EditorialMarine battle plaque by Captain Lambert for Algiers, Mother-of-pearl plaque, basrelief engraved with caption. In the center and on the right some (Dutch) ships with hung people and people in the sea, with on the left a city (Algiers) and hills in the b...
EditorialBas relief of Willem V on horseback, Silver bas relief of a figure on horseback turned to the right, with drawn sword in the right hand, on a black velvet ground. Under a smaller basrelief representing a crowned oval shield flanked by lions and surroun...
EditorialBas relief on the Hofkirche Sankt Leodegar in Luzern Luzern. Hofkirche, basrelief (title on object), sculpture (relief, sculpture), church (exterior), Neue Photographische Gesellschaft (mentioned on object), Luzern, 1906, cardboard, photographic paper,...
EditorialRelief with Biblical representation, Basrelief of bone. From the top three squares further square. Representing Christ on the cross between Mary and John., anonymous, c. 1400 - c. 1500, bone (material), cutting, l 14.0 cm ? w 8.0 cm.
EditorialDeath of Robertus Castendyk, pastor in Hoogkarspel, Medemblik, Brielle, Haarlem and The Hague, Silver Medal. Front: urn, decorated with relief, standing on a tomb, on which a coat of arms is hung, basrelief on either side thereof, weeping Religion lean...
EditorialHendrik VIII, Basrelief in pressed ribs (gas cabbage), with accompanying box of leather with separate lid, green on which gilt leaf motif. bust to the left. Henry VIII is bearded and wears a flat hat, decorated with rosettes and precious stones on the ...
EditorialGreek armour breastplate from a vase found in Nola, Naples. The gold bauble at front suggests it was for a young Roman noble. Greek shield, helmet, lance, bow and quiver from an antique basrelief. Copperplate engraving by Pietro Ruga after an illustrat...
EditorialPriest's cap called the Apex from a basrelief on the Capitol 1, cap of a high priest of Jupiter from the Temple of Jupiter the Thunderer 2, religious cap used by Flamen priests of Bacchus 3, various knives, axe and instruments to kill sacrificial victi...
EditorialItalian knights from the early 15th century from a bronze basrelief by Simone di Bardi, Donatello's brother, and Antonio Silarete in St. Peter's in Rome. Chromolithograph from Hefner-Alteneck's "Costumes, Artworks and Appliances from the early Middle A...
EditorialMesopotamian art. Neo-Babylonian. Ishtar Gate, one of the eight gates of the inner wall of Babylon. Built in the year 575 B.C. during the reign of Nebuchadnezzar II (604-562 BC) using glazed blue brick with alternating rows of basrelief with dragons mu...
EditorialMesopotamian art. Neo-Babylonian. Ishtar Gate, one of the eight gates of the inner wall of Babylon. Built in the year 575 B.C. during the reign of Nebuchadnezzar II (604-562 BC) using glazed blue brick with alternating rows of basrelief with dragons mu...
EditorialMesopotamian art. Neo-Babylonian. Ishtar Gate, one of the eight gates of the inner wall of Babylon. Built in the year 575 B.C. during the reign of Nebuchadnezzar II (604-562 BC) using glazed blue brick with alternating rows of basrelief with dragons mu...
EditorialAncient Roman naval ram or Rostrum with swords and animal heads from a basrelief representing a maritime trophy found in Pantanello, Tivoli 1, so-called Fiori or flower from the stern of the same trophy 2, rudder and anchor from Capitol Hill 3, and Ros...
EditorialHairstyle from a head found in Ostia 1, ribbon hairstyle from the Palazzo Mattei 2, and hairstyle with braids and scarf from a basrelief in the Aldobrandini gardens 3. Copperplate engraving by Pietro Ruga after an illustration by Lorenzo Rocceggiani fr...
EditorialMetal candlestick with lamp above 1, Etruscan metal lamp in the shape of a foot in sandal 2 (both from the Museum of the Profane in the Vatican Library), terracotta lamp owned by Mr Gilii 3, and portable lamp from a basrelief owned by Mr de Angelis 4. ...
EditorialFoot instrument used by a faun in a Florentine gallery 1, bellows from a relief in the Pallavicini Gardens 2, bagpipe from an ancient basrelief 3, tambourine, castanets and tibia from Greek vases 4,5,6.
EditorialRoman charioteer (Auriga) driving a two-horse chariot (Biga) in the Giuochi Circus from a fragment of a basrelief from a villa on the Janiculum 1, and a chariot carved on a sarcophagus in Cavaceppi Museum 2. Copperplate engraving by Pietro Ruga after a...
EditorialBasrelief gravestone of Susannna Albert, died 1565, wife of Adam Albert, counsel and town clerk. Chromolithograph from Hefner-Alteneck's Costumes, Artworks and Appliances from the Middle Ages to the 17th Century, Frankfurt, 1889. Illustration by Dr. Ja...
EditorialPriest's cap called the Apex from a basrelief on the Capitol 1, cap of a high priest of Jupiter from the Temple of Jupiter the Thunderer 2, religious cap used by Flamen priests of Bacchus 3, various knives, axe and instruments to kill sacrificial victi...
EditorialBireme with crocodile and heads carved on the stern, from a basrelief in the Temple of Fortuna Preneste. Copperplate engraving by Pietro Ruga after an illustration by Lorenzo Rocceggiani from his own 100 Plates of Costumes Religious, Civil and Military...
EditorialBronze ring with bells 1, sistrum (triangle) and timpani (cymbals) used by Bacchantes from the Museum of Portici 2, bell (tintinnabulum) 3 and stick A, pipes from the Villa Albani 4, flutes or tibia from a basrelief in Casa Guistiniani 5, military horn...
EditorialTrireme warship with three decks of oars, battering ram with swords, from the Trajan Column 2, and boat with battering ram from an ancient basrelief 1. Both with eyes on the stern. Copperplate engraving by Pietro Ruga after an illustration by Lorenzo R...
EditorialGreek armour breastplate from a vase found in Nola, Naples. The gold bauble at front suggests it was for a young Roman noble. Greek shield, helmet, lance, bow and quiver from an antique basrelief. Copperplate engraving by Pietro Ruga after an illustrat...
EditorialItalian knights from the early 15th century from a bronze basrelief by Simone di Bardi, Donatello's brother, and Antonio Silarete in St. Peter's in Rome. Chromolithograph from Hefner-Alteneck's "Costumes, Artworks and Appliances from the early Middle A...
EditorialMesopotamian art. Neo-Babylonian. Ishtar Gate, one of the eight gates of the inner wall of Babylon. Built in the year 575 B.C. during the reign of Nebuchadnezzar II (604-562 BC) using glazed blue brick with alternating rows of basrelief with dragons mu...
EditorialMesopotamian art. Neo-Babylonian. Ishtar Gate, one of the eight gates of the inner wall of Babylon. Built in the year 575 B.C. during the reign of Nebuchadnezzar II (604-562 BC) using glazed blue brick with alternating rows of basrelief with dragons mu...
EditorialMesopotamian art. Neo-Babylonian. Ishtar Gate, one of the eight gates of the inner wall of Babylon. Built in the year 575 B.C. during the reign of Nebuchadnezzar II (604-562 BC) using glazed blue brick with alternating rows of basrelief with dragons mu...