EditorialThe Fall of Phaeton, 1533. Jupiter, above, sits on his eagle and hurls a thunderbolt at Phaeton, son of Apollo, who had asked to drive the chariot of the sun. To save the earth, Jupiter destroyed Phaeton. Underneath, his sisters the Heliades, weeping, ...
EditorialVilla Angiana. A Collection of 86 plans and views of The Hague. Amsterdam, 1718. Villa Angiana, commonly known as the Park at Enghien (ca. 1685). On this title page, the arms of Enghien's owner, the Duke of Aremberg, are flanked by classical gods inclu...
EditorialFigure of a River God (Fleuve). Vincennes Porcelain Manufactory; French, founded 1740 (known as Sevres from 1756); Model by: Louis Antoine Fournier (possibly); French, active c. 1746-52. Date: 1747-1750. Dimensions: H. 31 cm (12 3/16 in.). Soft-paste p...
EditorialSatyr, Nymph and River God. Dated: in or after 1736. Dimensions: sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 25.5 x 15 cm (10 1/16 x 5 7/8 in.). Medium: etching.
EditorialHercules defeating the river god Acheolus in the form of a bull, with three women to his left holding cornucopias, from a series of six engravings of Herculean Subjects.
EditorialArt cabinet Art cabinet Hainhofer cabinet, Rectangular art cabinet glued with ebony, with beveled corners and standing on a wider base on a base with feet on the corners, decorated with lobe ornament. The pedestal shows around diamond-shaped pillows in...
EditorialCorner detail of ceiling, Hotel de Cluny, Paris, Frederick Marschall, Graphite, brush and watercolor, gold on heavy paper, Left, corner of ceiling with reclining river god beside shield containing sea horse and trident. Right, painted relief with cupid...
EditorialPlate from Frises pour les architraves, cornices, et autres ornements d'architecture (Friezes Intended for Ornamenting Architecture, Cornices, and Other Architectural Elements), Jean Le Pautre, French, 16181682, Pierre Mariette II, French, 1634 - 1716,...
EditorialDesign for Fountain with a River God, Fran?ois de Cuvilli?s the Elder, Belgian, active Germany, 1695 - 1768, Georg Siegmond Roesch, Nicolas Jean-Baptiste de Poilly, French, 1712after 1758, Etching and engraving on off-white laid paper, 1745, ornament, ...
EditorialFour Drawings of the Myth of Apollo; Decoration of a Wall over a Mantel, Sala di Apollo, Palazzo Cavina, Faenza, Felice Giani, Italian, 17581823, Pen and ink, brush and greyish-brown wash over traces of graphite on laid paper, Apollo pursues fleeing Da...
EditorialSuite of 7 Ornamental Designs with the Judgement of Paris, Adriaen Collaert, Flemish, ca. 1560 1618, Adriaen Collaert, Flemish, ca. 1560 1618, Engravings on laid paper, Series of 6 figures from the episode of the Judgement of Paris. The three contestan...
EditorialA Winged Victory Riding a Chariot; A Winged Victory Crowning a River God, Reno; two roundels, Felice Giani, Italian, 17581823, Pen and black ink, graphite on paper, A victory riding upon a chariot toward right. A triangular pylon is shown in the right ...
EditorialLivres D'Ornemens Invent?s & Dessines par J.A. Meissonnier Architecte, Dessinateur de la Chambre & Cabinet DU ROI, pl. 20 in Oeuvres de Juste-Aur?le Meissonnier, Juste-Aur?le Meissonnier, French, b. Italy, 16951750, Gabriel Huquier, French, 16951772, L...
EditorialOrnament Panel with a Double Cartouche Showing a River God, a Nymph and a Fountain, Pierre Edme Babel, French, ca. 1720-1775, Pierre Edme Babel, French, ca. 1720-1775, Jacques Ch?reau, French, 16881776, Etching on off-white paper, Oranament panel desig...
EditorialCartoon for Cotton Printing: 'Les Quatre Saisons', B. M. Lebert, 17591836, J. L. Lebert, French, early 19th century, Hartmann et Fils, (Munster, France), Pen and brown ink, brush and grey wash, on cream paper, pieced; squared in graphite for transfer, ...
EditorialTwo Sketches of River Gods, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Italian, 1692 - 1770, Crayon on paper, A younger and older river god shown as counterparts leaning against jars., Italy, ca. 1750, figures, Drawing, Drawing.
EditorialRecto: Fountain Design with Oceanus and the River Gods Arno and Tiber, Jacopo Zucchi, Italian, ca. 1541 ca. 1590, Black chalk, pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on laid paper, The figure of Oceanus, crowned with seaweed and spewing water, emerges...
EditorialArtist: Joachim von Sandrart, German, 16061688, top half: A River God and Putti Playing with the Symbols of Fame bottom half: The Punishment of Cupid both from the illustrations of the Iconologica?Deorum, Etching, , Sheet: 31.5 ? 21 cm (12 3/8 ? 8 1/4...
EditorialStudy for an Allegory with River God and?Plenty, Pen and brown ink and black chalk with traces of white heightening on blue paper, Sheet: 39.2 ? 24.3 cm (15 7/16 ? 9 9/16?in.), Made in Flanders, Flemish, 17th?century, Works on Paper - Drawings and?Wate...
EditorialStudy for an Allegory with River God and?Plenty, Pen and brown ink and black chalk with traces of white heightening on blue paper, Sheet: 38 ? 25 cm (14 15/16 ? 9 13/16?in.), Made in Flanders, Flemish, 17th?century, Works on Paper - Drawings and?Waterc...
EditorialJupiter, Victory, and a River God from the Mars Rhea Sarcophagus, Palazzo Mattei, Rome, John Flaxman, 17551826, British, 1787, Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper bound in vellum, Sheet: 8 5/8 x 6 inches (21.9 x 15.2 cm) and Spine: ...
EditorialSatyr, Nymph and River God. Dated: in or after 1736. Dimensions: sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 25.5 x 15 cm (10 1/16 x 5 7/8 in.). Medium: etching.
EditorialFrederik Ottens, River god in a landscape, Frederik Ottens (Dutch, active 171770), After Antonio Rossi (Italian, Bologna 17001753 Bologna), 1725, Etching, Sheet (Trimmed): 17 3/8 ? 12 11/16 in. (44.1 ? 32.3 cm), Prints.
EditorialVincennes Porcelain Manufactory, French, c. 17401756, River God, c. 1750, Soft-paste porcelain, 11 1/8 x 10 1/8 x 8 3/4 in. (28.3 x 25.7 x 22.2 cm).
EditorialJacopo da Carrucci (called Pontormo), Apollo and Daphne, 1513, oil on canvas, 24 3/8 in. x 19 1/4 in. (61.91 cm. x 48.9 cm.), Pontormo's haunting rendition of the tragic legend of Apollo and Daphne takes place in neither bucolic Arcadia nor Thessaly, b...
EditorialAllegorical show with Urania and Vader Tijd Title page for: C.G. Care carrier, Bloeyende rise of the ancient and contemporary Greenland fish gallery, 1720, Urania, the muse of Astronomy, is crowned with stars, next to a globe and measures circles on a ...