EditorialA Syce (Groom) Holding Two Carriage Horses, ca. 1845, Made in India, Calcutta, Opaque watercolor on paper, H. 12 in. (30.5 cm), Codices, attributed to Shaikh Muhammad Amir of Karraya (active 1830s?40s), Many of the East India Company officers who commi...
EditorialThe Presentation of Christ in the Temple, ca. 1435, Tempera and gold on wood, Overall 15 1/2 x 18 1/8 in. (39.4 x 46 cm); painted surface 15 1/4 x 17 1/4 in. (38.7 x 43.8 cm), Paintings, Giovanni di Paolo (Giovanni di Paolo di Grazia) (Italian, Siena 1...
EditorialPierre-Auguste Renoir: Before the Bath (Avant le bain), Pierre-Auguste Renoir, c. 1875, Oil on canvas, When Renoir first exhibited this painting publicly at an 1875 auction in Paris, audiences were shocked by its naturalism. Rather than depicting some ...
Editorial?? ????, Ornament in the Form of a Reclining Tiger, Eastern Zhou dynasty, Warring States period (475?221 B.C.), 4th?3rd century B.C., China, Bronze, H. 4 1/8 in (10.5 cm); L. 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm), Metalwork, Originally a handle or lid ornament on a very...