EditorialPair of horses with grooms, ca. 1753, German, Meissen with probably French mounts, Hard-paste porcelain, gilt-bronze and enameled lead mounts, Each: approximately 8 ? 8 in. (20.3 ? 20.3 cm), Ceramics-Porcelain, These porcelain figure groups are disting...
EditorialPortrait of an Old Man, ca. 1595?1600, Oil on canvas, 20 3/4 x 18 3/8 in. (52.7 x 46.7 cm), Paintings, El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos) (Greek, Ir?klion (Candia) 1540/41?1614 Toledo), El Greco?s candid portraits have been consistently admired for th...
EditorialA Syce (Groom) Holding Two Carriage Horses, ca. 1845, Made in India, Calcutta, Opaque watercolor on paper, H. 12 in. (30.5 cm), Codices, attributed to Shaikh Muhammad Amir of Karraya (active 1830s?40s), Many of the East India Company officers who commi...
EditorialJacques de Gheyn, John VIII Paleologus (Johannes VII Paleologus), ca. 1595, engraving on cream laid paper, 6 3/4 in. x 5 7/8 in. (17.15 cm x 14.92 cm), Dutch painter and engraver Jacques de Gheyn belonged to a group of artists who overcame the exaggera...
EditorialAllan Ramsay, Portrait of a Woman, 1740, oil on canvas, 50 1/16 in. x 40 1/16 in. (127.16 cm. x 101.76 cm.), Allan Ramsay's sojourn in Italy from 1736 to 1738 provided first-hand knowledge of painting styles, colors, and techniques. On his return, he e...
EditorialPair of horses with grooms, ca. 1753, German, Meissen with probably French mounts, Hard-paste porcelain, gilt-bronze and enameled lead mounts, Each: approximately 8 ? 8 in. (20.3 ? 20.3 cm), Ceramics-Porcelain, These porcelain figure groups are disting...