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Editorial Strange Mystery Brooch Kept In Bedside Drawer For Decades Has Roots In Ancient Rome - And It's Worth Thousands
Editorial Greece, Athens. Acropolis. Asklepieion of Athens. Sanctuary built in honour of the gods Asclepius and Hygieia. Doric style. 420-419 BC.
Editorial Tenjin Traveling to China.
Editorial Saint Reparata before the Emperor Decius.
Editorial Hotei.
Editorial Raja Balwant Singh Revering Krishna and Radha.
Editorial Indrajit Makes Offerings.
Editorial The Marriage of Cupid and Psyche.
Editorial Sankta Maria im Kapitol, Cologne. 1049-1065 Built over a Roman temple dedicated to the Capitoline Gods Jupiter, Juno and Minerva.
Editorial The Martyrdom of Saint Adrian; The Martyrdom of Two Saints, Possibly Ache and Acheul.
Editorial Br?nnhilde (Twilight of the Gods). Odilon Redon; French, 1840-1916. Date: 1894. Dimensions: 379 ? 294 mm (image/chine); 602 ? 449 mm (sheet). Lithograph in black on cream chine coll? laid down on ivory wove paper. Origin: France.
Editorial Bacchanal before an altar to the gods.
Editorial Battle of the Sea-Gods (right half).
Editorial The Churning of the Ocean of Milk.
Editorial Solomon Worshipping False Gods. Dated: 1501. Dimensions: sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 18.5 x 15.7 cm (7 5/16 x 6 3/16 in.). Medium: engraving.
Editorial Mahana Atua (The Food of the Gods). Dated: 1894/1895. Medium: woodcut printed in black and gray by Pola Gauguin in 1921.
Editorial Aeneas and his family fleeing Troy.
Editorial Temple of Horus. Pharaoh before gods. Main entrance. First pylon. Detail. Edfu. Egypt.
Editorial Egypt. Edfu. Temple of Horus. Relief depicting a Ptolemaic pharaoh offering to the gods a small sphinx.
Editorial Temple of Horus. Pharaoh before gods. Main entrance. First pylon. Detail. Edfu. Egypt.
Editorial Temple of Horus. Pharaoh before gods. Main entrance. First pylon. Detail. Edfu. Egypt.
Editorial Two Young Attendants on New Year's Day from the series "Seven Women as the Gods of Good Fortune for the Hanagasa Poetry Club (Hanagasaren shichifukujin)". Katsukawa Shuntei; Japanese, 1770-1824. Date: 1815-1820. Dimensions: 20.5 x 18.1 cm (8 1/16 x 7 1...
Editorial Sts Paul and Barnabas worshipped as gods by the people of Lystra. Dating: 1628. Measurements: support: h 64 cm ? w 104.7 cm.
Editorial Hera Hiding during the Battle of the Gods and Giants. Dating: after c. 1643. Measurements: h 87 cm ? w 69.5 cm; d 7 cm.
Editorial The Lament of the Art of Painting.
Editorial Hera Hiding during the Battle of the Gods and Giants. Dating: after c. 1643. Measurements: h 87 cm ? w 69.5 cm; d 7 cm.
Editorial Mirror with geometric patterns and stylized animals, Taoist gods and heavenly animals, band with squares on which characters are interspersed with semicircular notches. The patina is yellow green and dark green., anonymous, China, 200 - 300, bronze (me...
Editorial Vajrasattva, Silver statuette of the Buddha Vajrasattva, sitting on a bronze pedestal, representations, gods, demi-gods, heroes, etc. (Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism), anonymous, Indonesia, c. 975 - c. 1025, bronze (metal), silver (metal), founding, h 13....
Editorial Allegorical representation with portrait of Willem V, In a boat surrounded by two sea gods, an acclaimed man with a sheet of paper in his hand sits. In the air a woman holds a winch and laurel wreath and, together with a putto, wears the portrait of Wi...
Editorial Napkin with fish and shellfish, Napkin of linen damask with fish and shellfish. Midfield: various fish. Standing edges: fishing and fishing. Landscape edges: sea gods. Angle: crab., anonymous, Haarlem, c. 1600 - c. 1649, linen (material), damask, h 103...
