EditorialThe Holy Trinity with Saint Michael Conquering the Dragon. Pietro da Cortona; Italian, 1596-1669. Date: 1656-1669. Dimensions: 458 x 357 mm. Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown and gray wash, heightened with lead white (discolored) and black chalk,...
EditorialSeven Years War (1756-1763). Map of the siege of Fort Morro, 1762. Island of Cuba. Capture of Havana. English troops attacked the Spanish defences when they came into conflict with the Spanish Crown, following Spain's alliance with France, England's en...
EditorialAssyrian warriors empaling jewish prisoners after conquering Jewish fortress Lachish (battle 701 BCE). Part of a relief from the palace of Sennacherib at Niniveh, Mesopotamia (Iraq).
EditorialPlate 27: Triumphal arch, elevation of the back, surmounted by allegorical figures and decorated with scenes from Roman mythology and history; from Guillielmus Becanus's 'Serenissimi Principis Ferdinandi, Hispaniarum Infantis... '.
EditorialWojciech Gerson (1831-1901). Polish painter. The Lamentable Apostolic Mission, 1866. This painting depicts a scene from a period of conquering pagan Polabian Slavs by Christian Germanic tribes, who justified their violence and plunder on the grounds of...
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