EditorialA Vignette of Life on the Frontier, c. 1717-22. Giuseppe Castiglione (Italian, 1688-1766), and Jiao Bingzhen (Chinese, active c. 1670-1726). Folding fan; ink and color on paper; overall: 18.9 x 52.1 cm (7 7/16 x 20 1/2 in.).
EditorialPortraits of the Qianlong Emperor and His Twelve Consorts, 1736 - c. 1770s. Giuseppe Castiglione (Italian, 1688-1766), and others (Chinese). Handscroll, ink and color on silk; overall: 53.8 x 1154.5 cm (21 3/16 x 454 1/2 in.); painting only: 53 x 688.3...
EditorialThe Chinese Room in Schloss Charlottenburg, Berlin. Walls and ceiling painted with Chinese scenes by Italian painter and stage designer Bartolomeo Verona (around 1780). Five Chinese Blanc-de-Chine figurines, (17th) .
EditorialA Roman Triumph, 16th century, Pen and brown ink, brush and wash, highlighted with Chinese white, 8-1/2 x 13-1/2 in. (21.6 x 34.3 cm), Drawings, Anonymous, Italian, 16th century (Italian, active Central Italy, ca. 1550?1580).
EditorialSymbolic Figure (a Sibyl?), 16th century, Pen and ink, brush and wash, touched with red chalk and Chinese white, on brown grey paper, 10-1/8 x 5-5/8 in. (25.7 x 14.3 cm), Drawings, Anonymous, Italian, Venetian, 15th to 16th century.
EditorialMassacre of the Innocents, 17th century, Red chalk, touched with Chinese white, on brown paper, 19-7/8 x 14-1/2 in. (50.5 x 36.8 cm), Drawings, Anonymous, Italian, 17th century.
EditorialDish, early 15th century, Made in Tuscany, Italy, Italian, Earthenware, tin-glaze (Majolica), Overall: 3 x 14 3/4 in. (7.6 x 37.5 cm), Ceramics, Development of this type of European ceramic was to some degree spurred by the introduction of glazed wares...
EditorialA Deacon Led to Martyrdom, 1575?1640, Pen and brown ink, brush and blue wash, highlighted with chinese white, on blue paper, 8 7/8 x 5 9/16in. (22.6 x 14.1cm), Drawings, Giovanni Mauro della Rovere (Italian, Milan ca. 1575?ca. 1640 Milan (?)).
EditorialCope, main textile: 1720s; hood textile: mid-17th century, Dutch and Italian, Main textile: silk satin, brocaded, silk and metal-wrapped thread; Hood textile: cloth-of-gold, brocaded, silk and metal-wrapped thread, L. 57 1/2 x Gr. W. 119 inches (146.1 ...
EditorialDish with stylized flowers, ca. 1745?50, Italian, Florence, Hard-paste porcelain painted with cobalt blue under transparent glaze, Overall, irregular diameter (confirmed): 1 3/4 x 13 x 13 1/4 in. (4.4 x 33 x 33.7 cm), Ceramics-Porcelain, The blue-and-w...
EditorialA Roman Triumph, 16th century, Pen and brown ink, brush and wash, highlighted with Chinese white, 8-1/2 x 13-1/2 in. (21.6 x 34.3 cm), Drawings, Anonymous, Italian, 16th century (Italian, active Central Italy, ca. 1550?1580).
EditorialSymbolic Figure (a Sibyl?), 16th century, Pen and ink, brush and wash, touched with red chalk and Chinese white, on brown grey paper, 10-1/8 x 5-5/8 in. (25.7 x 14.3 cm), Drawings, Anonymous, Italian, Venetian, 15th to 16th century.
EditorialThe Chinese Room in Schloss Charlottenburg, Berlin. Walls and ceiling painted with Chinese scenes by Italian painter and stage designer Bartolomeo Verona (around 1780). Five Chinese Blanc-de-Chine figurines, (17th) .