EditorialDesign for a Silver Tureen with its Platter, Giocondo Albertolli (Italian, 1742-1839), about 1785, pen and black ink over pencil on cream wove paper, 11-1/4 x 12 in., Inscribed in ink, l.l.: Collezione Santo Varni Inscribed in ink, l.c.: Andrea Tagliaf...
EditorialArtemis Ephesia, a Roman copy of the 2nd century BCE statue worshipped at Ephesus. The " breasts" are bulls' testicles, a symbol of fertility. From the Collezione Albani. MC 1182.