Editorial Workshop of Frans Floris I, Feast of Sea Gods, Gods meal, painting, oil on canvas, Height, 133 cm (52.3 inches), Width, 184 cm (72.4 inches).
Editorial The gods arrive : Beresford, Max.
Editorial Theater Royale de l'Odeon, Bronze Medal. Obverse: crowned heads of three Greek gods under the star crown, beneath a mirror, pan flute and dagger within a cover. Reverse: winch on two crossed flowers in the midst of leaf leaves within a circle, Jean Bap...
Editorial Saucer with a mythological image based on the Fire element, Porcelain dish, painted on the glaze in blue, red, pink, green, yellow, black and gold. On the front an allegorical representation of the element Fire with various gods including Jupiter, Vulc...
Editorial Antoine Perrenot, Cardinal of Granvelle, appointed Archbishop of Mechelen, Silver Medal. Front: man's bust inside the inside. Reverse: Aeneas ship ravaged by storm: crew washes overboard, masts break off, while Aeneas itself urges its comrades to perse...
Editorial Two Romanesque vessels and the Temple of the Goths Gods, which stood on Mount Aventino, Illustration of two Roman vases and the temple Aventin from the 18th century, signed: J. B. F. v. Chr., E. del., 9, p. 230, Fischer von Erlach, Johann Bernhard (del...
Editorial Fukurokuju, Isoda Koryusai ????? (Japanese, 1735-1790), Hanmoto, Publisher (Japanese), Edo, 1776-1781, ink on paper, color woodblock print, 11-1/16 x 5-1/16 in. (sheet, trimmed), Publisher: Hanmoto ?? (Iseya Kinbei ??????), series, Fashionable Amusemen...
Editorial The Lament of the Art of Painting.
Editorial Battle of the Sea Gods [left half]. Dated: c. 1485/1488. Dimensions: sheet: 39.6 x 43 cm (15 9/16 x 16 15/16 in.). Medium: engraving. Andrea Mantegna. NEPTUNO.
Editorial Photograph - Cooking, Egypt, Captain Edward Albert McKenna, World War I, 1914-1915, One of 108 images in an album from World War I likely to have been taken by Captain Edward Albert McKenna. The album contains photographs of the 7th Battalion in Egypt....
Editorial Ye gods and little fishes; a travesty on the Argonautic expedition in quest of the golden fleece : Henshall, James A. (James Alexander), 1836-1925.
Editorial Circular dish, Round Empire dish of gilt silver. Decorated with a narrow palm fringe. Engraved with Potemkin's coat of arms, earth (one of the four elements), (story of) Cybele, Rhea Cybele, Great Mother of the Gods (Berecynt (h) ia), flowers in a vase...
Editorial Carpet of King William III, Stadtholder of the Netherlands, and Queen Mary Stuart II, Tapestry of William III, King-Stadtholder (1650-1702), from a series of eight (type A, with the standing gods figures). Marked with the Brussels coat of arms and sign...
Editorial Unknown (Indian), Worship of the Gods (16 of 17), late 17th century, Gouache and gilt on paper, Image: 8 3/4 ? 14 7/8 inches (22.2 ? 37.8 cm).
Editorial Unknown (Indian), Worship of the Gods (15 of 17), late 17th century, Gouache and gilt on paper, Image: 8 3/4 ? 14 7/8 inches (22.2 ? 37.8 cm).
Editorial Egyptian, Funerary Stele for Pa-Amun before the Gods, Ptah, Bast and Amun, c. 800 BC, Limestone with traces of polychromy, gold, and terracotta, 22 3/4 x 18 1/8 x 2 3/4 in.
Editorial Claes Cornelisz Moeyaert, Dutch, 1590-1655, Laban Searching for His Gods, 1647, Oil on oak panel, Unframed: 14 1/4 ? 18 5/8 inches (36.2 ? 47.3 cm).
Editorial Hunting gods in the countryside, Indians hunt animals in the country and thus predict the future of the harvest and other conditions, Signed: P. Sonnerat pinx, Poisson sc, Pl. 63, after p. 240 (vol. 1), Sonnerat, Pierre M. (pinx.); Poisson, Jean-Baptis...
