EditorialCircle of Pinturicchio, A Kneeling Man in Fifteenth-Century Costume (recto); a small, fragmentary sketch of a recumbant boy, probably by a later hand (verso), Circle of Pinturicchio (Italian, Perugia 14541513 Siena), ca. 1509, Metalpoint, heightened wi...
EditorialThree Studies of a Recumbant Lion. Studieblad met drie liggende leeuwen. Draughtsman: Jacob de Gheyn (II). Dating: c. 1615 - c. 1625. Measurements: h 202 mm ? w 323 mm.
EditorialLimestone recumbant lion, Cypro-Classical, second half of the 5th century B.C., Cypriot, Limestone, Overall: 18 1/2 x 32 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. (47 x 82.6 x 24.1 cm), Stone Sculpture, The lion formed the finial of a funerary stele and was meant to guard the tomb.
EditorialCat on base inscribed for Bastet and an offerer, Late Period?Ptolemaic Period, 664?30 B.C., From Egypt, Cupreous metal, H. 4.8 cm (1 7/8 in.); W. 2.5 cm (1 in.); L. 5.7 cm (2 1/4 in.), Bastet was a powerful goddess of Lower Egypt, one who was protectiv...