EditorialMary, Joseph and three angels Joseph with Three Musician Angels, Fragment from the Marian Altar of the Illustrious Brotherhood of Our Blessed Lady in Den Bosch, On a strongly rising ground and in front of a raised wall three kneel to the left pointed a...
EditorialFragment of a tile with a portrait of the new-born Bernhard Blinkerdolling, Fragment of a tile with a multi-colored (blue, purple, yellow and orange) portrait of the new-born Bernhard Blinkerdolling, with beard and beret, framed by a circle surrounded ...
EditorialAllegory of the birth of a child with Juno and Abundance, Allegory of the birth of a royal child, Juno sitting on a cloud crowns the child, Abundance sits beside them with a cornucopia. The mother, a queen in royal mantle, receives the child with open ...
EditorialMap of Palestine Terrae Sanctae seu terrae promissionis nova descripto (title on object), Upper right plate of a map of Palestine, with inscriptions relating to the events of the Old and New Testament. At the top a smaller map of Egypt. Four performanc...
EditorialPendant Announcement, birth, adoration of the kings and crucifixion, interior of a pendant (jewelry), The pendant, a so-called 'lantern', consists of four rectangular sides, in which openwork representations are carved within a frame of pillars on whic...
Editorialstove plate with creation of Eve and Nativity Christ, stove plate of cast iron, divided into two zones. In the upper zone two medallions, separated by a decorated pillar. The medallion on the left shows the creation of Eve with a central representation...
EditorialJupiter as a child fed with milk from the goat Amalthea, The goat Amalthea is milked by a nymph for the little Jupiter. He sits on the right as a naked child on the floor with a bottle in his hand. On the left is a smiling satyr with tambourine. Below ...
EditorialMary, Joseph and three angels Kneeling Virgin, Fragment from the Marian Altar of the Illustrious Brotherhood of Our Blessed Lady in Den Bosch, Maria is kneeling, has folded her hands and looks down (in the direction of the Child). She wears a robe with...
EditorialPrayer nut with The Nativity and The Adoration of the Magi, A small silver-coated prayer note, consisting of two miniature reliefs of the Nativity of Christ and the Adoration of the Magi. Both reliefs are made of boxwood and mounted in two hinged, silv...
EditorialThe New-born Buddha, 400s. China, Northern Wei dynasty (386-534). Gilt bronze with inlays of blue glass and turquoise; overall: 19.4 cm (7 5/8 in.); diameter of base: 6.8 cm (2 11/16 in.); base: 3.1 cm (1 1/4 in.).
Editorial"- Yes, my dear Badoulard... I will open a department store even more philanthropic and greater than anything that existed up to now.... it will carry the complete set of articles at half price... someone can come in as naked as a new born baby and lea...
EditorialInitial 'O', Arthur setting new born children adrift on the sea in an attempt to ensure the death of his bastard son, Mordred. Romance of Merlin. N. France; circa 1300-1325. Source: Add. 38117, f.97v. Language: French.
EditorialText. Initial 'O', Arthur sending new born children adrift on the sea. He is attempting to ensure the death of his bastard son, Mordred, who, it is prophesied, will one day cause his death. Romance of Merlin. N. France; circa 1300-1325. Source: Add. 38...
EditorialThe Birth and Destruction of Saturn's Children. Book I; text beginning with decorated initial 'T'. Miniature illustrating the birth and destruction of Saturn's children. The queen, in an elaborate bed, hands her new born child to the king. The king is...
EditorialChilds Porridge Spoon. Dated: c. 1939. Dimensions: overall: 26.7 x 35.6 cm (10 1/2 x 14 in.) Original IAD Object: 7" long; 2 1/4" wide. Medium: watercolor and graphite on paperboard.
EditorialChilds Porridge Spoon. Dated: c. 1939. Dimensions: overall: 26.7 x 35.6 cm (10 1/2 x 14 in.) Original IAD Object: 7" long; 2 1/4" wide. Medium: watercolor and graphite on paperboard.
EditorialAmulet with a figure of Lamashtu, designed to ward off evil, from Mesopotamia, around 800 BCE. Lamashtu has the head of a lion, the teeth of a donkey, naked breasts and the talons of a bird. She holds snakes in her hands and stands on her sacred animal...
EditorialGeorge W. Childs, Philadelphia Public Ledger, from the American Editors series (N1) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes Brands, 1887, Commercial color lithograph, Sheet: 2 3/4 x 1 1/2 in. (7 x 3.8 cm), Trade cards from the 'American Editors' series (N1), iss...
EditorialA woman dips a new born baby in a pond, a birth custom among the natives of Guinea, Africa. Handcoloured lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsche's "Vollstaendige V?lkergallerie in getreuen Abbildungen" (Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures),...
EditorialAmulet with a figure of Lamashtu, designed to ward off evil, from Mesopotamia, around 800 BCE. Lamashtu has the head of a lion, the teeth of a donkey, naked breasts and the talons of a bird. She holds snakes in her hands and stands on her sacred animal...