EditorialPortrait of a Young Knight in a Landscape, probably Francesco Maria della Rovere. A young sprout of the old oak tree behind him. Inscription: MALO MORI QUAM FOEDARE. Ermine: Order of the Ermine founded in 1483. Oil on canvas (1510). Size: 218.5 x 142.2 cm.
EditorialFrieze, York Wall Paper Company, 1895, Machine-printed paper, This frieze features alternating large and small medallions bordered by bunches of roses and stylized acanthus leaves. Floral sprays printed as only white outlines sprout from the medallions...
EditorialCeiling paper, Wm. Campbell Wall Paper Company, 1872, Machine-printed paper, Large trellis pattern of alternating quatrefoils and diamond shapes with concave sides. Both shapes are outlined with foliate scrollwork, and contain large cream-colored bloss...
EditorialCeiling paper, M.H. Birge & Sons Co., 1834, Machine-printed paper, Rococo inspired ceiling paper with large, overlapping cells formed by borders of c-scrolls. Pink flowers and leaves sprout from the cells blossom-like intersections. Pattern printed in ...
EditorialSidewall, Machine-printed paper, Aesthetic neo-Gothic pattern of a stylized eight-petaled flower with s-shaped stem that grows out of it; three-leaf growths sprout regularly along the stem; accompanied by further feathery sprigs that parallel the motio...
EditorialTwo Designs for Altar Cross Bases; verso, Designs for Five Projects, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, black chalk on heavy cream laid paper, Depicted on recto: two bases for altar crosses (only right half of each is shown). On the LEFT, a base ...
EditorialHandle mirror (Athena, Hebe and Zeus), cast, engraved, bronze, Total: Height: 32.5 cm; Diameter: 17.6 cm; Height: 11.4 cm ((handle)); Weight: 475.5 g, Early Hellenistic, The Early Hellenistic Etruscan handle mirror is cast in one piece. It consists of ...
EditorialKyathos (Dionysos and Sirens), clay, quickly turned, hand modeled, painted (ceramic), alternately fired, clay, total: height: 15.4 cm; height: 8 cm ((cup)); muzzle diameter: 11.3 cm; base diameter: 5.4 cm, Ceramics, History of Bacchus (Dionysus), late ...
EditorialRoman sprout pot. Ruddy painted. A large part of the edge and a piece of the wall are missing, 2 loose edges, old glueing and additions., Cup, stekpot, pottery, h: 11.8 cm, diam: 12 cm, roman, Netherlands, Gelderland, Wijchen , Wijchen.
EditorialGiovanni Andrea Maglioli, Sea Monster with a Water Fowl in its Mouth, 1580-1610, engraving on paper, 7 1/16 in. x 10 3/8 in. (17.9 cm. x 26.4 cm.), Maglioli's monsters impress rather than horrify the viewer. In scores of seagoing composite beasts, the ...
EditorialRoemer with the arms of Prince Maurits and the inscription: TANDEM.FIT. SVRCULUS ARBOR, Large rummer with stand ring pulled out in drops. Inserted bottom. The trunk, set with four staggered rows of buds, blown as a whole with the wide, slightly curved ...
EditorialHandkerchief with a border of bobbin lace with triple leaf, Handkerchief with a border of natural-colored bobbin lace: fine Bruges flower arrangements. A border has been added around a four-lobed linen cloth, which cuts the lobes with a flower and a le...
EditorialHandkerchief of batist finished around with needle lace, Handkerchief of batist finished around with natural colored needle lace: Brussels lace. The batist is eight-lobed in shape with the lobes finished in an angular way. The lace has a pattern of c-v...
EditorialRoemer with the arms and the motto of Prince Maurice, Roemer with the weapon and the proverb of Prince Maurice and a felled tree, Stand ring pulled out in drops. Inserted soul. The trunk, which is set with two rows of thorn buds, is blown as a whole wi...
EditorialApollo between Marsyas and Midas. Marsyas insisted he played the flute as well as the god and for his presumption was skinned alive; King Midas criticized the punishment and had donkey's ears sprout from his head. Canvas, 98 x 81,5 cm Inv. 203.
EditorialPriest holding a sprout. Relief from the Palace of sargon II at Dur-Sharrukin( Khorsabad, Iraq). Limestone. 8th century BC. The state Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg. Russia.
EditorialPriest holding a sprout. Relief from the Palace of sargon II at Dur-Sharrukin( Khorsabad, Iraq). Limestone. 8th century BC. The state Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg. Russia.