EditorialPlate, Rookwood Pottery, American, 1880 - 1967, Glazed earthenware, An orange and red toned circular plate with a thin branch in the foreground and a brown and white bird flying behind it. Reverse: solid red-brown glaze., Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, 1885, c...
EditorialBag face, Medium: silk Technique: satin and chain stitch embroidery, Cream white taffeta embroidered in 'colonial' silks. At center, a woman is seated beside baskets of flowers. A boy displays a white bird. Two small children are at the side. Their fac...
EditorialTextile, Medium: linen, cotton, wool Technique: embroidered, Breadth of soft course cloth with two squares of embroidered decoration: in one square, mythological beast (related to Mude jar lion (?) ) with palmate feet, long tail with leaf ending , styl...
EditorialStudies from the Rio Magdalena, Colombia: Tree Tops, Flying White Bird, Vines, and Three Flowering Plants, Frederic Edwin Church, American, 18261900, Graphite on gray paper, Horizontal view of tree tops, a flying white bird, vines and across the bottom...
EditorialSmall Black-and-White Bird on Rose Leaf with Blossoms and Butterflies, Pen and ink, graphite on coated wove paper, Small Black-and-White Bird on Rose Leaf with Blossoms and Butterflies, ca. 18001830, Drawing, Drawing.
EditorialTime (Chronos) Entrusting Cupid to Venus, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, white gouache, over black chalk on brown laid paper, Horizontal rectangle. The male figure of Chronos, Time, shown in profile with wings and a long beard at left, lowers...
EditorialLong-Tailed Cormorant, Plate 31 from Birds of Western Africa, William Home Lizars, Scottish, 1788 - 1859, William Swainson, British, 1789 - 1855, Engraving, brush and watercolor on paper, Large black and white bird with a small brown head and dark webb...
EditorialCrested Fern, Plate 30 from Birds of Western Africa, William Home Lizars, Scottish, 1788 - 1859, William Swainson, British, 1789 - 1855, Engraving, brush and watercolor on paper, Gray and white bird with black crest and feet, on a large steep rock. Tit...
EditorialSketches from the Rio Magdalena, Colombia: Leaf Boughs, Vine Stems, Guacamaya Tree Top, Bush and Tree Group, White Bird , and a Plant Detail, Frederic Edwin Church, American, 18261900, Graphite, brush and oxidized white on gray paper, Horizontal view o...
EditorialA White Bird Telling Venus of Cupid's Illness. Master of the Die (Italian, active c. 1530-1560); after Michiel Coxcie I (Flemish, 1499-1592); in turn, inspired by Raffaello Sanzio, called Raphael (Italian, 1483-1520). Date: 1530-1541. Dimensions: 200 x...
EditorialA White Bird Telling Venus of Cupid's Illness. Master of the Die (Italian, active c. 1530-1560); after Michiel Coxcie I (Flemish, 1499-1592); in turn, inspired by Raffaello Sanzio, called Raphael (Italian, 1483-1520). Date: 1530-1541. Dimensions: 200 x...
EditorialA White Bird Telling Venus of Cupid's Illness. Master of the Die (Italian, active c. 1530-1560); after Michiel Coxcie I (Flemish, 1499-1592); in turn, inspired by Raffaello Sanzio, called Raphael (Italian, 1483-1520). Date: 1530-1541. Dimensions: 200 x...
EditorialBlack and White Bird Perched on a Shrub, 1651-1652. Shafi' Abbasi (Iranian). Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper; sheet: 16.1 x 25 cm (6 5/16 x 9 13/16 in.); image: 7.7 x 13.4 cm (3 1/16 x 5 1/4 in.).
EditorialA White Bird Telling Venus of Cupid's Illness. Master of the Die (Italian, active c. 1530-1560); after Michiel Coxcie I (Flemish, 1499-1592); in turn, inspired by Raffaello Sanzio, called Raphael (Italian, 1483-1520). Date: 1530-1541. Dimensions: 200 x...
EditorialPlate 16: A white bird tells Psyche of Cupid's illness, as she rides dolphins on the sea accompanied by tritons and nereids, from the Story of Cupid and Psyche as told by Apuleius.