EditorialTwo Friezes, Felice Giani, Italian, 17581823, Pen and bistre on paper, Horizontal rectangle. Right edge above: windged putto sit upon scrolls symmetrically arranged on stem with blossom, and swan in the internval. From spirals rises stem with leaves. A...
EditorialTwo Friezes, Felice Giani, Italian, 17581823, Pen and bistre on paper, Horizontal rectangle. Right edge above: windged putto sit upon scrolls symmetrically arranged on stem with blossom, and swan in the internval. From spirals rises stem with leaves. A...
EditorialZeus Deciding on the Destiny of Troy, Palazzo Gessi, Faenza, Felice Giani, Italian, 17581823, Pen and ink, graphite on light blue paper, Zeus upon throne in center of big assembly of gods. He raises right arm and in act of rising. Caption: Concilio gen...
EditorialHeater plate with a harnessed man, Heater plate made of cast iron, divided into two zones. In the upper zone a harnessed man with a sword and scepter. Next to him a (coat of arms). It is on a console with the inscription: HECTOR VON TROIA (?). In the u...
EditorialOffer from Iphigenia Ifigenia libens collum submitte securi, Non aliter, quando Troia perire potest (title on object) The life of Diana, The sacrifice of Iphigenia. The high priest Kalchas is about to sacrifice Ihpigenia to Artemis. Iphigenia is kneeli...
EditorialCapital with Four Heads, ca. 1225?50, Made in Apulia, probably Troia, Italy, Italian, Limestone from Apulia, Overall: 14 1/8 x 13 x 13 in. (35.9 x 33 x 33 cm), Sculpture-Architectural, In 863 a monk named Theodosius wrote of the grandeur of Palermo, de...