Editorial Indian Monnees_1, Illustrations of various Indian coins, Figs. 1-8: Indian rupees from various provinces, Figs. 9-14: Indian pagodas with figures of gods, Fig.1: Roupie marchande de Pondich?ry, Fig. 2: Roupie ? coin, Entente de Pondich?ry, Fig. 3: Roup...
Editorial Unknown (Indian), Worship of the Gods (6 of 17), late 17th century, Gouache and gilt on paper, Image: 8 3/4 ? 14 7/8 inches (22.2 ? 37.8 cm).
Editorial Unknown (Indian), Gods and Brahmins Worshipping Durga, from the Bhagavata Purana (3 of 3), c. 1700, Gouache and gold, 16 x 9 7/8 in. (40.6 x 25.1 cm).
Editorial Unknown (Indian), Worship of the Gods (9 of 17), late 17th century, Gouache and gilt on paper, Image: 8 3/4 ? 14 7/8 inches (22.2 ? 37.8 cm).
Editorial Unknown (Indian), Worship of the Gods (4 of 17), late 17th century, Gouache and gilt on paper, Image: 8 3/4 ? 14 7/8 inches (22.2 ? 37.8 cm).
Editorial Unknown (Indian), Worship of the Gods (11 of 17), late 17th century, Gouache and gilt on paper, Image: 8 3/4 ? 14 7/8 inches (22.2 ? 37.8 cm).
Editorial Unknown (Indian), Worship of the Gods (3 of 17), late 17th century, Gouache and gilt on paper, Image: 8 3/4 ? 14 7/8 inches (22.2 ? 37.8 cm).
Editorial Unknown (Indian), Gods and Brahmins Worshipping Durga, from the Bhagavata Purana (1 of 3), c. 1700, Gouache and gold, 16 x 9 7/8 in. (40.6 x 25.1 cm).
Editorial Earthenware Jug with Planetary Gods, ca. 1668, Salt-glazed stoneware with enamel decoration, pewter mounts, Overall: 8 1/4 ? 6 1/4 ? 5 inches (21 ? 15.9 ? 12.7 cm).
Editorial Heimdall Summons the Gods to Battle.
Editorial The Council of Gods.
Editorial Unknown (Flemish), Millefleurs Fragment: Jupiter, King of the Gods, c. 1500/1520, Wool, silk, Overall: 97 ? 36 3/4 inches (246.4 ? 93.3 cm).
Editorial Trimurti or Trinidad of the Indians, Representation of the Trimurti, the connection between the three gods Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva, Signed: P. Sonnerat pinx, Poisson sc, Pl. 31, before p. 151 (vol. 1), Sonnerat, Pierre M. (pinx.); Poisson, Jean-Baptis...
Editorial Unknown (Indian), Worship of the Gods (17 of 17), late 17th century, Gouache and gilt on paper, Image: 8 3/4 ? 14 7/8 inches (22.2 ? 37.8 cm).
Editorial Unknown (Indian), Worship of the Gods (7 of 17), late 17th century, Gouache and gilt on paper, Image: 8 3/4 ? 14 7/8 inches (22.2 ? 37.8 cm).
Editorial Greek, Storage Jar Depicting a Gathering of Gods and Goddesses, 560/540 BC, clay, Amphora : 16 1/8 x 10 5/8 in.diam. (41.5 x 26.9 cm).
Editorial Unknown (Indian), Worship of the Gods (14 of 17), late 17th century, Gouache and gilt on paper, Image: 8 3/4 ? 14 7/8 inches (22.2 ? 37.8 cm).
Editorial Bock monkeys and forest gods service, Signed: J. A. Fridrich sculps, copperplate engraving, plate CCLXXVII (Bd. 2), F?ssli, Johann Melchior; Fridrich, Jacob Andreas (sculps.), 1731, Johann Jakob Scheuchzer: Kupfer-Bibel (...). Augspurg und Ulm: gedruck...
Editorial Unknown (Indian), Worship of the Gods (12 of 17), late 17th century, Gouache and gilt on paper, Image: 8 3/4 ? 14 7/8 inches (22.2 ? 37.8 cm).
