EditorialFrancesco degli Alidosi, c. 1455-1511, Cardinal of Pavia 1505, Legate of Bologna and Romagna 1508 [obverse]. Dimensions: overall (diameter): 5.9 cm (2 5/16 in.) gross weight: 58 gr. Medium: bronze.
EditorialRecto: Two Friezes with Flowers Verso: Sketch for a Decorative Painting, Felice Giani, Italian, 17581823, Pen and brown ink on paper, Horizontal rectangle. Recto: Above: two waved ribbons crossing each other. Calices stand in wedges. In ovoids are loze...
EditorialFrancesco degli Alidosi, c. 1455-1511, Cardinal of Pavia 1505, Legate of Bologna and Romagna 1508 [obverse]. Dimensions: overall (diameter): 5.9 cm (2 5/16 in.) gross weight: 58 gr. Medium: bronze.
EditorialJean Mauger, Louis XIV (1638-1715), Audience Granted to the Pontifical Legate 1664, ca. 1702, bronze, 1 5/8 in. (4.1 cm.), During the 1660s, friction grew between Louis XIV and the Pope due to multiple disagreements about French representation in the C...
EditorialThe Reception of Cornelis Hop (1685-1762) as Legate of the States-General at the Court of Louis XV, 24 July 1719. Dating: 1720 - 1729. Measurements: h 104.5 cm ? w 163 cm; d 7.7 cm.
EditorialBoudewijn van Heusden (?-870) and his Wife Sophia Receiving Homage from the Legate of King Edmund, c. 1626. Dating: c. 1626. Measurements: support: h 185.7 cm ? w 279.3 cm; t 3.7 cm; d 6.5 cm; w 43 kg.
EditorialUnknown (Italian), Coat of Arms of Pope Leo X, of the Deputy Apostolic Legate in Bologna, Archbishop Altobello Averoldi of Brisighella, and of the town of Bologna, 1515, stone, Overall (diameter): 27 1/2 inches (69.8 cm).
EditorialBoudewijn van Heusden (?-870) and his Wife Sophia Receiving Homage from the Legate of King Edmund, c. 1626. Dating: c. 1626. Measurements: support: h 185.7 cm ? w 279.3 cm; t 3.7 cm; d 6.5 cm; w 43 kg.
EditorialThe Reception of Cornelis Hop (1685-1762) as Legate of the States-General at the Court of Louis XV, 24 July 1719. Dating: 1720 - 1729. Measurements: h 104.5 cm ? w 163 cm; d 7.7 cm.
EditorialBoudewijn van Heusden (?-870) and his Wife Sophia Receiving Homage from the Legate of King Edmund, c. 1626. Dating: c. 1626. Measurements: support: h 185.7 cm ? w 279.3 cm; t 3.7 cm; d 6.5 cm; w 43 kg.
Editorial(From left to right): Fig.4: Constantine, King of Britain. Fig.5: Gwayr: A cousin in the third degree to King Arthur. A giant at his feet, who he slew. Fig.6: St.Dubricius, Archbishop of Caerleon, Or Warwick, Primate of Britain, and Legate of the Apost...
EditorialCrowded court scene. Shahnama. Shiraz, Iran, 1560. Iskandar disguised as a legate, with his portrait, before Queen Qaydafa. A miniature painting from a sixteenth century manuscript of the epic poem of Shahnama. Image taken from Shahnama. Originally p...
EditorialLetter from Anne Boleyn and Henry VIII to Cardinal Wolsey, August 1528. In the upper part of this letter, written at the start of August 1528, Anne sends good wishes to Cardinal Wolsey and asks for news about the progress of Cardinal Campeggio, the pap...
EditorialFrancesco degli Alidosi, c. 1455-1511, Cardinal of Pavia 1505, Legate of Bologna and Romagna 1508 [obverse]. Dimensions: overall (diameter): 5.9 cm (2 5/16 in.) gross weight: 58 gr. Medium: bronze.
EditorialFrancesco degli Alidosi, c. 1455-1511, Cardinal of Pavia 1505, Legate of Bologna and Romagna 1508 [obverse]. Dimensions: overall (diameter): 5.9 cm (2 5/16 in.) gross weight: 58 gr. Medium: bronze.
EditorialPortrait of an Ecclesiastic, ca. 1461, Metalpoint, black chalk on white prepared paper, 7 13/16 x 5 5/16 in. (19.8 x 13.5 cm.), Drawings, Jean Fouquet (French, Tours ca. 1425?ca. 1478 Tours), Although the inscription describes the sitter as 'A Roman le...
EditorialMadonna and Child with Saints, 1607, Oil on copper, 11 3/4 x 9 7/8 in. (29.8 x 25.1 cm), Paintings, Ludovico Carracci (Italian, Bologna 1555?1619 Bologna), This exquisite picture was painted for Cardinal Benedetto Giustiniani (1554?1621), when papal le...
EditorialPortrait of Quintus Titurius Sabinus, Roman legate, on cornelian from the collection of Matthew Duane. Copperplate engraving by Thomas Worlidge from James Vallentin's One Hundred and Eight Engravings from Antique Gems, 1863.