EditorialSleeping Amor Non ti fidar che mai non dorme Amore / egg chiude gli occhi allor che insidia un core (title on object), The sleeping Amor in a landscape. Behind him lies a burning torch. In the foreground are his arrows and bow, a painter's palette with...
EditorialTerracotta lagynos (pitcher), Hellenistic, late 2nd?early 1st century B.C., Cypriot, Terracotta, H. 7 3/4 in. (19.7 cm), Vases, On the shoulder is painted in Greek the word EPWC (Eros), here signifying a man's name, not the minor deity associated with ...
EditorialSeated Buddha, pre-Angkor period, 7th?8th century, Cambodia or Vietnam, Sandstone, H. 15 7/8 in. (40.3 cm); W. est. 15 3/4 in. 940 cm); D. est. 9 13/16 in. (25 cm), Sculpture, This is one of a small group of early Southeast Asian Buddhas. The figure si...
EditorialTerracotta woman, Cypro-Archaic II, ca. 600?480 B.C., Cypriot, Terracotta; mold-made, H. 7 1/8 in. (18.1 cm), Terracottas, The figure represents a type that came to Cyprus from the Levant and is common at Phoenician and Punic sites in the sixth and fif...
EditorialSaint Ursula of Cologne and Four Virgin Martyrs, ca. 1500, South Netherlandish, Oak, polychromy and gilding, Overall: 14 1/2 x 4 3/4 x 3 5/8 in. (36.8 x 12.1 x 9.2 cm), Sculpture-Wood, According to an early medieval legend, Saint Ursula and eleven thou...
EditorialSpanish: Enthroned Virgin, Unidentified artist, Spanish, 12th century, Wood with polychromy, iron and textile, This painted wooden statue of the Virgin Mary once included a figure of the Christ child; the child, along with Mary's forearms, was carved f...
EditorialStatue of an Egyptian god in basalt in the Vatican Museum 1, Egyptian goddess Isis in the Museum of the Profane in the Vatican Library 2, Egyptian deity from the Pantanello in Tivoli 3, hieroglyphic signifying time from the Borgiano Museum in Velletri ...
EditorialAngels Holding the Four Winds and an Angel Signifying Christ. Date/Period: Ca. 1255 - 1260. Folio. Tempera colors, gold leaf, colored washes, pen and ink on parchment. Height: 319 mm (12.55 in); Width: 225 mm (8.85 in).
Editorial[Whole opening] Finger calculations, and a table of Greek and Roman letters signifying numbers, and illustrated by diagrams. From Bede's second Tract on Time, composed in 725. Treatises on the computus. England; early 12th century. Source: Royal 13 A. ...
EditorialA view of La Belle Alliance. On the morning of June 18, 1815 the inn became Napoleon Bonaparte's headquarters for the Battle of Waterloo. After the battle, the Duke of Wellington and Gebhard Blücher met close to the inn signifying the end of the fight...
EditorialIlluminated historiated initial 'T' at the beginning of Tobit, with Tobit on the left (his closed eyes signifying his blindness) sending out his son Tobias with the angel Raphael, instead of the more usual scene of the blinding of Tobit which is more t...
EditorialAngels Holding the Four Winds and an Angel Signifying Christ. Date/Period: Ca. 1255 - 1260. Folio. Tempera colors, gold leaf, colored washes, pen and ink on parchment. Height: 319 mm (12.55 in); Width: 225 mm (8.85 in).
EditorialTerracotta lagynos (pitcher), Hellenistic, late 2nd?early 1st century B.C., Cypriot, Terracotta, H. 7 3/4 in. (19.7 cm), Vases, On the shoulder is painted in Greek the word EPWC (Eros), here signifying a man's name, not the minor deity associated with ...
EditorialChrist Enthroned, ca. 1230, French, Ivory, Overall: 4 15/16 x 1 7/8 x 1 1/4 in. (12.5 x 4.7 x 3.2 cm), Ivories, Christ appears in majesty holding a book, signifying his identity as the Word of God incarnate. His right hand was probably raised in blessi...
EditorialMale god, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, ca. 1390?1352 B.C., From Egypt, Granodiorite, Height: 91.8 cm (36 1/8 in.), The god's elegant features are carved in a style belonging to the reign of the pharaoh Amenhotep III. In his massive fist the god holds a was...
EditorialCover of a Writing Tablet, ca. 1325?50, Made in Paris, ?le-de-France, France, French, Ivory, Overall: 3 11/16 x 2 5/16 x 5/16 in. (9.3 x 5.9 x 0.8 cm), Ivories, Both sides of this ivory reveal scenes of courtship taking place under trefoil arches. On o...
EditorialSaint Ursula of Cologne and Four Virgin Martyrs, ca. 1500, South Netherlandish, Oak, polychromy and gilding, Overall: 14 1/2 x 4 3/4 x 3 5/8 in. (36.8 x 12.1 x 9.2 cm), Sculpture-Wood, According to an early medieval legend, Saint Ursula and eleven thou...
EditorialChrist Presenting the Keys to Saint Peter, ca. 1315?20, Made in Cologne, Germany, German, Pot-metal glass, vitreous paint, and lead, Overall: 28 1/4 x 13 3/4 in. (71.8 x 34.9 cm), Glass-Stained, Set within architectural niches, Saint Peter receives key...
EditorialChrist Presenting the Keys to Saint Peter, ca. 1315?20, Made in Cologne, Germany, German, Pot-metal glass, vitreous paint, and lead, Overall: 28 1/4 x 13 3/4 in. (71.8 x 34.9 cm), Glass-Stained, Set within architectural niches, Saint Peter receives key...
EditorialSeated Buddha, pre-Angkor period, 7th?8th century, Cambodia or Vietnam, Sandstone, H. 15 7/8 in. (40.3 cm); W. est. 15 3/4 in. 940 cm); D. est. 9 13/16 in. (25 cm), Sculpture, This is one of a small group of early Southeast Asian Buddhas. The figure si...