EditorialFragment of a silk fabric with a pattern of a multicolored tree and rock on yellow ground, Fragment of a silk fabric with an incomplete, asymmetrical pattern: a tree directed to the left has a gnarled trunk of ocher that is truncated. Side branches of ...
EditorialSynod van Dordrecht, Silver Medal. Front: meeting room with in the middle a table with people and around benches with people inside a circle. Reverse: sanctuary on mountain top, climbed by people within a circle. Compare FM nrs. 1337 and 1339., Dordrec...
EditorialBust of bearded old man with cap whose rim is turned upwards, Bust of bearded old man with hat whose rim is turned upwards. Red wax with dark brown finish. Hollow molded. Condition: dented at the rear, bottom filled in and closed with brown wax. Note: ...
EditorialTerracotta Panathenaic prize amphora, Archaic, ca. 530 B.C., Greek, Attic, Terracotta; black-figure, H. 24 1/2 in. (62.2 cm), Vases, Obverse, Athena, Reverse, footrace. The Euphiletos Painter was trained in the black-figure technique. It is interesting...
EditorialStudy of a Figure in a Niche (Saint Ambrose; recto); Architectural Studies: Four Alternative Designs for Fictive Niches and an Unrelated Design with Garlands (verso), ca. 1560-67.
EditorialNephrops norvegicus, Print, Nephrops norvegicus, known variously as the Norway lobster, Dublin Bay prawn, langoustine (compare langostino) or scampi, is a slim, orange-pink lobster which grows up to 25 cm (10 in) long, and is "the most important commer...
EditorialPortrait of Katharina Aeder, wife of Melchior Hornlocher, 1577, oil on oak wood, 86 x 70 cm, not marked (compare counterpart Inv 80), Hans Bock d. ?., Zabern/Elsass um 1550/52?1624 Basel.
EditorialStudy of a Figure in a Niche (Saint Ambrose; recto); Architectural Studies: Four Alternative Designs for Fictive Niches and an Unrelated Design with Garlands (verso), ca. 1560-67.
EditorialStudy of a Figure in a Niche (Saint Ambrose; recto); Architectural Studies: Four Alternative Designs for Fictive Niches and an Unrelated Design with Garlands (verso), ca. 1560-67.
EditorialPlaque with the Annunciation, ca. 1200?1225, Made in Central Italy; Made in Catalonia, Spain or, Catalan or Central Italian, Champlev? enamel, copper-gilt, Overall: 13 11/16 x 12 3/16 x 1/16 in. (34.7 x 31 x 0.2 cm), Enamels-Champlev?, Though recent pu...
EditorialTerracotta box of a pyxis, Early Cycladic I, ca. 3200?2800 B.C., Cycladic, Terracotta, H.: 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm), Vases, It is interesting to compare the incised pattern on this box with those on the shallow silver bowls.
EditorialCastle by a River, 1647, Oil on wood, 26 x 38 1/4 in. (66 x 97.2 cm), Paintings, Jan van Goyen (Dutch, Leiden 1596?1656 The Hague), Many of Van Goyen's pioneering river views of the 1630s employ the diagonal recession, the repoussoir of a boat in the f...
EditorialTerracotta stemmed dish, Archaic, 6th century B.C., Etruscan, Terracotta, Other: 6 x 10 in. (15.2 x 25.4 cm), Vases, The rim is decorated with four heads in relief. It is interesting to compare this object with its Attic counterpart of about a century ...
EditorialTerracotta Panathenaic prize amphora, Archaic, ca. 530 B.C., Greek, Attic, Terracotta; black-figure, H. 24 1/2 in. (62.2 cm), Vases, Obverse, Athena, Reverse, footrace. The Euphiletos Painter was trained in the black-figure technique. It is interesting...
Editorial? ??? ?????? ?, Four anecdotes from the life of Wang Xizhi, Yuan dynasty (1271?1368), 1310s, China, Handscroll; ink on paper, Image: 9 5/8 x 46 1/16 in. (24.4 x 117 cm), Calligraphy, Zhao Mengfu (Chinese, 1254?1322), The emperor Yuan Renzong (r. 1312?2...
EditorialDecorated bone pin, Early Aurignacian period, about 34,000 years old. Deliberately made jewellery is unknown in Old Stone Age sites in Europe before the start of the Upper Palaeolithic. Some of the oldest known pieces came from the Abri Lartet, a shelt...