EditorialUnder Her Own Vine, Illustration for 'Modern Athens', Corwin Knapp Linson, American, 1864 1959, Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, New York, USA, Graphite; brush and gray wash and white gouache on white wove paper, Scene depicts the courtyard of a medi...
EditorialBronze can with heavily dented turned floor, foot trimmed, ball oval belly. Sharply trimmed neck that narrows strongly towards the middle, with an excellent, inwardly folded, hollow, round-shaped edge. Thick ear, with attache, on which Amor, playing on...
EditorialMarble grave altar, richly decorated with sculpture. At the corners behind ram heads and for satyr heads with rattles, connected by guirlands. On the front a swan with a snake in the mouth, including a chicken and a rooster, pecking in a snake. On the ...
EditorialKnife handle with the five senses, The handle consists of five female figures placed in a circle. There are four cobblestones on their heads, with a lion on them. The women represent the five senses: woman holding some fruit against her with her right ...
EditorialChrismatorium, The cylindrical box rests on three ball feet (one of which has been partially replaced) and has a loose, slightly convex lid with a round button. The body of the box is composed of two parts, the top of which closes on the bottom. A circ...
EditorialBas-de-page scene of an ibis feeding on carrion, pecking at the severed leg of a horse. Psalter ('The Queen Mary Psalter'). England (London/Westminster or East Anglia?); between 1310 and 1320. Source: Royal 2 B. VII, f.99. Language: Latin, with French ...
EditorialBas-de-page scene of a crow pecking at the eyes of a nude corpse. Psalter ('The Queen Mary Psalter'). England (London/Westminster or East Anglia?); between 1310 and 1320. Source: Royal 2 B. VII, f.130. Language: Latin, with French image captions.
EditorialDiamond with a bird pecking at a cherry, A diamond with enamel painting of a bird on a branch, and eating cherry, predominantly blue and yellow, birds, anonymous, c. 1650 - c. 1675, glass, h 11.8 cm ? w 7.5 cm.
EditorialKnife handle with the five senses, The handle consists of five female figures placed in a circle. There are four cobblestones on their heads, with a lion on them. The women represent the five senses: woman holding some fruit against her with her right ...
EditorialLid pot lid, Lid pot lid made of multi-colored faience. The knob of the lid is a bird pecking at a fruit., De Vergulde Blompot, Delft, c. 1810 - c. 1840, earthenware, tin glaze, h 12.5 cm ? w 9.9 cm ? d 7.8 cm.
Editorialcover pot, Pot of multicolored painted faience. A cartouche with two houses in a landscape in the colors blue, yellow, green, brown and purple is painted on the pot. The knob of the lid is a bird pecking at a fruit. The pot belongs to an identical pot ...
EditorialLidded jar, Lidded jar lid of multi-colored faience. The knob of the lid is a bird pecking at a fruit., De Vergulde Blompot, Delft, c. 1810 - c. 1840, earthenware, tin glaze, h 11.0 cm ? w 9.8 cm ? d 7.7 cm.
EditorialDiamond with a bird pecking at a caterpillar on a branch, A diamond with enamel painting of a bird in red, silver yellow, blue and grisaille pecking at a caterpillar, birds, anonymous, c. 1650 - c. 1675, glass, silver stain, h 10.0 cm ? w 8.7 cm.
EditorialTable with folding top. Birds and dragon heads pecking at three legs, Round mahogany table, resting on a shaft that splits into three legs, ending in sculpted dragon heads. Sculptured birds are placed on these legs, pecking at hanging garlands. The edg...
EditorialChrismatorium, The cylindrical box rests on three ball feet (one of which has been partially replaced) and has a loose, slightly convex lid with a round button. The body of the box is composed of two parts, the top of which closes on the bottom. A circ...
Editorialcovered jar, Pot of multi-colored faience. A cartouche with two houses in a landscape in the colors blue, yellow, green, brown and purple is painted on the pot. The knob of the lid is a bird pecking at a fruit. The pot belongs to a cup with identical l...
EditorialThree Birds Pecking at a Crocodile, Unknown, Crete, Greece, 1510?1520, Pen and red lead and iron gall inks, watercolors, tempera colors, and gold paint on paper bound between wood boards covered with probably original brown calf, Leaf: 21.7 ? 15.6 cm (...
EditorialAn Eagle Seizing a Snail, A Crow Pecking at a Snail, Unknown, Trier (probably), Germany, third quarter of 15th century, Pen and black ink and colored washes on paper, Leaf: 28.7 x 20.6 cm (11 5/16 x 8 1/8 in.).
EditorialBas-de-page scene of two roosters fighting and pecking at each other. Psalter ('The Queen Mary Psalter'). England (London/Westminster or East Anglia?); between 1310 and 1320. Source: Royal 2 B. VII, f.142v. Language: Latin, with French image captions.
EditorialBotanical and animal illustration of plants, a walled garden, a wolf, a man fishing in a stream with a net, and a vulture pecking a carcass of an animal. Herbal. Italy, N. (Lombardy). Herbal Italy, N. (Lombardy) c. 1440. Source: Sloane 4016 f.108v. Lan...
EditorialBas-de-page scene of an ibis feeding on carrion, pecking at the severed leg of a horse. Psalter ('The Queen Mary Psalter'). England (London/Westminster or East Anglia?); between 1310 and 1320. Source: Royal 2 B. VII, f.99. Language: Latin, with French ...
EditorialBas-de-page scene of a crow pecking at the eyes of a nude corpse. Psalter ('The Queen Mary Psalter'). England (London/Westminster or East Anglia?); between 1310 and 1320. Source: Royal 2 B. VII, f.130. Language: Latin, with French image captions.
EditorialBas-de-page scene of a pelican, pecking its breast to feed its young with its blood. Psalter ('The Queen Mary Psalter'). England (London/Westminster or East Anglia?); between 1310 and 1320. Source: Royal 2 B. VII, f.91. Language: Latin, with French ima...