Editorial Unknown (Indian), Durga, Having Decapitated Bull and Mahishasura Within, Drives off Remaining Demons while Gods in Clouds Applaud, ca. 1800, Opaque watercolor and gold on paper, Image: 8 1/8 ? 12 7/8 inches (20.6 ? 32.7 cm).
Editorial Unknown (Indian), Gods Discussing Their Defeat by Demons, led by Mahishasura in Background, c. 1800, Sheet: 10 1/8 inches ? 14 inches (25.7 ? 35.6 cm).
Editorial Unknown (Indian), Worship of the Gods (10 of 17), late 17th century, Gouache and gilt on paper, Image: 8 3/4 ? 14 7/8 inches (22.2 ? 37.8 cm).
Editorial Teroton party or chariot race, Many people draw a decorated wagon for the feast of Teroton, on which ornaments of wars, lives and manifestations of the Indian gods are shown, Signed: P. Sonnerat pinx, Poisson sc, pl. 63, after p. 226 (p., Bd. 1), Sonne...
Editorial Unknown (Indian), Durga Receives Thanks of Gods, ca. 1800, Image: 8 ? 11 7/8 inches (20.3 ? 30.2 cm).
Editorial Land of Gods ..., Parallel Title: The Earth of God Art-Building, Signed: J. G. Pintz sculps, copperplate engraving, plate DXXIX, F?ssli, Johann Melchior; Pinz, Johann Georg (sculps.), 1731, Johann Jakob Scheuchzer: Kupfer-Bibel (...). Augspurg und Ulm:...
Editorial Unknown (Indian), Worship of the Gods (13 of 17), late 17th century, Gouache and gilt on paper, Image: 8 3/4 ? 14 7/8 inches (22.2 ? 37.8 cm).
Editorial Unknown (Indian), Worship of the Gods (5 of 17), late 17th century, Gouache and gilt on paper, Image: 8 3/4 ? 14 7/8 inches (22.2 ? 37.8 cm).
Editorial Unknown (Indian), Gods Appeal to Durga for Help, c. 1800, Opaque watercolor and gold on paper, Image: 8 inches ? 11 3/4 inches (20.3 ? 29.8 cm).
Editorial Passport card from the coast of Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and Cameroon Pas caarte van de Bocht van Gabon between C. Formosa and C. de Lopo Gonsalves (title on object), Gabon and Cameroon, with a compass rose, the north is on the left. In the center belo...
Editorial River God Thames on a pedestal Title page for J. Beeverell, Les delices de la Grand 'brittagne et de l'Irlande, part 1, 1707 Les delices de la Grand 'brittany and the l'Irlande (title on object), On a pedestal the Thames as a river god. In his hands th...
Editorial B?nigne Gagneraux, The Blind Oedipus Commending his children to the Gods, painting, 1784, oil on canvas, Height, 122 cm (48 inches), Width, 163 cm (64.1 inches), Inscriptions, Signature and date, B. Gagneraux 1784.
Editorial Men haori with Ebisu and Daikoku, Haori for a man with a decoration on the lining of the lucky gods Ebisu and Daikoku, standing and sitting in a flat bottom while harvesting seaweed, in the background a square cartouche with an image in white lines of ...
Editorial Pass of a part of the Mediterranean with the coasts of Spain and Algeria Pass of a part of the coast of Barbaria (title on object), Pass of a part of the Mediterranean with the coasts of Spain and Algeria and Majorca, with a deployment map of the Bay o...
Editorial Galvanoplastic reproduction of a jug with representations of the four elements from the Popta treasure, Galvanoplastic reproduction of a jug. Driven representations of the four elements, on the belly Neptune surrounded by sea gods. The handle has the s...
Editorial Can with representations of the planets, Can with gilt silver. The neck is formed from a woman's breast image and the spout from a palmetal increase in her hairstyle. The egg-shaped barrel is surrounded by a profile along the neck and under the shoulde...
Editorial Allegory of fertile Friesland Title page for: B. Schotanus, Representation of the glory of Friesland, 1718, Astronomy is central on a pedestal, with a map of Friesland on its thigh. Astronomy holds a globe that she measures with a compass, next to her ...
