolia and North Eastern China. There is also a small breeding population in Turkey. These cranes are migratory...
Editorial Anthropoides virgo, Print, The demoiselle crane (Grus virgo) is a species of crane found in central Eurasia, ranging from the Black Sea to Mongolia and North Eastern China. There is also a small breeding population in Turkey. These cranes are migratory...
Editorial Anthropoides virgo, Print, The demoiselle crane (Grus virgo) is a species of crane found in central Eurasia, ranging from the Black Sea to Mongolia and North Eastern China. There is also a small breeding population in Turkey. These cranes are migratory...
Editorial Virgin and Child.
Editorial Ravana visits the moon. Ravana ascends higher and higher, travelling past the source of the Ganges where elephants frolic in sacred waters, depicted in the left corner. Two garudas and two birds are shown flying on the left indicating the aerial realms...
Editorial Oleanders.
Editorial Scatalogical Object Functioning Symbolically.
Editorial Ophelia (Twelve Characters from Shakespeare).
Editorial Oleanders.
Editorial Finger Ring depicting King Akhenaten and Queen Nefertiti as Shu and Tefnut.
Editorial Figure of a Woman of Nubian Descent.
Editorial Portrait of a German Officer.
Editorial Pen Box.
Editorial Portrait of a German Officer.
Editorial Sardonyx cameo fragment with Jupiter astride an eagle.
Editorial Isis and Horus.
Editorial Isis and Horus.
Editorial Isis and Horus.
Editorial Model of the "Opening of the Mouth" ritual equipment.
Editorial Model of Brewers, Bakers, and Butchers.
Editorial The relief during the flood of 1926, symbolically presented. Draughtsman: Jan Toorop. Dating: 1926. Measurements: h 252 mm ? w 161 mm.
Editorial Thanksgiving Day in the Army-After Dinner: The Wish-Bone-Drawn by Winslow Homer (Harper's Weekly, Vol. VIII).
Editorial The relief during the flood of 1926, symbolically presented. Draughtsman: Jan Toorop. Dating: 1926. Measurements: h 252 mm ? w 161 mm.
Editorial In Book 3 Rej describes the last stage of human life in which an old man is prone to ill-health and disease. This illustration showing some natural disasters, symbolically depicts the condition of old age. . Zwierciadlo [The Mirror]. W Krakowie : Maci...
Editorial Ravana visits the moon. Ravana ascends higher and higher, travelling past the source of the Ganges where elephants frolic in sacred waters, depicted in the left corner. Two garudas and two birds are shown flying on the left indicating the aerial realms...
Editorial Oleanders.
Editorial Isis and Horus.
Editorial Indra, Lord of the Gods: Regent of the East.
Editorial Varuna, Lord of Knowledge; Regent of the West.
Editorial Isis and Horus.
Editorial Yama, Lord of Death: Regent of the South.
Editorial Brahma Standing on a Turtle Surrounded by the Four Lokapalas, Guardians of the Cardinal Directions.
Editorial The Lokapala Kubera, Regent of the North.
Editorial Vanity Sounds the Horn and Ignorance Unleashes the Hounds Overconfidence, Rashness, and Desire (from The Hunt of the Frail Stag).
Editorial Pen Box.
Editorial Isis and Horus.
Editorial Ophelia (Twelve Characters from Shakespeare).
Editorial Model of the "Opening of the Mouth" ritual equipment.
Editorial Figure of a Woman of Nubian Descent.
Editorial Oleanders.
Editorial Finger Ring depicting King Akhenaten and Queen Nefertiti as Shu and Tefnut.
Editorial Royal Scepter (Makpo).
Editorial Thanksgiving Day in the Army-After Dinner: The Wish-Bone-Drawn by Winslow Homer (Harper's Weekly, Vol. VIII).
Editorial Senwosret III as a Sphinx.
Editorial Portrait of a German Officer.
Editorial Model of Brewers, Bakers, and Butchers.
Editorial Sardonyx cameo fragment with Jupiter astride an eagle.
Editorial Virgin and Child.
