EditorialThe Perilous Situation of Major Mony, When He Fell into the Sea with His Balloon on the 23rd of July, 1785, Off the Coast of Yarmouth; Most Providentially Discovered and Taken Up by the Argus Sloop, After Having Remained in the Water During Five Hours.
EditorialPresident Aleksandr Lukashenko of Belarus speaks to journalists on Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022, during joint military exercises with Russia in Osipovichi, Belarus. (Emile Ducke/The New York Times)
EditorialFragment, Medium: wool embroidery on linen ground Technique: embroidered on plain weave, Bust of a female figure with dark hair and large dark eyes, a laurel wreath on the head, a halo, and wings, with a flower basket held under her chin. A single lily...
EditorialGiovanni del Cavino, Cosimo Scapti, ca. sixteenth century, bronze, 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm.), Giovanni del Cavino is most well-known (or infamous) for his skillfully executed copies of ancient Roman coinage. However, he also made medals of contemporary sitte...
EditorialJar, Old Kingdom, Dynasty 6-8, ca. 2323?2150 B.C., From Egypt, Travertine (Egyptian alabaster), H. 9.2 cm (3 5/8 in.), This bag-shaped jar owes more to vessel shapes in pottery than to the older tradition of stone vessels. Note how the artisan has skil...
EditorialFalcon, ca. 1200?1220, South Italian, Bronze, traces of gilding, Overall: 11 x 6 1/2 x 3 1/8 in. (27.9 x 16.5 x 7.9 cm), Metalwork-Bronze, This skillfully cast falcon, said to have been found in Italy in 1925, has been associated with the Hohenstaufen ...
EditorialCovered Ewer, ca. 1827, Made in New York, New York, United States, American, Silver, 12 5/16 x 10 1/4 x 6 3/4 in. (31.3 x 26 x 17.1 cm); 52 oz. (1616.8 g), Silver, Frederick Marquand (1799?1882), This early Rococo Revival?style ewer is distinguished by...
EditorialElizabeth Stanley, seated near table at left, and Celia Rose Gooding, seated at right, with the ensemble of “Jagged Little Pill” at the Broadhurst Theater in New York, Nov. 20, 2019. (Sara Krulwich/The New York Times)