EditorialLe sacerdoce de la Vierge-the consecration of the Virgin. Inscription: " Digne vesture au prestre souverain" Ordered by Jean du Bos, Master of the Brotherhood of Puy Notre-Dame of Amiens, 1438. Wood, 99 x 57 cm R. F.1938-63.
EditorialChatelaine plate, Merovingian, 7th century. Copper-alloy plate, originally tinned to resemble silver. When viewed vertically, the openwork design gives the impression of a stick figure between two other figures. The paired figures have birds' heads, an...
EditorialOld Houses, Amiens. Louis Auguste Lep?re; French, 1849-1918. Date: 1907. Dimensions: 126 ? 201 mm (image/plate); 152 ? 227 mm (sheet). Etching on ivory laid paper. Origin: France.
EditorialThree Fragments of a Passion Frieze: The Kiss of Judas, Christ before Pilate, and the Flagellation; The Crucifixion and the Descent from the Cross; The Entombment and the Resurrection.
EditorialNAPOLEON I . EMPERADOR DE LOS FRANCESES ( 1804 - 1815 ). REVOLUCION FRANCESA. EL CONSULADO ( 1799 - 1804 . PAZ DE AMIENS . TRATADO DE PAZ ENTRE FRANCIA Y GRAN BRETA?A EL 25 -3 - 1802. GRABADO DE LA BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL . MADRID.
EditorialSetting a bone. Chirurgia. France (near Amiens); 1300-1310. (Bottom RH miniature] A bone-setter manipulating a boy's leg. Image taken from Chirurgia. Originally published/produced in France (near Amiens); 1300-1310. . Source: Sloane 1977, f.8v. Langu...
EditorialPeace of Amiens, in honor of Charles, Earl of Cornwallis, negotiator for England, Silver Medal. Front: man's bust inside the inside. Reverse: Brittania with a coat of arms sits under a tree, with a shield and sword hanging on it, George III's crown and...
EditorialPeter the Hermit shows the crusaders the way to Jerusalem during the first crusade. From the manuscript "Roman du Chevalier du Cygne". Peter the Hermit (died 1131) was a priest of Amiens, and a leader of the First Crusade. According to Anna Comnena, he...
EditorialSkirmish between a Prussian Reconnaissance unit and Advance Troops from Faidherbe's Army (Amiens, 21 January 1871) (Escharmouche entre une Reconnaissance prussienne et une Avant-Garde de l'Armee de Faidherbe [Amiens, 21 Janvier 1871]). Artist Unknown; ...
EditorialPeter the Hermit (1050-1115) priest of Amiens and a key figure during the First Crusade. Peter the Hermit preaching the First Crusade in front of Pope Urban II, 1095, chanting "Deus Vult" or "God Wills it". Chromolithography. Drawing by Fernando Xumetr...
EditorialFROM THE BATTLE NEAR AMIENS ON THE 23RD OF DECEMBER 1870. THE STORMING OF THE RAILWAY DAM NEAR VILLERS BRETONNEUX BY THE 44RTHERS. The Franco-Prussian War or Franco-German War, often referred to in France as the War of 1870. Georg Koch (1857-1936) was ...
Editorial3 fragments of a bracelet: black, arch-shaped pieces of bone, with grooves., Bracelet, fragments, organic, bone, 8,7 x 3,2 x 0,9 cm (largest fragment), France, unknown unknown, Amiens.
EditorialLegs hair needle with button. The point is missing, broken by middle, hair needle, organic, bone, l: 5,7 cm, diam: 0,3 cm (both parts together), France, unknown, unknown, Amiens.
EditorialOld Houses, Amiens. Louis Auguste Lep?re; French, 1849-1918. Date: 1907. Dimensions: 126 ? 201 mm (image/plate); 152 ? 227 mm (sheet). Etching on ivory laid paper. Origin: France.
EditorialEnvirons, Amiens. Dated: 1898 or before. Dimensions: image: 12.7 x 17.3 cm (5 x 6 13/16 in.) sheet: 18 x 22.2 cm (7 1/16 x 8 3/4 in.). Medium: albumen print.
EditorialArtist: Ambrogio Lorenzetti, Italian, 1285ca. 1348, Saint Martin of Tours Dividing His Cloak with a?Beggar, ca.?1340, Tempera on panel, picture surface: 29.8 ? 20.3 cm (11 3/4 ? 8 in.), This small masterpiece of early Renaissance realism was originally...
EditorialArtist: Edwin Austin Abbey, American, 18521911, M.A., 1897, Olivier and Amiens, costume sketch for Henry Irvings Planned Production of King Richard II, Watercolor, graphite, pen and ink, with fabric, White wove, 25.5 ? 35.6 cm (10 1/16 ? 14?in.), Made ...
EditorialAmiens, Henri Toussaint, 18491911, French, 1886?, Etching, Plate: 7 13/16 x 11 5/16in. (19.8 x 28.7cm) and Sheet: 12 3/8 x 16 11/16in. (31.4 x 42.4cm).