EditorialJacques Sablet, The Self-sacrifice of a father, The self-sacrificing father, painting, oil on canvas, Height, 99 cm (38.9 inches), Width, 136 cm (53.5 inches).
EditorialWoman is about to sacrifice herself, In front of a temple near a sacrificial column, a woman is about to stab a dagger into her own chest. The priest and a soldier try to keep her from that. Self-sacrifice, death in the service of a higher purpose, pla...
EditorialFailed suicide on altar Olimpia (title on object), View of an altar where a woman wants to stab herself with a knife. A rushed priest intervenes. Figures walk around the altar, two women kneel by a sacrificial column. This print was made for Voltaire's...
EditorialPlate with Pelican in her Piety, 15th century, Made in Dinant or Malines, Netherlands, Netherlandish, Brass, diam. 19 7/8 ? 3 in., 6 lb. (diam. 50.5 ? 7.6 cm, 2744g), Metalwork-Brass, The motif of the pelican piercing its breast to feed its young with ...
EditorialAllegory installation of Ernst Casimir, Count of Nassau, stadtholder of Friesland, August 5 1620, Count Ernst Casimir hand over his heart to the province of Friesland virgin, accompanied by True Religion and Abundance by Peace. The count is accompanied...
EditorialThe self-sacrifice of Mayor van der Werff during the siege of Leiden, 1574. Draughtsman: Charles Rochussen. Dating: 1824 - 1894. Measurements: h 280 mm ? w 356 mm.
EditorialThe self-sacrifice of Mayor van der Werff during the siege of Leiden, 1574. Draughtsman: Charles Rochussen. Dating: 1824 - 1894. Measurements: h 280 mm ? w 356 mm.
EditorialThe self-sacrifice of Mayor Pieter van der Werff, 1574. Artist: Carel Christiaan Antony Last. Draughtsman: anonymous. After Mattheus Ignatius van Bree. Dating: 1818 - 1899. Place: Netherlands. Measurements: h 209 mm ? w 359 mm.
EditorialPlate with Pelican in her Piety, 15th century, Made in Dinant or Malines, Netherlands, Netherlandish, Brass, diam. 19 7/8 ? 3 in., 6 lb. (diam. 50.5 ? 7.6 cm, 2744g), Metalwork-Brass, The motif of the pelican piercing its breast to feed its young with ...
EditorialCabasset, ca. 1575, Milan, Italian, Milan, Steel, gold, silver, copper alloy, H. 9 1/4 in. (23.5 cm); W. 9 1/2 in. (29.9 cm); D. 11 3/4 in. (29.9 cm); Wt. 3 lb. 7 oz. (1551 g), Helmets, The decoration depicts the Roman soldier Marcus Curtius leaping in...
EditorialAllegory installation of Ernst Casimir, Count of Nassau, stadtholder of Friesland, August 5 1620, Count Ernst Casimir hand over his heart to the province of Friesland virgin, accompanied by True Religion and Abundance by Peace. The count is accompanied...