EditorialFruit vendor's guild from Dordrecht, guild token from Jan Landtmeter, Copper medal. Front: lit by the shining sun, bricklayer with trowel in hand stands on scaffolding against house, ladder rests against scaffolding, which is climbed on his shoulder by...
EditorialBust of Caroline, Queen of England Bust of Carolina, Queen of England, Carolina has turned his head slightly to the right and wears a crown set with pearls and precious stones, partially covered by a few upward curls of hair. From the hair, which is co...
EditorialTwo sabers (chestes) and a knife (piha-kaetta), Two sabers (chestes) and a knife (piha kaetta), Kastane with scabbard, Two sabers (kastanes) and a knife (piha-kaetta ), Saber with a solid silver hilt in the shape of a dragon head with two stones as eye...
EditorialTympanum from the Abbey Church of Egmond Tympanum from the abbey church of Egmond Tympanum or Egmond Abbey, While maintaining a flat, arched frame and a plinth, half have been saved: in the middle Peter with nimbus, holding a curve bar in the left hand...
EditorialChopping knife whose handle ends in a lion's head. The object is composed of a cast and embossed bucket, riveted to the end of the handle. The handle is beveled in square quadrilateral, has a thickening in the middle and ends in a lion's head, details ...
EditorialArmenian merchant with monkey, Sculpture of gold, baroque pearls and precious stones, depicting an Armenian sitting on a pearl as a chair. A brown monkey presents him a diamond. The scene is on a pedestal decorated with precious stones, Asiatic races a...
EditorialHarlequin, Image of gold with enamel, baroque pearls and precious stones, representing a harlequin with a movable head. In his right hand he has a hat, in the left a mirror, Chinese, head-gear: hat (men's clothes), anonymous, before 1725, gold (metal),...
EditorialSaint Augustine Augustine as bishop of Hippo Regius, He is used to the left on an armchair, the back of which ends in a lion head with a scroll in the mouth. On the right arm he holds a book with the city of Hippo Regius on top, in the left a part of t...
EditorialCatherine of Alexandria, She stands with both feet on Emperor Maxentius (?), Has turned her head slightly to the right and looks, smiling vaguely, somewhat downwards. She holds up the left forearm, opposite to the right. The hair rises at the temples a...
EditorialCornelis de Graeff and Catharina Hooft Portrait of Catharina Hooft (1618-1691), Catharina Hooft, wife of Cornelis de Graeff. The head in profile is completely to the left, the upper body turned three-quarters to the left. The hair is held together at t...
EditorialSaint Catherine of Alexandria Catherine of Alexandria, Catherine stands on her attribute Emperor Maxentius, has the gaze tilted down, holds the left forearm forwards and the right slightly downwards. On the wavy hair that falls over the shoulders, a di...
EditorialKnife whose handle ends in a lion's head. The object is composed of a molded embellished bucket, riveted at the end of the handle. The handle is beveled in cross-section quadrilateral and ends in a lion's head with two black stones as eyes., anonymous,...
EditorialApplique in the shape of a wolf's head, Unknown, Central Asia, 100 B.C. - A.D. 50, Gold and inlaid stones, 4.9 ? 11.4 ? 2.5 cm (1 15/16 ? 4 1/2 ? 1 in.).
EditorialA crowned head, a female saint, member of a royal family. Reliquary of embossed copper, gilded, enamel, semi-precious stones (late 13th) Height: 32 cm.
EditorialA crowned head, a female saint, member of a royal family. Reliquary of embossed copper, gilded, enamel, semi-precious stones (late 13th) Height: 32 cm.
EditorialWinged lion-shaped figure (throne decoration). Urartu, Turkey; 8th century BCE Bronze; Height 16 cm This cast figure with engraved decoration formed part of the decoration of a large throne for one of the rulers of the state of Urartu. It was found in ...
EditorialPlaque, 12th century, Made in Italy, Sicily, Bone; carved and incised, H. 1 5/8 (4.1 cm), Ivories and Bone, This small pentagonal ivory plaque depicts a lion set against foliage. With one paw raised, the lion tilts its head upwards, and its tail swings...
EditorialHead of a Water Deity (Chalchiuhtlicue), 15th?early 16th century, Mexico, Mesoamerica, Aztec, Basalt, Overall: 9 x 8 x 6 3/4 in. (22.86 x 20.32 x 17.15 cm), Stone-Sculpture, The Aztecs carved thousands of images of their gods in stones ranging from muc...
EditorialEgypt. Great Sphinx of Giza. Limestone statue with lion body and human head. Is believed that represents the Pharaoh Khafra. Built as a protective guard on the banks of the River Nile. Detail. Lion's claws built with molded ashlar stones. Old Kingdom. ...
EditorialPolished axe-head, ca. 1800 BCE The Neolithic period is characterized by the advent of ground and polished axes and adze heads. Polishing the stone tool by grinding a fine abrasive against it gave the axe a smoother cutting edge and greater strength. P...
EditorialWinged lion-shaped figure (throne decoration). Urartu, Turkey; 8th century BCE Bronze; Height 16 cm This cast figure with engraved decoration formed part of the decoration of a large throne for one of the rulers of the state of Urartu. It was found in ...
EditorialLa Majeste de sainte Foy-statue of a saint, a young woman who died a martyr in the early 4th century. 9th century, with gothic additions; gilded silver, copper, enamel, rock crystal and precious stones, cameos; wooden core. Detail: head of the saint. H...
EditorialA crowned head, a female saint, member of a royal family. Reliquary of embossed copper, gilded, enamel, semi-precious stones (late 13th) Height: 32 cm.