EditorialBirth of Venus, The naked Venus stands with a foot on a large shell. In the background the sea with two dolphins. Up in the clouds Saturn that is about to castrate his father Uranus with a saber., Venus Anadyomene: after Uranus' castration Venus rises ...
EditorialDish with the Castration of Uranus Dish depicting the removal of Uranus by Kronos, Dish of faience, depicting the removal of Uranus by Kronos. On the outskirts the coat of arms of the dukes of Braunschweig and L?neburg. Multicolored painted., Het Moria...
EditorialTruth shows a writer the birth of Venus Title page for Opuscula mythologica physica et ethica, 1688, The personification of Truth shows an oval medallion to a woman writing in a book. In the medallion a representation of the birth of Venus. Behind them...
EditorialBow brooch, bow-shaped brooch of enamelled gold. Set at the front with eight sets of pearls, interspersed with two rubies and four sets of contiguous rubies. In the center a big pearl. On the back blue, yellow and orange flowers on a white ground. With...
EditorialPergamon Altar. Built by order of Eumenes II Soter. 164-156 BC by artists of the school of Pergamon. Marble and limestone. Gigantomachy: south frieze. From left to right: Aether fighting with a lion-headed Giant and the winged god Uranus fighting with ...
EditorialPergamon Altar. Built by order of Eumenes II Soter. 164-156 BC by artists of the school of Pergamon. Marble and limestone. Gigantomachy: south frieze. From left to right: Aether fighting with a lion-headed Giant and the winged god Uranus fighting with ...
EditorialThe solar system, showing the sun, Mercury, Venus, the earth, Mars, Juno, Pallas, Ceres, Jupiter, Saturn, the Georgian planet (Uranus) and Vesta (asteroid). Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry from Abraham Rees' Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of ...
EditorialPergamon Altar. Built by order of Eumenes II Soter. 164-156 BC by artists of the school of Pergamon. Marble and limestone. Gigantomachy: south frieze. From left to right: Aether fighting with a lion-headed Giant and the winged god Uranus fighting with ...