Editorial***EMBARGOED UNTIL 9am EST on TUESDAY 21 DEC*** The Beatles seen in rare and newly-discovered photos in Ringo Starrs upcoming memoir, set for 2022 release
EditorialRevealed: 58-page house manual kept by Ghislaine Maxwell at Jeffrey Epsteins estates which ordered staff to see nothing, hear nothing, say nothing
Editorial'Portrait of the Infanta Margaret Theresa of Spain', ca. 1655, Oil on canvas, 70 x 59 cm, INV 941. DIEGO VELAZQUEZ. FELIPE IV HIJA. MARIANA DE AUSTRIA HIJA. INFANTA MARGARITA. LEOPOLDO I ESPOSA.
EditorialThe Alba Madonna. Dated: c. 1510. Dimensions: overall (diameter): 94.5 cm (37 3/16 in.) framed: 139.7 x 135.9 x 14 cm (55 x 53 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.). Medium: oil on panel transferred to canvas. RAPHAEL. CHILD JESUS. VIRGIN MARY. VIRGEN DE ALBA.
EditorialSpeculum Romanae Magnificentiae (Mirror of Roman Magnificence). Dated: 1544-1599. Dimensions: overall: 40.4 ? 28.6 ? 3 cm (15 7/8 ? 11 1/4 ? 1 3/16 in.). Medium: bound volume of 55 etched and engraved illustrations, including 3 later 16th century plates.
EditorialArtists' book Dingo by Octave Mirbeau. Dimensions: 38.5 cm x 27.8 cm, 3.3 cm x 39.6 cm, 29.1 cm x 5.1 cm. 55 etchings and letterpress printing in black and a loose set of fourteen etchings in black on laid paper, unbound in a paper cover, in a two-volu...
EditorialL'Optique (The Optical Viewer). Dated: c. 1793. Dimensions: plate: 55 x 45 cm (21 5/8 x 17 11/16 in.) sheet: 55.9 x 47.8 cm (22 x 18 13/16 in.). Medium: etching and wash manner, inked la poup e in black, brown, and green with hand coloring.
EditorialMissale Remense-massbook for the use of Saint-Nicaise of Reims, France, between 1285 and 1297. Latin, parchment,23,3 x 16,2 cm, 336 pages. Credo,fol.59 verso: Jonah and the whale; Christ speaking to the Jews; Christ and Job in a boat; Jonah and Hosea.
EditorialThe Spitfire. Louis Auguste Lep?re (French, 1849-1918); published by A. Desmoulins (French, active c. 1908-1910). Date: 1908. Dimensions: 82 ? 59 mm (image); 196 ? 174 mm (sheet). Wood engraving in black on cream laid Japanese paper. Origin: France.
EditorialThe Trembling Rock. Louis Auguste Lep?re (French, 1849-1918); published by A. Desmoulins (French, active c. 1908-1910). Date: 1908. Dimensions: 55 ? 65 mm (image); 142 ? 151 mm (sheet). Wood engraving in black on cream laid Japanese paper. Origin: France.
EditorialThe Sickly Cryptogam. Charles Meryon (French, 1821-1868); printed by Pierron (French, 19th century). Date: 1860. Dimensions: 70 ? 59 mm (image); 70 ? 59 mm (plate); 109 ? 90 mm (sheet). Etching, with plate tone, in black ink on ivory laid paper, printi...
EditorialL'Optique (The Optical Viewer). Dated: c. 1793. Dimensions: plate: 55 x 45 cm (21 5/8 x 17 11/16 in.) sheet: 55.9 x 47.8 cm (22 x 18 13/16 in.). Medium: etching and wash manner, inked la poup e in black, brown, and green with hand coloring.