EditorialThe Meeting of Antony and Cleopatra. Dated: mid 1740s. Dimensions: overall: 33.9 ? 26.2 cm (13 3/8 ? 10 5/16 in.). Medium: pen and brown ink with brown wash over black chalk on buff paper.
EditorialA Shepherd Family Resting. Dated: 1740s. Dimensions: overall: 17.3 x 22 cm (6 13/16 x 8 11/16 in.). Medium: red chalk over graphite on laid paper.
EditorialVisiting (Kayoi) - a parody of Shosho visiting Komachi. Attributed to Mangetsudo; Japanese, active 1740s. Date: 1740-1749. Dimensions: 12 x 5 3/4 in. Color woodblock print; right sheet of hosoban triptych, benizuri-e. Origin: Japan.
EditorialRape of Proserpina, Gaspero Bruschi (Italian, ca. 1710?1780, active 1737?80), ca. 1750, Italian, Florence, Hard-paste porcelain, Overall (confirmed): 19 1/2 x 13 7/8 x 9 3/8 in. (49.5 x 35.2 x 23.8 cm), Ceramics-Porcelain, Gaspero Bruschi (Italian, ca....
EditorialShip and Fortified City [reverse]. Dated: c. 1740s. Dimensions: overall (diameter): 8.6 cm (18.96 lb.) gross weight: 180.16 gr (0.397 lb.) axis: 12:00. Medium: lead.
EditorialContessina de' Bardi, died 1473, Wife of Cosimo de' Medici il Vecchio [obverse]. Dated: c. 1740s. Dimensions: overall (diameter): 8.6 cm (18.96 lb.) gross weight: 180.16 gr (0.397 lb.) axis: 12:00. Medium: lead.
EditorialThree Figures Dressed for a Masquerade. Dated: c. 1740s. Dimensions: overall: 166.4 x 127 cm (65 1/2 x 50 in.) framed: 188.6 x 147.3 x 11.4 cm (74 1/4 x 58 x 4 1/2 in.). Medium: oil on canvas.
EditorialTextile, Medium: Silk Technique: Predominantly warp-faced plain weave patterned by discontinuous supplementary wefts (brocading) bound on the front in 1/2 twill, Delicate curving stems of flowers in bright shades of pink and blue on a cream background....
EditorialDesign for a gateway with lodges, early design for Villa Albani, Carlo Marchionni, Italian, 17021786, Graphite, brush and gray watercolor on laid paper, Entrance to a park. At left, between caryatids sunken compartments. At right, alternation of figure...
EditorialRepast of the Hunters, Alexis Peyrotte, French, 16991769, Gerard Jean Baptiste Scotin, the Younger, 1698after 1744, Hand-colored etching with watercolor on paper, Two hunters rest beneath trees and are served by a turbaned boy. Another hunter fires at ...
EditorialNapkin, Medium: linen (warp), silk weft Technique: 4&1 satin damask, White damask napkin has a field with a vertically symmetrical pattern of medallions and stars. A border with curling leaves completes the medallions along the outer edge of the field....
EditorialFragment, Medium: silk Technique: 4 & 1 satin damask; warp float face of the satin as background, Dark green silk with two curving floral sprays vertically offset., Spitalfields, England, 1740s, woven textiles, Fragment.
EditorialHigh-Back Windsor High?Chair, White oak, sycamore, hickory, 38 3/4 ? 14 3/8 ? 10 1/4 in. (98.4 ? 36.5 ? 26 cm), Windsor chairs began to be made in America in the 1740s. They were constructed from a variety of woods, the properties of each suitable for ...
EditorialA Shepherd Family Resting. Dated: 1740s. Dimensions: overall: 17.3 x 22 cm (6 13/16 x 8 11/16 in.). Medium: red chalk over graphite on laid paper.
EditorialThree Figures Dressed for a Masquerade. Dated: c. 1740s. Dimensions: overall: 166.4 x 127 cm (65 1/2 x 50 in.) framed: 188.6 x 147.3 x 11.4 cm (74 1/4 x 58 x 4 1/2 in.). Medium: oil on canvas.
EditorialThe Meeting of Antony and Cleopatra. Dated: mid 1740s. Dimensions: overall: 33.9 ? 26.2 cm (13 3/8 ? 10 5/16 in.). Medium: pen and brown ink with brown wash over black chalk on buff paper.
EditorialCanaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal), Imaginary View with a Tomb by the Lagoon, Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal) (Italian, Venice 16971768 Venice), early 1740s, Oil on canvas, 11 7/8 ? 15 1/2 in. (30.2 ? 39.4 cm), Paintings.
EditorialMiyagawa Issh, Courtesan on Parade, Japan, Edo period (16151868), Miyagawa Issh (Japanese, 16891780), late 1730searly 1740s, Japan, Hanging scroll; ink, color and gold on silk, Image: 35 7/16 x 14 9/16 in. (90 x 37 cm), Paintings.
EditorialGiacomo Ceruti, A Woman with a Dog, Giacomo Ceruti (Italian, Milan 16981767 Milan), 1740s, Oil on canvas, 38 x 28 1/2 in. (96.5 x 72.4 cm), Paintings.
EditorialShoki to yujo no aiaigasa, Shoki and a courtesan beneath an umbrella., Nishimura, Shigenobu, active 1730s-early 1740s, artist, Japan : Urogataya, [between 1726 and 1736], 1 print : woodcut, color, lacquer ; 32.6 x 15.6 cm., Shoki, the demon fighter, wi...
EditorialShoki to yujo no aiaigasa, Shoki and a courtesan beneath an umbrella., Nishimura, Shigenobu, active 1730s-early 1740s, artist, Japan : Urogataya, [between 1726 and 1736], 1 print : woodcut, color, lacquer ; 32.6 x 15.6 cm., Shoki, the demon fighter, wi...
EditorialThe Campo S. Basso: The North Side with the Church (recto), A Market Scene (verso); Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal), Italian, 1697 - 1768; 1740s; Pen and brown ink, over black chalk; 43.2 x 29.2 cm (17 x 11 1/2 in.).
EditorialCarl Gustaf Pilo, Queen Lovisa, Louise, Queen of Denmark, Queen Louise of Denmark, mid 1740s, oil on canvas, Height, 40.5 cm (15.9 inches), Width, 33 cm (12.9 inches).
EditorialVisiting (Kayoi) - a parody of Shosho visiting Komachi. Attributed to Mangetsudo; Japanese, active 1740s. Date: 1740-1749. Dimensions: 12 x 5 3/4 in. Color woodblock print; right sheet of hosoban triptych, benizuri-e. Origin: Japan.
EditorialShoki to yujo no aiaigasa, Shoki and a courtesan beneath an umbrella., Nishimura, Shigenobu, active 1730s-early 1740s, artist, Japan : Urogataya, [between 1726 and 1736], 1 print : woodcut, color, lacquer ; 32.6 x 15.6 cm., Shoki, the demon fighter, wi...
EditorialShoki to yujo no aiaigasa, Shoki and a courtesan beneath an umbrella., Nishimura, Shigenobu, active 1730s-early 1740s, artist, Japan : Urogataya, [between 1726 and 1736], 1 print : woodcut, color, lacquer ; 32.6 x 15.6 cm., Shoki, the demon fighter, wi...