Editorial Roundel with a Personification of the Moon, ca. 860?890, Made in south central France, Carolingian, Cloisonn? enamel, Copper alloy, gilding, iron back plate, Overall: 3 3/8 x 1/4 in. (8.6 x 0.6 cm), Enamels-Cloisonn?, This plaque is one of the earliest...
Editorial 'Monnaie du pape' Coffer, 1914, French, Glass, silver leaf, amaranth, brass, 5 1/2 in. ? 13 in. ? 7 1/4 in. (14 ? 33 ? 18.4 cm), Glass, This coffer is something of a visual pun: the molded-glass panels are symbolically decorated with Lunaria, a plant a...
Editorial The Priest Aaron, ca. 1170, Made in Noyon, Picardy (Oise), French, Limestone, Overall: 50 x 16 1/2 x 13 1/2 in. (127 x 41.9 x 34.3 cm), Sculpture-Stone, This sculpture of Aaron and the opposite figure of Moses form part of a rare ensemble of key figure...
Editorial ?? ?? ?????????, Gibbons Raiding an Egret's Nest, Southern Song dynasty (1127?1279), late 12th century, China, Fan mounted as an album leaf; ink and color on silk, Image: 9 1/2 in. ? 9 in. (24.1 ? 22.9 cm), Paintings, Unidentified Artist Chinese, Forme...
Editorial Isis and Horus, Late Period?Ptolemaic Period, 664?30 B.C., From Egypt, Cupreous metal, H. 13.7 cm (5 3/8 in.); W. 3.5 cm (1 3/8 in.); D. 6 cm (2 3/8 in.), Isis? name is first attested in the fifth dynasty in the Pyramid texts. She was the wife of Osiri...
Editorial Artist's Sketch of Pharaoh Spearing a Lion, New Kingdom, Ramesside, Dynasty 20, ca. 1186?1070 B.C., From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Valley of the Kings, Tomb of Tutankhamun (KV 62), debris near the entrance, Carnarvon/Carter excavations, 1920, Limesto...
Editorial Isis and Horus, Late Period?Ptolemaic Period, 664?30 B.C., From Egypt, Cupreous metal, H. 22.8 cm (9 in.); W. 6.2 cm (2 7/16 in.); D. 9.4 cm (3 11/16 in.), Isis? name is first attested in the fifth dynasty in the Pyramid texts. She was the wife of Osir...
Editorial Isis and Horus, Late Period?Ptolemaic Period, 664?30 B.C., From Egypt, Cupreous metal, H. 16.3 cm (6 7/16 in.); W. 4.7 cm (1 7/8 in.); D. 7 cm (2 3/4 in.), Isis? name is first attested in the fifth dynasty in the Pyramid texts. She was the wife of Osir...
Editorial Terracotta figurine of a standing female votary holding a casket, Hellenistic, 3rd?2nd century B.C., Cypriot, Terracotta; mold-made and hand-made, H. 10 5/16 in. (26.2 cm), Terracottas, The figurine is mold-made and hollow. The back is handmade, flatte...
Editorial The Bishop and Death.
Editorial 'Young Woman Fanning a fire with a bird's wing', 1469. The meaning of this curious drawing is unclear. The young woman who lifts the front of her dress and who fans the flames with a bird's wing may symbolically refer to 'fanning the flames of desire'....
Editorial The magical dagger (phurbu) is employed to ward off or pin down malevolent forces but is also used to kill them symbolically, thus liberating their minds into higher realms. Dagger: copper haft, iron blade; sheath: copper L: 26 cm.
Editorial Limestone relief panel depicting the departure of Prince Siddharta; from the dome of the Great Stupa, 2nd CE. He starts on a spiritual quest that leads him to Buddhahood. His presence is symbolically referred to by the parasol held over his horse, Ka...
Editorial Statue of a bearded man, Early Dynastic period, 2.600-2,500 BCE. This broken statue was probably deposited in a temple as a votive offering. Figures of men and women were set up in temples in ancient Mesopotamia to symbolically represent their donor in...
Editorial Statue of a woman from Ur, southern Iraq, 1900-1800 BCE. Originallt set up in a temple to pray, symbolically, on behalf of the donor. She wears a flounced garment and traces of red and black paint show that the statue was originally painted. The eyes a...