EditorialMiniature in two parts, with eighteen saints (or disciples), nine on each register. A bas-de-page scene of Nero seated on the left, with Paul, in the grasp of an officer, borrowing a veil from Plautilla. Psalter ('The Queen Mary Psalter'). England (Lon...
EditorialKhusrau and Shirin, dated A.H. 904/A.D. 1498?99, Attributed to Turkey, probably Istanbul or Amasya, Main support: ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper; binding: leather, Entire sheet:, Codices, Calligraphy and paintings by Suzi, This manuscript is...
EditorialThe Harvest, Pontoise (La R?colte, Pontoise), 1881, Oil on canvas, 18 1/8 x 21 3/4 in. (46 x 55.2 cm), Paintings, Camille Pissarro (French, Charlotte Amalie, Saint Thomas 1830?1903 Paris), The theme of potato gathering recurs in Pissarro?s oeuvre in a ...
EditorialKhusrau and Shirin, dated A.H. 904/A.D. 1498?99, Attributed to Turkey, probably Istanbul or Amasya, Main support: ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper; binding: leather, Entire sheet:, Codices, Calligraphy and paintings by Suzi, This manuscript is...
EditorialMutual borrowing of fashions between French and English women, early 19th century. Both wear identical style bonnets, frilled dresses, shawls and spencer jackets. Handcoloured engraving from Pierre de la Mesangere's Le Bon Genre, Paris, 1817.