EditorialDesign for a Badge of the Tuscan Order of St. Stephen, Pen and sepia ink, brush and gray, red watercolor on paper, Jewelry design for a badge of the order of St. Stephen. An eight-pointed cross is enamelled in red, with bordering white stripes, in the ...
EditorialSteeple of a sepulchral chapel, Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 17461809, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on lined off-white laid paper, Rising from the uppermost part of the roof. Below is a story like an open square pavilion with lamps at the corn...
EditorialDesign for a keystone and a mask, Black crayon, brush and blue-gray watercolor on paper, Above, the keystone with two escutcheons, the uppermost with a bearded mask with horns and donkey's ears. Laterally, the cornices of an entablature. Below, a simil...
EditorialDesign for an Ewer, Black, white, and red chalk, brush and gouache on laid paper, Vertical rectangle showing an ewer in the auricular style shown in profile. The uppermost part of the design is lacking. The handle consists of a merman and, seemingly, a...
Editorial'Detail de la base des mats places sur le pont-neuf en Juillet 1838', F?lix-Jacques Duban, French, 1798 - 1870, Graphite Support: tissue paper mounted on light tan paper, Design for the lower portion of a polyhedron column that is decorated with arabes...
Editorial'Orchestres du grand carre des champs-elysees (1838)', F?lix-Jacques Duban, French, 1798 - 1870, Brush & pen & watercolor, graphite Support: light tan paper mounted on off-white laid paper, Design for an open-air pavilion with a blue triangular roof, e...
EditorialThree of Hearts, E. Le Tellier, French, active late 19th century, B.P. Grimaud, Paris, France, Lithograph on paper, Three of Hearts playing card from a pack of transformation playing cards. Male bearded figure depicted in outline, wearing oriental dres...
EditorialElevation of a Building with a Tower, Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 17461809, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on lined off-white laid paper, The building has two stories. Shown are the first windows beside the projecting central parts. Steps lead ...
EditorialPillar strip, Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 17461809, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined, A floral candelabrum with heart-like motifs, formed by scrolls with a blossom at the end, separated by two leaf branches. On top ...
EditorialPlate 5, Receuil de Fontaines (Collection of Fountains), Fran?ois Boucher, French, 1703 1770, Gabriel Huquier, French, 16951772, Gabriel Huquier, French, 16951772, Engraving on paper, Folio 5, plate 5 of a series of 7. Design for a fountain. Rococo fou...
EditorialFuneral Decorations for King Louis XVI of France, Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 17461809, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on beige laid paper, Above: The lower part and the disposition of the pedestal upon the steps are similar to 1938-88-1315. Th...
EditorialThe Open Table for the Three Uppermost Classes of Men of Lower Austria, Christian Engelbrecht, German, 16721753, Johann Andr?as Pfeffel, German, 16741748, Johann Cyriak Hackhofer, German, 16751731, Engraving with etching on wove paper, A bird's-eye vie...
EditorialTowel cover from Switzerland. Such a decorative towel was used to cover soiled hand towels. The uppermost embroidery is a crown with flowers encircling the name of the family of Jacob Pessil. Linen with wool embroidery, 150 x 35 cm.
EditorialThe Roman and Corinthian fighter, The uppermost part of a bow, the Fighter / Impost as a profiled ledge, Tab. 40, p. 107, Sturm, Leonhard Christian, 1725, Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola: Ausf?hrliche Anleitung zu der gantzen Civil-Bau-Kunst: worinnen nebst...
EditorialWoodcut illustration showing two wheels of fortune. 'The uppermost wheel is good fortune, and the unermost wheel is bad fortune'. A Book of knowledge in three parts. The first containing a brief introduction to astrology ... etc. London, 1663, 64. Sour...
EditorialThe uppermost figure is the bones of the head of a pike. The rest are figures of bones of fish of the West Indies. Osteographia, or the Anatomy of the bones. London, 1733. Source: 47.i.12 chapter II.
EditorialTriumphal Arch ('Ehrenpforte') for Emperor Maximilian I. Dated 1515. Detail of 33-02-02/65. Woodcut. Inscription tablet with lion's skin, from the uppermost section of the left wing.
EditorialKneeling statue of Hatshepsut, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, ca. 1479?1458 B.C., From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Deir el-Bahri, 'Hatshepsut Hole' (depression east of temple of Thutmose III), 1922?23, Granite, paint, H. 61.6 cm (24 1/4 in.); W. 32.5 cm (12 ...
EditorialTowel cover from Switzerland. Such a decorative towel was used to cover soiled hand towels. The uppermost embroidery is a crown with flowers encircling the name of the family of Jacob Pessil. Linen with wool embroidery, 150 x 35 cm.