Editorial Collection of people and animals with the letter A, In the foreground left some putti try to hold an eel in their hands. A monkey witnesses their unsuccessful attempt. In the center a monument with the portrait of Hagar. Next to the monument is the Heb...
Editorial Jewelery casket Jewelery Casket, Bijouterie box made of ebony, decorated with silver engraved plates on the side and front panels. The front can be folded down and hides three drawers. The inside is covered with light red silk. The inner part of the li...
Editorial Passport card from the coast of Norway in the vicinity of Trondheim Passport card from the Coast of Norway Starting from Swarten Os to Heyligerlander Leen Naaukeurigh, where 't Liet van Dronten was erected. (title on object), Passport map of the coast ...
Editorial Guanyin, Wooden Guanyin with remains of painting and gilding. Guanyin is in a relaxed position: he has raised one leg, the right arm rests loosely on it, representations, gods, demi-gods, heroes, etc. (traditional Chinese religions), etc. (Hinduism, Bu...
Editorial Toilet box made of gold-plated silver, oval, with vertical and concave sections on the corners and convex ends and a flat front and rear. Vaulted lid with representation of Olympic gods in e-mail, Box of gold-plated silver with an enamelled lid. The bo...
Editorial Wine fountain and cooler Wine fountain and cooler Wine cooler, given to captain Cornelis Schrijver, The oval cooling vessel has two ears with hinged handles. The foot rests with a hollow profile on the low, straight-walled base. It is made up of a conv...
Editorial King Josia destroyed the temples of Astarte, Kemos and Milkom History of King Josia (series title) Thesaurus sacrarum historiaru [m] veteris testame [n] ti, elega [n] tissimis imaginibus expressu [m] excelle [n] tissimoru [m] in hac arte viroru [m] ope...
Editorial Allegory of the Birth of the Prince of Orange, 1748 Symbolic Scenery On the long-desired and blyde Birth of the Heir of the Orange and Nassau, Hope of the United Netherlands. The VIII. van Lentemaand, MDCCXLVIII (title on object), Allegory of the birth...
Editorial The bodhisattva Maitreya, Image of the Bodhisattva Maitreya, seated in padmasana, representations, gods, demi-gods, heroes, etc. (Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism), anonymous, Kashmir, 700 - 900, bronze (metal), silver (metal), h 17.3 cm ? w 9.5 cm ? d 5.5 cm.
Editorial Diana Luna (title on object) Gods sitting on the seven planets (series title), Diana as the moon goddess Luna, standing on the star statue lobster, a staff in her right hand and a crescent moon in hot left., Diana as moon-goddess, ie Luna (Selene), Mon...
Editorial Cup Cup with representations from the Metamorphoses of Ovid, Cup of gold, completely enameled on a white background. The base of the cup, with a flat ring with diamond pattern, is shaped like a hill with a gnarled tree trunk at the top, which serves as...
Editorial Rome surrounded by Europe, Africa and Asia, The personification of the city of Rome sits on an elevation with a small statue of Victoria in her hands. Around her are the personifications of Europe (with bull), Africa (with crocodile) and Asia (with lio...
Editorial Folding fan, consisting of a frame of ajour and embossed ivory painted with watercolor and a leather leaf, on which gouache painted a forest and river landscape with three nymphs on the back and a house hidden between a forestage, on which gouache pain...
Editorial Thou shalt not worship idols: the first Commandment, Priests sacrifice and kneel for idols. Numbered top right: foli 5, sacrifice, non-Christian religions, 'you shall have no other gods', separate representation of the first of the ten commandments, Ja...
Editorial Frans Floris I, The Feast of the Seagods, Sea Gods feast, painting, 1561, Oil on wood, Height, 126 cm (49.6 inches), Width, 226 cm (88.9 inches), Signed, FF IV ET FA 1561.
Editorial Saucer-dish with Budai and two servants, Porcelain dish with lobed edge, painted in underglaze blue. On the shelf a sitting Budai or Putai with a gourd jug and a shoe in the foreground. Behind him two servants. The wall is modeled in twisted sections w...