EditorialBabita Mandal, whose brother went to work in the Persian Gulf to help pay her dowry, in Bhokteni, Nepal in October 2022. (Purnima Shrestha/The New York Times)
EditorialPa. German Dowry Chest. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 27.9 x 39.5 cm (11 x 15 9/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 50 3/4" long; 23 1/2" wide; 22 1/2" high. Medium: watercolor, graphite, and gouache on paper.
EditorialCuneiform tablet: fragment of a dialogue document concerning a dowry conversion, Babylonian or Achaemenid, Neo-Babylonian or Achaemenid, Date ca. 7th4th century B.C., Mesopotamia, Babylonian or Achaemenid, Clay, 4 x 7.5 x 2.7 cm (1 5/8 x 3 x 1 1/8 in.)...
EditorialCuneiform tablet: record of return of dowry, Achaemenid, Achaemenid, Date ca. 495 B.C., Mesopotamia, probably from Babylon (modern Hillah), Achaemenid, Clay, 5.7 x 7.8 x 3 cm (2 1/4 x 3 1/8 x 1 1/8 in.), Clay-Tablets-Inscribed.
EditorialCuneiform tablet: fragment of an agreement concerning a dowry (?), Achaemenid (?), Achaemenid (?), Date ca. late 5th century B.C., Mesopotamia, Achaemenid (?), Clay, 2.6 x 4.6 x 2.3 cm (1 x 1 3/4 x 7/8 in.), Clay-Tablets-Inscribed.
EditorialWithout a Dowry. James Tissot; French, 1836-1902. Date: 1885. Dimensions: 398 ? 253 mm (image); 400 ? 253 mm (plate); 566 ? 382 mm (sheet). Etching and drypoint on cream laid paper. Origin: France.
EditorialFra Angelico (formerly attributed to the Master of the Griggs Crucifixion), Scenes from Boccaccio's 'Il ninfale fiesolano', ca. 1415-1420, tempera on panel, 11 3/8 in. x 49 13/16 in. (28.9 cm. x 126.5 cm.), This panel once formed the front of a cassone...
EditorialLa charite de saint Nicolas de Bari-The charity of St. Nicholas of Bari, who offers a dowry to poor girls. Part of a predella. Wood, 24 x 53,5 cm R. F. 202.
EditorialMarshal Brissac distributes his daughter's dowry to army suppliers, Charles I de Coss?, comte de Brissac, Marshal of France and arms supplier, signed: Sergent (del. Et sculp.); chez Blin, G no. 2, Sergent, Antoine Louis Fran?ois (del. et sculp.); Blin ...
EditorialMarriage of Henry II and Catherine de' Medici, The Dowry. Antoine Caron; French, c. 1515-1593. Date: 1557-1567. Dimensions: 410 ? 543 mm. Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, heightened with lead-white gouache, on tan laid paper, laid down on ...
EditorialMarriage of Henry II and Catherine de' Medici, The Dowry. Antoine Caron; French, c. 1515-1593. Date: 1557-1567. Dimensions: 410 ? 543 mm. Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, heightened with lead-white gouache, on tan laid paper, laid down on ...
EditorialItaly. Novalesa Abbey. Chapel of Saint Eldrado and Saint Nicholas. 11th century. Fresco depicting Saint Nicholas help with the dowry of his daughters to a wealthy merchant fell into poverty.
EditorialPlate 36 from 'Caricaturana' (Les Robert Macaire). Published in le Charivari, March 19, 1837: Caricaturana (plate 36): From What! From What! Your Dowry?..., 1837. Honor? Daumier (French, 1808-1879), published in Charivari (issue of 19/3/1837), Edouard ...
EditorialPage from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): Seventh night: The darwish brings in as dowry an elephant laden with gold, c. 1560. India, Mughal, Reign of Akbar, 16th century. Opaque watercolor, ink and gold on paper;.
EditorialWithout a Dowry. James Tissot; French, 1836-1902. Date: 1885. Dimensions: 398 ? 253 mm (image); 400 ? 253 mm (plate); 566 ? 382 mm (sheet). Etching and drypoint on cream laid paper. Origin: France.
EditorialMarriage of Henry II and Catherine de' Medici, The Dowry. Antoine Caron; French, c. 1515-1593. Date: 1557-1567. Dimensions: 410 ? 543 mm. Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, heightened with lead-white gouache, on tan laid paper, laid down on ...
EditorialPa. German Dowry Chest. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 27.9 x 39.5 cm (11 x 15 9/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 50 3/4" long; 23 1/2" wide; 22 1/2" high. Medium: watercolor, graphite, and gouache on paper.
EditorialSaint Lucia at the tomb of Saint Agatha, praying for her mother to be cured; renouncing her engagement; distributing her dowry among the poor. 1532 Part of a tritych, a predella for the Brotherhood of Santa Lucia in Jesi, Italy. Wood, 32 x 69 cm.
EditorialPa. German Dowry Chest. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 27.9 x 39.5 cm (11 x 15 9/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 50 3/4" long; 23 1/2" wide; 22 1/2" high. Medium: watercolor, graphite, and gouache on paper.