EditorialMonstrance, about 1450, Made in Cologne, Germany, German, Silver-gilt, Overall: 24 13/16 x 8 3/8 x 6 7/16 in. (63 x 21.2 x 16.4 cm), Metalwork-Silver, Monstrances were vessels created to display the consecrated Host, the body of Christ. They were first...
EditorialChristine Checinska, the first curator of African and African diaspora fashion at the Victoria & Albert, the largest applied and decorative arts museum in the world, in London, Sept. 26, 2020. (Lauren Fleishman/The New York Times)
EditorialSaint Mark frees a slave, 1548. The first of the canvasses to be executed for the Chapter Hall of the Scuola Grande di San Marco. Saint Mark saves a slave who has abandoned his master to venerate the relics of the Saint. Oil on canvas, 415 x 541 cm Cat.42.
EditorialMonstrance, about 1450, Made in Cologne, Germany, German, Silver-gilt, Overall: 24 13/16 x 8 3/8 x 6 7/16 in. (63 x 21.2 x 16.4 cm), Metalwork-Silver, Monstrances were vessels created to display the consecrated Host, the body of Christ. They were first...
EditorialSaint Mark frees a slave, 1548. The first of the canvasses to be executed for the Chapter Hall of the Scuola Grande di San Marco. Saint Mark saves a slave who has abandoned his master to venerate the relics of the Saint. Oil on canvas, 415 x 541 cm Cat.42.