EditorialDish with an angel Dish, Dish of earthenware, covered on both sides with tin glaze, with stand ring. Yellow blue decoration. Angel standing flat. Further decoration in the style of Patamazzi: grotesques, griffins, cornucopia, ornament derived from plan...
EditorialThe Gundestrup cauldron. Decorated silver vessel, thought to date between 200 BC and 300 AD, placing it within the late La Te_ne period or early Roman Iron Age. Gundestrup in the Aars parish of Himmerland, Denmark. Scene showing the bust of a bearded ...
EditorialThe Ishtar Gate, the main gate of Babylon built during the reign of Nebuchadnezzar II (605-562 BCE). Glazed tiles with mythical animals, bulls and griffins. The gate was dedicated to the goddess Ishtar, a mother-and love goddess related to Astarte and ...
EditorialTunic Band with Repeating Motif of Confronted Griffins, 8th?9th century, Attributed to Egypt, Linen, wool, H. 9 1/16 in. (23 cm), Textiles-Woven.
EditorialKey, Hammered key with associated form bush. The drilled shaft is clover-shaped in cross-section and carries an open-worked Corinthian capital. The grip consists of two griffins standing backwards that are interconnected and hold a mask between the leg...
EditorialJewelery casket Jewelery box of gilded silver inlaid with blue enamel with on the lid group of statues of seated toilet-making woman with two children, Jewelery box, rectangular, gilt silver partially inlaid with blue enamel, with legs and a cover crow...
EditorialProject for a Doorknocker, Pen and ink, brush and wash on paper, Design for a doorknocker with mask and two entwined griffins sharing a pearl in their mouths., Italy, 18th century, ornament, Drawing, Drawing.
EditorialBronze kylix (cup), Late Geometric, 7th century B.C., Etruscan, Bronze, H. 2 3/8 in. (6 cm); diameter 6 7/8 in. (17.4 cm), Bronzes, Exterior: friezes of griffins, sphinx, goat, lions, lotus buds, Foot: Maltese cross. The creatures ornamenting the exter...
EditorialTrako?an Castle ( Dvor Trako?an or Dvorac Trako?an) is a castle located in northern Croatia (in the Vara?din County) that dates back to the 13th century. Coat of arms with two griffins on the personal residence of the Draskovic family at the castle of ...
EditorialDesign for an Oil Lamp, Joseph Anton Seethaler II, German, 17991868, Graphite, brush and brown ink on paper, Two seated griffins flank the fluted shaft, topped by acanthus capital supporting the fuel bowl, decorated with classical palm and arabesque mo...
EditorialDesign for Clock, Lefebvre Manufactory, Tournai, Graphite, pen and black ink, brush and yellow, brown watercolor on white laid paper, Base supported by lion feet, decorated by festoons of olive branches caught by ribbon. On base, at left, a candlestick...
EditorialBrackets and a Column Capital with Eagles, in Dessins d'Ango Ornements et Architecture (Drawings of Ornaments and Architecture by Ango), Jean-Robert Ango, French, active in Rome 1759 1770, d. 1773, Red chalk on cream laid paper, Architectural elements,...
EditorialOrnamental Panel, Flaminio Innocenzi Minozzi, Italian, 1735 1817, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown and gray wash on two sheets of paper joined vertically, lined with cardboard; rosettes drawn on four separate pieces of paper and laid down on the orig...
EditorialProject for the Painted Decoration of the Ceiling of a Hall (Painted Oval Ceiling), Jean Baptiste-Marie Pierre, French, 1714 1789, Pen and black ink, brush and gray and black wash on two sheets of off-white heavy laid paper joined together horizonatall...
EditorialDesign for the North Portal, Grand Gallery, Villa Albani, Rome, Italy, Carlo Marchionni, Italian, 17021786, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown, gray wash, graphite on cream laid paper, The doorway is flanked by two pilasters with dolphins supporting fe...
EditorialSidewall, Paul Balin, Block printed on embossed paper, Simulation of medieval textile. Eight-pointed figures enclosing griffins, set apart by foliated crosses with pointed arms. Paper embossed with simulation of weaving. Printed in browns, silver and g...
EditorialDesign for Ceiling Decoration, a Barrel Vault, Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 17461809, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash off-whtie laid paper, lined, A variation of the scheme of -1532. The arch at left is reduced to a narrow strip. The central moti...
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