EditorialMarble male figure, Early Cycladic II, 2400?2300 B.C. or later, Cycladic, Marble, H. 14 1/8 in. (35.9 cm), Stone Sculpture, Several features of this work are unusual. Although male figures are rare, they tend to be characterized by an attribute or acti...
EditorialIllustration from a service book. Cutting from a service book. Lombardy. Italy, N. (Lombardy, ?Brescia) or N. E. (Veneto, ?Padua); 3rd quarter of the 15th century, Attributed to the First Master of the Vatican Breviary, Arch. Cap. S. Pietro B. 81 (acti...
EditorialSamuel Slater, The Father of American Manufacturers (Handkerchief). Engraved by James Provan & Son's (American, active 1890s) after a portrait by James Sullivan Lincoln (American, 1811-1888); Manufactured by Cranston Print Works Co. (American, acti...
Editorial? ?? (?) ????????? ?, Landscape in the Style of Yan Wengui and Fan Kuan, Yuan (1271?1368) or Ming (1368?1644) dynasty, late 14th century, China, Handscroll; ink on paper, Image: 9 13/16 x 30 1/2 in. (24.9 x 77.5 cm), Paintings, Zhao Yuan (Chinese, acti...
EditorialWainscoting with Double Door, Nouveaux desseins de Lambris (New Wainscoting Designs), Fran?ois de Cuvilli?s the Elder, Belgian, active Germany, 1695 - 1768, Carl Albert von Lespilliez, German, 1723 - 1796, Fran?ois de Cuvilli?s the Elder, Belgian, acti...
EditorialWainscoting with Double Door, Nouveaux desseins de Lambris (New Wainscoting Designs), Fran?ois de Cuvilli?s the Elder, Belgian, active Germany, 1695 - 1768, Carl Albert von Lespilliez, German, 1723 - 1796, Fran?ois de Cuvilli?s the Elder, Belgian, acti...
EditorialCartouche with Owl, Livre de Cartouches Irr?guliers (Book of Irregular Cartouches), Fran?ois de Cuvilli?s the Elder, Belgian, active Germany, 1695 - 1768, Balthazar Sigismond Setlezky, German, 1695 - 1774, Fran?ois de Cuvilli?s the Elder, Belgian, acti...
EditorialNouveau Livre de Singes (New Book of Monkeys), Christophe Huet, French, 17001759, Pierre Filloeul, French, b. 1696after 1754, Vanheck, Paris, France, Bound volume of engravings on paper, Bound volume of 12 prints featuring monkeys in human costume acti...
EditorialCartouche with Two Winds, Livre de Cartouches Reguliers (Book of Regular Cartouches), Fran?ois de Cuvilli?s the Elder, Belgian, active Germany, 1695 - 1768, Carl Albert von Lespilliez, German, 1723 - 1796, Fran?ois de Cuvilli?s the Elder, Belgian, acti...
EditorialIllustration from Orlando Furioso: 'Che debbo far? che poss'io far qui sola? / che mi da ajuto, oime, che mi consola?', Francesco Bartolozzi RA, 17281815, Italian, active in Britain (176499), after Giovanni Battista Cipriani RA, 17271785, Italian, acti...
EditorialIllustration of a man standing with Chaplin's Vertical-Action Steam Engine. The Model Steam Engine; how to buy, how to use, and how to construct it. By “A Steady Stoker,” etc. [With illustrations.]. London, 1868. 'Fig. 26. - Chaplin's Vertical-Acti...
EditorialPortrait of Pope Clement VIII (Ippolito Aldobrandini); Designed by Jacopo Ligozzi, Italian, 1547 - 1626, produced in the Galleria de'Lavori in pietre dure, Italian, active 1588 - present, Executed by Romolo di Franceco Ferrucci del Tadda, Italian, acti...
EditorialPlate with a caricatural figure and inscription, Porcelain plate, painted in underglaze blue and on the glaze green, black and gold. On the shelf a harlequin with the text: 'Who on Uijtrecht or new Amsterdam', the border with a decorative pattern. Acti...
EditorialPierre-Auguste Renoir: Henriot Family (La Famille Henriot), Pierre-Auguste Renoir, c. 1875, Oil on canvas, Daytrips to the countryside around Paris became a popular form of leisure during the late nineteenth century. Renoir alludes to this kind of acti...
EditorialPierre-Auguste Renoir: Henriot Family (La Famille Henriot), Pierre-Auguste Renoir, c. 1875, Oil on canvas, Daytrips to the countryside around Paris became a popular form of leisure during the late nineteenth century. Renoir alludes to this kind of acti...
EditorialSamuel Slater, The Father of American Manufacturers (Handkerchief). Engraved by James Provan & Son's (American, active 1890s) after a portrait by James Sullivan Lincoln (American, 1811-1888); Manufactured by Cranston Print Works Co. (American, acti...
EditorialIllustration of a man standing with Chaplin's Vertical-Action Steam Engine. The Model Steam Engine; how to buy, how to use, and how to construct it. By “A Steady Stoker,” etc. [With illustrations.]. London, 1868. 'Fig. 26. - Chaplin's Vertical-Acti...
EditorialIllustration from a service book. Cutting from a service book. Lombardy. Italy, N. (Lombardy, ?Brescia) or N. E. (Veneto, ?Padua); 3rd quarter of the 15th century, Attributed to the First Master of the Vatican Breviary, Arch. Cap. S. Pietro B. 81 (acti...
EditorialDrawings and Prints, Print, The Rival Chancellors, HB Sketches, No. 320, Lithographer, Subject, Artist, Publisher, Alfred Duc?te, Henry Peter Brougham, Prince William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh, John Doyle, Thomas McLean, British, acti...
EditorialWine cooler (one of a pair), William Lukin I (British, active 1699? ca.1755), 1716/17, British, London, Silver, Overall (confirmed): 8 1/4 x 9 1/2 x 7 3/4 in., 135.276 oz. (21 x 24.1 x 19.7 cm, 3.835kg), Metalwork-Silver, William Lukin I (British, acti...
Editorial'A Youth Fallen From a Tree', Folio from the Shah Jahan Album, verso: ca. 1610; recto: ca. 1530, Attributed to India, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, H. 15 3/8 in. (39 cm), Codices, Painting by Aqa Riza (Iranian, born Meshhed, ca. 1560, acti...
EditorialMarble male figure, Early Cycladic II, 2400?2300 B.C. or later, Cycladic, Marble, H. 14 1/8 in. (35.9 cm), Stone Sculpture, Several features of this work are unusual. Although male figures are rare, they tend to be characterized by an attribute or acti...
Editorial? ?? (?) ????????? ?, Landscape in the Style of Yan Wengui and Fan Kuan, Yuan (1271?1368) or Ming (1368?1644) dynasty, late 14th century, China, Handscroll; ink on paper, Image: 9 13/16 x 30 1/2 in. (24.9 x 77.5 cm), Paintings, Zhao Yuan (Chinese, acti...
EditorialPlatter, ca. 1845?ca. 1859, Made in Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent, England; Made in Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent, England, British (American market), Earthenware, transfer-printed, 14 3/4 x 12 in. (37.5 x 30.5 cm), Ceramics, Francis Morley & Co. (acti...
EditorialPortrait of Pope Clement VIII (Ippolito Aldobrandini); Designed by Jacopo Ligozzi, Italian, 1547 - 1626, produced in the Galleria de'Lavori in pietre dure, Italian, active 1588 - present, Executed by Romolo di Franceco Ferrucci del Tadda, Italian, acti...