EditorialThe Scaffolding Surrounded 17th Century, 95ft-tall Bronze Canopy By Giovan Lorenzo Bernini Surmounting The Papal Altar Of The Confession Is Seen In St. Peter's Basilica At The Vatican, Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024, Vatican City - 21 Feb 2024
EditorialThe Scaffolding Surrounded 17th Century, 95ft-tall Bronze Canopy By Giovan Lorenzo Bernini Surmounting The Papal Altar Of The Confession Is Seen In St. Peter's Basilica At The Vatican, Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024, Vatican City - 21 Feb 2024
EditorialThe Scaffolding Surrounded 17th Century, 95ft-tall Bronze Canopy By Giovan Lorenzo Bernini Surmounting The Papal Altar Of The Confession Is Seen In St. Peter's Basilica At The Vatican, Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024, Vatican City - 21 Feb 2024
EditorialThe Scaffolding Surrounded 17th Century, 95ft-tall Bronze Canopy By Giovan Lorenzo Bernini Surmounting The Papal Altar Of The Confession Is Seen In St. Peter's Basilica At The Vatican, Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024, Vatican City - 21 Feb 2024
EditorialThe Scaffolding Surrounded 17th Century, 95ft-tall Bronze Canopy By Giovan Lorenzo Bernini Surmounting The Papal Altar Of The Confession Is Seen In St. Peter's Basilica At The Vatican, Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024, Vatican City - 21 Feb 2024
EditorialThe Scaffolding Surrounded 17th Century, 95ft-tall Bronze Canopy By Giovan Lorenzo Bernini Surmounting The Papal Altar Of The Confession Is Seen In St. Peter's Basilica At The Vatican, Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024, Vatican City - 21 Feb 2024
EditorialTowel, Medium: raw silk, metal sequins Technique: embroidered on plain weave with punched work, Each end of a plain white towel embroidered with a large stylized floral ornament rising out of a small vase, in white silk, silk floss, and small, tarnishe...
EditorialDesign for a Cartouche Representing Architecture, Jacques de Lajo?e, French, 16871761, Gabriel Huquier, French, 16951772, Engraving on white laid paper, Cartouche representing an allegory of architecture. A young man, upper right, holds a plumb line, w...
EditorialChairs, fruitwood, wool tapestry, brass-headed nails, The chairs' frames are of carved, unpainted fruitwood. The chairs' backs, seats, and armpads are upholstered and eged with brass-headed nails. The chairs' backs are rectangular, wider at the top tha...
EditorialDesign for a Cartouche Representing the Garden, Jacques de Lajo?e, French, 16871761, Gabriel Huquier, French, 16951772, Engraving on white laid paper, Elongated asymmetrical cartouche decorated with tools of the garden: a rake, a hoe, a pitchfork, grap...
EditorialDesign for a Cartouche Evoking War, Jacques de Lajo?e, French, 16871761, Gabriel Huquier, French, 16951772, Engraving on white laid paper, At left of cartouche, a slave restrained by a ball and chain. A flag, spear, and shield are seen at left. Spears,...
EditorialBronze finial of a kerykeion (herald's staff), Archaic, late 6th?early 5th century B.C., Greek, Bronze, H. 7 3/8 in. (18.7 cm), Bronzes, A pair of intertwined snakes typically surmounts the staff carried by Hermes, the messenger of the gods. Here they ...
EditorialBronze finial of a kerykeion (herald's staff), Archaic, late 6th?early 5th century B.C., Greek, Bronze, H. 7 3/8 in. (18.7 cm), Bronzes, A pair of intertwined snakes typically surmounts the staff carried by Hermes, the messenger of the gods. Here they ...
EditorialBronze finial of a kerykeion (herald's staff), Archaic, late 6th?early 5th century B.C., Greek, Bronze, H. 7 3/8 in. (18.7 cm), Bronzes, A pair of intertwined snakes typically surmounts the staff carried by Hermes, the messenger of the gods. Here they ...
EditorialVioloncello Head, ca. 1670?80, Hamburg, Germany, German, Maple, Overall L. 49.2 cm (19-3/8 in.), Chordophone-Accessories, Attributed to Joachim Tielke (German, 1641?1719), This 'cello scroll is carved in maple and features a protruding head with an ope...
EditorialBronze finial of a kerykeion (herald's staff), Archaic, late 6th?early 5th century B.C., Greek, Bronze, H. 7 3/8 in. (18.7 cm), Bronzes, A pair of intertwined snakes typically surmounts the staff carried by Hermes, the messenger of the gods. Here they ...
EditorialHunting Sword, ca. 1825, Vienna, Austrian, Vienna, Steel, gold, enamel, agate, wood, leather, L. 26 15/16 in. (68.5 cm), Swords, This richly decorated sword was made for one of the counts Hoyos-Sprinzenstein. His enameled coat of arms surmounts the lio...