EditorialGateway and a fountain, Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 17461809, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, graphite on off-white laid paper, At left: a gateway leading to a house. The door is flanked by embedded Ionic columns and receding panels and pilaste...
EditorialOpera dresses'. Three ladies in a box at a theatre. Mermaids and mermen. Figure 101: Dress á l' Espagnole. The front hair combed straight on the forehead; the side hair in ringlets, and the hind hair in three loops, the ends returned in ringlets. Fanc...
EditorialElevation of a Fountain, Pen and black ink with gray and brown wash on off-white paper on secondary paper support, A rusticated wall with a keystone frames a niche with a fountain of Poseidon and Amphitrite standing on a rocky plateau with dolphins at ...
EditorialCatafalque of the Bolognese Artist Elisabetta Sirani (1638-1665), Matteo Borboni, Italian, ca. 1610 1667, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, red chalk on off-white laid paper, Figure of an artist painting on canvas in a pavilion with a high dado,...
EditorialFountain, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white lined paper, lined, A niche with pilasters framed a statue (Flora?) who stand upon a pedestal. Below, water flows from a mask, and two conch shells held by mermen. A basin supported by two ...
EditorialFountains; architectural details, Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 17461809, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, lined, A Doric column, with a figure standing upon a pavilion. It is build of blocks and consists of archways with o...
EditorialGateway and a fountain, Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 17461809, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, graphite on off-white laid paper, At left: a gateway leading to a house. The door is flanked by embedded Ionic columns and receding panels and pilaste...
EditorialDesign for a Decorative Panel (with Nymphs and Garlands), Gilles Paul Cauvet, French, 17311788, Red chalk on paper, A design for a decorative panel with vertical composition. From the bottom up: two sea creatures (mermen) carry a base upon which two wo...
EditorialInkstand, Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 17461809, Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash, graphite on off-white laid paper, Shown slightly from above and obliquely from the right front corner. Not entirely shown at left. Below is a broad ovoidal base. Fou...
EditorialNapkin, Medium: linen Technique: 4&1 satin damask, White damask napkin has a vertically symmetrical field filled with crab, seal and various fish plus the coat of arms of the parents of Grovestins and Camminga. Side borders have a series of nautical sy...
Editorialhalberd, Anonymous, 17th century, wood, copper, iron, Halbered forged iron. The head is long and has an octagonal slightly tapered plinth, with two openwork engraved plates projecting on both sides. The engraving on both plates has faded. The plate on ...
EditorialOpera dresses'. Three ladies in a box at a theatre. Mermaids and mermen. Figure 101: Dress á l' Espagnole. The front hair combed straight on the forehead; the side hair in ringlets, and the hind hair in three loops, the ends returned in ringlets. Fanc...
EditorialOpera dresses'. Three ladies in a box at a theatre. Mermaids and mermen. Figure 101: Dress á l' Espagnole. The front hair combed straight on the forehead; the side hair in ringlets, and the hind hair in three loops, the ends returned in ringlets. Fanc...
EditorialTable of contents. Smithfield Decretals [Decretals of Gregory IX]. England [London?]; circa 1340. [Whole folio] Table of contents. Five decorated initials 'D'. Decorated borders, including mermaids and mermen, one with a bow and arrow. Image taken fro...
EditorialDesign for a Plate with Galatea on a Shell Flanked by Trumpeters in a Medallion Bordered by Sea Monsters, ca. 1600, Engraving, Sheet: 6 5/8 ? 6 9/16 in. (16.8 ? 16.6 cm), Adriaen Collaert (Netherlandish, Antwerp ca. 1560?1618 Antwerp), Design for a cir...
EditorialTerracotta amphora with lid, Archaic, 3rd quarter of the 6th century B.C., Etruscan, Terracotta; black-figure, Pontic ware, H.: 14 3/8 in. (36.5 cm), Vases, On the shoulder panel, obverse, two mermen. On the reverse, two confronted dogs. Around the low...
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