EditorialRight and wrong passions, Allegorical representation with a man who has let the wrong putti enter the room, symbolizing negative passions. They are only concerned with wealth, play, sleep and the fight and keep the man (man) away from the good passions...
EditorialPart of the Bethlehem infanticide, A woman is lying on the floor, holding a baby in her left arm. With her other arm she seems to want to keep a soldier away., Eug?ne Lacombl?, 1868, clay, h 18 cm ? w 18.3 cm ? d 12.1 cm.
EditorialModel of an Optical Telegraph, Model of an optical telegraph on octagonal base. The telegraaf consists of a mast with three rotating arms, these consist of a trellis to keep their weight low, and are black on the one hand, white and cut-away on the oth...
EditorialKamuro arresting a passerby, Jongeman tries to keep a kamuro (youngest help from a courtesan) away, while a courtesan, with one foot on the windowsill, watches., Isoda K?ry?sai (mentioned on object), Japan, 1770 - 1780, paper, colour woodcut, h 721 m...
EditorialBronze tripod with three satyrs with erect phalluses and extended left hands to keep away the profane. Handcoloured lithograph from Cesar Famin's "Musee royal de Naples (The Royal Museum at Naples)," Abel Ledoux, Paris, 1836. This rare volume is a cata...
EditorialBronze tripod with three satyrs with erect phalluses and extended left hands to keep away the profane. Handcoloured lithograph from Cesar Famin's "Musee royal de Naples (The Royal Museum at Naples)," Abel Ledoux, Paris, 1836. This rare volume is a cata...
EditorialBronze tripod with three satyrs with erect phalluses and extended left hands to keep away the profane. Handcoloured lithograph from Cesar Famin's "Musee royal de Naples (The Royal Museum at Naples)," Abel Ledoux, Paris, 1836. This rare volume is a cata...
EditorialOstracon showing a boy and a pig; the pig feeds from a bowl, the boy cries and tries to keep the pig away. 19th-20th dynasty, 1295-1968 BCE. From Deir el-Medina. Limestone, H: 7,5 cm Inv. E 17117.
EditorialMagic figurines to keep away the errant spirits of the dead. They are shown as prisoners, hands tied behind the back; some of them mention the name of the dead person. Left: " Henuy", wood, H: 18,2 cm,E 27204; center and right: terracotta,H: ...