EditorialBust of a man, On the fleshy head slightly turned to the left a helmet-shaped headpiece to which a Gouda pipe is attached. He is dressed in a jerkin with buttons, above which a floppy, pleated collar, on the shoulder peckballs. The cloak runs obliquely...
EditorialPortrait of Johanna Dor? Johanna Dor?, The woman is placed frontally, the head slightly to the left. The middle parted hair falls on both sides of the fleshy face in small curls up to the shoulders, a braid is laid on the back of the head. She wears a ...
EditorialBust of a Man Hendrik de Keyser (1565 - 1621) Bust of a man, The head, slightly turned to the right, shows a beard and toggle, fairly short hair and a somewhat fleshy nose. Over a piece of clothing that appears at the neck, he wears a jerky that is clo...
EditorialTerracotta limbless 'doll', Classical, late 5th?early 4th century B.C., Greek, Attic, Terracotta, H. 6 1/4 in. (15.8 cm), Terracottas, Nude torso terminates just above knees; arms terminate at biceps, the limbs were never added. Large, deeply set, down...
EditorialCrax daubentoni, Print, The yellow-knobbed curassow (Crax daubentoni) is a large species of bird found in forest and woodland in Colombia and Venezuela. It feeds mainly on the ground, but flies up into trees if threatened. Its most striking features ar...
EditorialColumbidae, Print, Pigeons and doves constitute the animal family Columbidae and the order Columbiformes, which includes about 42 genera and 310 species. They are stout-bodied birds with short necks, and short slender bills that in some species feature...
EditorialLingula anatina, Print, Lingula is a genus of brachiopods within the class Lingulata. Lingula or forms very close in appearance have existed possibly since the Cambrian. Like its relatives, it has two unadorned organo-phosphatic valves and a long flesh...
EditorialColumbidae, Print, Pigeons and doves constitute the animal family Columbidae and the order Columbiformes, which includes about 42 genera and 310 species. They are stout-bodied birds with short necks, and short slender bills that in some species feature...
EditorialPortrait statue of Socrates, Greek, ca. 200 BCE-100 CE. According to both Plato and Xenophon, his pupils, Socrates was portly, pug-nosed with fleshy lips, resembling a satyr. His pursuit of true knowledge brought him into conflict with the piety laws o...
EditorialTerracotta limbless 'doll', Classical, late 5th?early 4th century B.C., Greek, Attic, Terracotta, H. 6 1/4 in. (15.8 cm), Terracottas, Nude torso terminates just above knees; arms terminate at biceps, the limbs were never added. Large, deeply set, down...
EditorialTerracotta head of a youth, Early Hellenistic, early 3rd century B.C. (?), Cypriot, Terracotta; mold-made, H. 7 1/2 in. (19 cm), Terracottas, The head is mold-made and hollow. There is a hole at the back of the head, probably for venting. The youth has...
EditorialFace attributed to Ptolemy II Philadelphos or a contemporary, Ptolemaic Period, Ptolemaic Dynasty, 285?246 B.C., From Egypt, Memphite Region, Heliopolis (Iunu; On), Near the obelisk, BSAE excavations 1912, Graywacke, H. 16.2 cm (6 3/8 in.); W. 10.8 cm ...
EditorialThe Young Bather, 1866, Oil on canvas, 51 1/4 x 38 1/4 in. (130.2 x 97.2 cm), Paintings, Gustave Courbet (French, Ornans 1819?1877 La Tour-de-Peilz), The traditional theme of women bathing attracted Courbet?s attention repeatedly in the 1860s. This sce...
EditorialFigure of a standing woman, Parthian, ca. 2nd century B.C.?2nd century A.D. , Mesopotamia, said to be from Ctesiphon, Parthian, Gypsum alabaster, 10.62 in. (26.97 cm), Stone-Sculpture, This standing female is full-figured, with rings of flesh at her wa...
EditorialFleshy-leaved aspalathus, Aspalathus carnosa. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by F. Sansom Jr. after an illustration by Sydenham Edwards from William Curtis' Botanical Magazine, T. Curtis, London, 1810.
EditorialPortrait statue of Socrates, Greek, ca. 200 BCE-100 CE. According to both Plato and Xenophon, his pupils, Socrates was portly, pug-nosed with fleshy lips, resembling a satyr. His pursuit of true knowledge brought him into conflict with the piety laws o...