EditorialFaun by a Monument, Giuseppe Longhi, Italian, 17661831, Graphite on cream paper, laid down, A faun, a mythological half-human, half-goat creature, is seated by a stone-block monument. The faun, who appears to be female, points to the monument with her ...
EditorialTwo Ornamental Arabesque Motifs, Etienne de Lavall?e-Poussin, French, 17351802, Pen and brown ink with ink wash, graphite on pieces of paper, Top, upper portion of an arabesque panel, consisting of a figure dirving a chariot drawn by four horses on a p...
EditorialGrotesque Design, Charcoal, pen and ink on paper, Strapwork frames a blank central oval. Below, two putti recline on scrolls, and dogs flank a central lion mask. Along the sides are musical trophies, birds and fantastic half human figures., Italy, 1600...
EditorialVz: around a band, a naked youth with chlamys over the shoulder, seems to measure a half human body with a raised left arm with a stick and a ribbon, under the measured body an unidentified object., Gem, intaglio , ring stone, striped agate, Color: bro...
EditorialTalking animals Title page for: J. Hilarides, Fabulae ?sopi?, 1695 Phaedri Fabulae (title on object), Group of various figures, half human and half animal, grouped around a throne. Above it a figure on a cloud with a roll of paper in his hands, looking...
EditorialPersonification of the singing art Singing song (title on object) One and forty pieces, Verscheydene Sinnebeelden (series title), A half-naked female figure as personification of the singing art with a winch in her right hand her left arm resting on a ...