EditorialThe famous Pharos, built by the Egyptian King Ptolomeo Philadelphia at the entrance of the Alexandrian port, is a ..., Illustration of the seventh wonder of the world, the Pharos of Alexandria, from the 18th century, signed: I. B. F. v. Chr., E. del, T...
Editorialbowl, property of the Stiftung Hamburger Kunstsammlungen, glass, blown into shape, glass, Total: Height: 9 cm; Diameter: 16.3 cm, High Hellenistic, Greek antiquity, This bowl is a masterpiece of antique glass processing: two yellow spiral threads with ...
EditorialGlass mosaic bead, Early Imperial, 1st century A.D., Roman, Egyptian, Alexandrian, Glass; rod-formed, 1 1/16 ? 1 3/16 in. (2.6 ? 2.9 cm), Glass, Translucent deep blue ground, appearing black; decoration in opaque white and red., Spherical; vertical hol...
EditorialAn Islamic Prophet Appearing in the Courtyard of a Prison in Alexandria, 1706 or shortly before, Pen and black ink, gray wash, over a sketch in red chalk, incised for transfer; double framing line in pen and brown ink, probably by the artist, sheet: 5 ...
EditorialYoung woman with a Bacchic ferrule and a large trumpet, identifying her as Aglais, the daughter of Megacles, who played the trumpet in the first grand Alexandrian procession. Copperplate engraving by Tommaso Piroli from his Antiquities of Herculaneum (...
EditorialThe famous Pharos, built by the Egyptian King Ptolomeo Philadelphia at the entrance of the Alexandrian port, is a ..., Illustration of the seventh wonder of the world, the Pharos of Alexandria, from the 18th century, signed: I. B. F. v. Chr., E. del, T...
EditorialYoung woman with a Bacchic ferrule and a large trumpet, identifying her as Aglais, the daughter of Megacles, who played the trumpet in the first grand Alexandrian procession. Copperplate engraving by Tommaso Piroli from his Antiquities of Herculaneum (...
EditorialGlass mosaic bead, Early Imperial, 1st century A.D., Roman, Egyptian, Alexandrian, Glass; rod-formed, 1 1/16 ? 1 3/16 in. (2.6 ? 2.9 cm), Glass, Translucent deep blue ground, appearing black; decoration in opaque white and red., Spherical; vertical hol...
EditorialAn Islamic Prophet Appearing in the Courtyard of a Prison in Alexandria, 1706 or shortly before, Pen and black ink, gray wash, over a sketch in red chalk, incised for transfer; double framing line in pen and brown ink, probably by the artist, sheet: 5 ...
EditorialYoung woman with a Bacchic ferrule and a large trumpet, identifying her as Aglais, the daughter of Megacles, who played the trumpet in the first grand Alexandrian procession. Copperplate engraving by Tommaso Piroli from his Antiquities of Herculaneum (...