EditorialFragment with a garden scene, early 17th century, Attributed to Iran, Silk, metal wrapped thread; lampas, Textile: H. 7 1/2 in. (19.1 cm), Textiles-Woven, This silk textile fragment depicts a scene of leisure in a lush outdoor garden. Two musicians, on...
EditorialHenri de Toulouse-Lautrec: "A Montrouge"?Rosa La Rouge, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1886?1887, Oil on canvas, Toulouse-Lautrec was interested in showing in the underbelly of glamorous Parisian society. Here the model Carmen Gaudin poses as the prostitut...
EditorialHenri de Toulouse-Lautrec: "A Montrouge"?Rosa La Rouge, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1886?1887, Oil on canvas, Toulouse-Lautrec was interested in showing in the underbelly of glamorous Parisian society. Here the model Carmen Gaudin poses as the prostitut...
EditorialA Bashi-Bazouk, 1875, Oil on canvas, 18 1/4 x 13 1/8 in. (46.4 x 33.3 cm), Paintings, Charles Bargue (French, Paris 1825/26?1883 Paris), Bargue, who made very few paintings, is better known for his prints and drawing manuals. Here he treats a theme pop...
EditorialLarge Boston Public Garden Sketchbook: A Woman Reading a Book, 1895?97, Watercolor over pencil; bordered in pencil and watercolor, 14 1/8 x 11 3/16 in. (35.8 x 28.4 cm), Drawings, Maurice Brazil Prendergast (American, St. John?s, Newfoundland 1858?1924...
EditorialPrince Lobkowitz, 1858, Albumen silver print from glass negative, 20.0 x 23.2 cm (7 7/8 x 9 1/8 in.), Photographs, Andr?-Adolphe-Eug?ne Disd?ri (French, Paris 1819?1889 Paris), Disd?ri popularized the system by which eight exposures could be made on on...
EditorialFragment with a garden scene, early 17th century, Attributed to Iran, Silk, metal wrapped thread; lampas, Textile: H. 7 1/2 in. (19.1 cm), Textiles-Woven, This silk textile fragment depicts a scene of leisure in a lush outdoor garden. Two musicians, on...
EditorialKNICKERBOCKER DAYS. A. GAULT. Knickerbocker, also spelled Knikkerbakker, Knickerbakker, Knickerbacker, is a surname that dates back to the early settlers of New Netherland that was popularized by Washington Irving in 1809 when he published his satirica...