EditorialLot Seduced by his Daughters, ca. 1567, probably British, Silver, parcel gilt, Overall (confirmed): 5/8 x 7 5/8 in., 7 oz. 12 dwt. (1.6 x 19.4 cm, 0.2365kg), Metalwork-Silver, The fine engraving on this set of plates depicts scenes from the Old Testame...
EditorialLot Seduced by his Daughters, ca. 1567, probably British, Silver, parcel gilt, Overall (confirmed): 5/8 x 7 5/8 in., 7 oz. 12 dwt. (1.6 x 19.4 cm, 0.2365kg), Metalwork-Silver, The fine engraving on this set of plates depicts scenes from the Old Testame...
EditorialAllegorical title page with various scenes from the metamorphoses of Ovidius and his portrait Title page for: P. Ovidius Naso, M? tamorphoses, 1732, Allegorical representation with various scenes and metamorphoses from the book of Ovidius. Among others...
EditorialBronze relief from a mirror, Late Classical, 4th century B.C., Greek, Bronze, H. 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm.), Bronzes, Aphrodite seated on a rock with two Erotes and a swan. Aphrodite's connection to the swan is not mentioned in literature, although the two o...
EditorialDiane decouvrant la grossesse de Callisto. Diana learns of the pregnancy of the nymph Callisto. Callisto, seduced by Zeus, breaks her vows of eternal chastity and gives birth to a son, Arkas. Canvas, 161 x 206 cm INV. 207.
EditorialDiane decouvrant la grossesse de Callisto. Diana learns of the pregnancy of the nymph Callisto. Callisto, seduced by Zeus, breaks her vows of eternal chastity and gives birth to a son, Arkas. Canvas, 161 x 206 cm INV. 207.
EditorialStatue of Leda, Aetolian princess later Queen of Sparta, seduced by Zeus in the form of a swan. Copperplate engraving by Francois-Anne David from Museum de Florence, ou Collection des Pierres Gravees, Statues, Medailles, Chez F.A. David, Paris, 1787. D...
EditorialStatue of Leda, Aetolian princess later Queen of Sparta, seduced by Zeus in the form of a swan. Copperplate engraving by Francois-Anne David from Museum de Florence, ou Collection des Pierres Gravees, Statues, Medailles, Chez F.A. David, Paris, 1787. D...
EditorialAllegorical title page with various scenes from the metamorphoses of Ovidius and his portrait Title page for: P. Ovidius Naso, M? tamorphoses, 1732, Allegorical representation with various scenes and metamorphoses from the book of Ovidius. Among others...
EditorialBronze relief from a mirror, Late Classical, 4th century B.C., Greek, Bronze, H. 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm.), Bronzes, Aphrodite seated on a rock with two Erotes and a swan. Aphrodite's connection to the swan is not mentioned in literature, although the two o...
EditorialMadame Charles Maurice de Talleyrand P?rigord (1761?1835), ca. 1804, Oil on canvas, 88 7/8 x 64 7/8 in. (225.7 x 164.8 cm), Paintings, baron Fran?ois G?rard (French, Rome 1770?1837 Paris), G?rard, a student of David, was first painter to the empress Jo...
EditorialCain and his descendants. Holkham Bible Picture Book. England, circa 1320-1330. [Whole folio] Upper part of drawing; Cain and family ploughing; he is shown as the wicked farmer. Below, the bad descendants of Cain. The two women carding and spinning und...
EditorialLotse, a spy captured on the island'. Captain Scholtz'. Lotse was a tradesman living in Heliogoland. The author claims to have trapped him into passing secrets. He was sentenced to ten years penal servitude. According to the author, Catpain Scultz was ...
EditorialBronze relief from a mirror, Late Classical, 4th century B.C., Greek, Bronze, H. 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm.), Bronzes, Aphrodite seated on a rock with two Erotes and a swan. Aphrodite's connection to the swan is not mentioned in literature, although the two o...
EditorialMadame Charles Maurice de Talleyrand P?rigord (1761?1835), ca. 1804, Oil on canvas, 88 7/8 x 64 7/8 in. (225.7 x 164.8 cm), Paintings, baron Fran?ois G?rard (French, Rome 1770?1837 Paris), G?rard, a student of David, was first painter to the empress Jo...
EditorialLot Seduced by his Daughters, ca. 1567, probably British, Silver, parcel gilt, Overall (confirmed): 5/8 x 7 5/8 in., 7 oz. 12 dwt. (1.6 x 19.4 cm, 0.2365kg), Metalwork-Silver, The fine engraving on this set of plates depicts scenes from the Old Testame...
EditorialJudith with the Head of Holofernes, ca. 1530, Oil on linden, 35 1/4 x 24 3/8 in. (89.5 x 61.9 cm), Paintings, Lucas Cranach the Elder (German, Kronach 1472?1553 Weimar), In this panel Judith presents the severed head of Holofernes, the Assyrian general...
EditorialBronze relief from a mirror, Late Classical, 4th century B.C., Greek, Bronze, H. 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm.), Bronzes, Aphrodite seated on a rock with two Erotes and a swan. Aphrodite's connection to the swan is not mentioned in literature, although the two o...
EditorialThe skeleton of Death smokes a pipe at the fireside with old Gaffer Goodman, while his young wife is seduced by a suitor at the window. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Thomas Rowlandson from The English Dance of Death, Ackermann, London,...
EditorialDiane decouvrant la grossesse de Callisto. Diana learns of the pregnancy of the nymph Callisto. Callisto, seduced by Zeus, breaks her vows of eternal chastity and gives birth to a son, Arkas. Canvas, 161 x 206 cm INV. 207.