EditorialShaun White’s second run of men's snowboard halfpipe final at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics in Zhangjiakou, China, on Friday, Feb. 11, 2022, in this composite image. (Photographs by Joe Ward; composite image by Josh Williams/The New York Times)
EditorialMozart in Verona. Oil on canvas; Verona, 6-7 January 1770 This is a copy of the original painting by Saverio della Rosa, which is owned by the heirs of French pianist and conductor Alfred Cortot (Private collection, Lausanne). The oil painting by Saver...
EditorialMozart in Verona. Oil on canvas; Verona, 6-7 January 1770 This is a copy of the original painting by Saverio della Rosa, which is owned by the heirs of French pianist and conductor Alfred Cortot (Private collection, Lausanne). The oil painting by Saver...
EditorialThe first four Caliphs, heirs of Prophet Muhammad, in chronological order: Abu Bakr as-Siddiq (top right), Umar ibn al-Khattab (top left), Uthman ibn Affan (bottom right), Ali ibn Abi Talib (bottom left). I quattro primi Califfi. Handcoloured copperpla...
EditorialBegum Wilayat Mahal at a train station in New Delhi, where she lived and pressed her claims of royal lineage, in August 1981. (Michael T. Kaufman/The New York Times)
EditorialWisdom of Solomon. Bible Historiale. France; 1357. (Whole folio) Top left, Solomon, with birch, instructs Rehoboam; bottom left, Solomon settles the claim of the two supposed mothers; bottom right; three supposed heirs appeal to Solomon; top right, the...
EditorialA lady, Case maker: Alfred Andr? (French, 1839?1919), late 19th century, probably French, Paris, Wax, gilt copper, 3 3/8 ? 2 3/8 in. (8.6 ? 6 cm), Sculpture-Miniature, Case maker: Alfred Andr? (French, 1839?1919), A plaster model for one side of this c...
EditorialWisdom of Solomon. Bible Historiale. France; 1357. (Whole folio) Top left, Solomon, with birch, instructs Rehoboam; bottom left, Solomon settles the claim of the two supposed mothers; bottom right; three supposed heirs appeal to Solomon; top right, the...
EditorialA charter of King John, confirming to Robert de Braybroc and his heirs several grants of land from various persons in the counties of Northampton, Bedford, Buckingham and Leicester . CHARTER of king John, confirming to Robert de Braybroc and his heirs ...
EditorialThe Bomarzo "Park of Monsters" (1551/52) was planned by Pirro Ligorio (who completed the Cathedral of St. Peter in Rome after the death of Michelangelo and built the Villa d'Este in Tivoli) on commission of Prince Pier Francesco Orsini, who was mournin...
EditorialSilver denarius of Caracalla, Mid Imperial, Severan, A.D. 202?205, Roman, Silver, 3.8g (3.8g), Coins, PLAVTILLAE AVGVSTAE, draped bust of Plautilla (wife of Caracalla)/PROPAGO IMPERI, Caracalla and Plautilla clasping hands?expresses the hope for imperi...
EditorialA lady, Case maker: Alfred Andr? (French, 1839?1919), late 19th century, probably French, Paris, Wax, gilt copper, 3 3/8 ? 2 3/8 in. (8.6 ? 6 cm), Sculpture-Miniature, Case maker: Alfred Andr? (French, 1839?1919), A plaster model for one side of this c...
EditorialMozart in Verona. Oil on canvas; Verona, 6-7 January 1770 This is a copy of the original painting by Saverio della Rosa, which is owned by the heirs of French pianist and conductor Alfred Cortot (Private collection, Lausanne). The oil painting by Saver...