EditorialPlate associated with the bust of Dr. A. Pit (1860-1944), director of the Ned. Museum of History and Art, Plate belonging to the bust of Dr. A. Pit (1860-1944), director of the Ned. Museum of History and Art. The text on the plate reads: Understanding ...
EditorialTrees, animals and nuts, Veneration of images of God Mangas Nooten / Arbres, Animaux, etc. des Indes // Tyden, Idols / Idoles, Mathematiciens, Philosophes etc. des Indes (title on object) Les Indes Orientales and Occidentales and autres lieux (series t...
EditorialChequebook - Messrs Henty & H (illegible), Merino Downs, Portland, 1893, Bank of Australia chequebook issued to Messrs Henty & H (illegible), Merino Downs, Portland, Victoria. The used cheque stubs, dated between 17 August and 18 December 1893, provide...
EditorialPassport - Issued to Henrietta Garbett, by United Kingdom, 1881, British passport dated 1881, issued to Henrietta Garbett. The passport allows the holder, a British subject, to travel on 'the Continent'. This passport provide an insight into the proces...
EditorialPortrait of an Old Man, ca. 1595?1600, Oil on canvas, 20 3/4 x 18 3/8 in. (52.7 x 46.7 cm), Paintings, El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos) (Greek, Ir?klion (Candia) 1540/41?1614 Toledo), El Greco?s candid portraits have been consistently admired for th...
EditorialPortrait of an Old Man, ca. 1595?1600, Oil on canvas, 20 3/4 x 18 3/8 in. (52.7 x 46.7 cm), Paintings, El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos) (Greek, Ir?klion (Candia) 1540/41?1614 Toledo), El Greco?s candid portraits have been consistently admired for th...
EditorialRhind Mathematical Papyrus. A number of documents have survived that allow us insight into the ancient Egyptians' approach to mathematics. This papyrus is the most extensive. It is not a theoretical treatise, but a list of practical problems encountere...
EditorialPortrait of an Old Man, ca. 1595?1600, Oil on canvas, 20 3/4 x 18 3/8 in. (52.7 x 46.7 cm), Paintings, El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos) (Greek, Ir?klion (Candia) 1540/41?1614 Toledo), El Greco?s candid portraits have been consistently admired for th...
EditorialPortrait of an Old Man, ca. 1595?1600, Oil on canvas, 20 3/4 x 18 3/8 in. (52.7 x 46.7 cm), Paintings, El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos) (Greek, Ir?klion (Candia) 1540/41?1614 Toledo), El Greco?s candid portraits have been consistently admired for th...
EditorialMadame ?douard Manet (Suzanne Leenhoff, 1830?1906), ca. 1873, Oil on canvas, 39 1/2 x 30 7/8 in. (100.3 x 78.4 cm), Paintings, ?douard Manet (French, Paris 1832?1883 Paris), Manet undertook only six portraits of his wife, the Dutch pianist Suzanne Leen...
EditorialMasnavi of Jalal-al Din Rumi, dated A.H. 894/A.D. 1488?89, Attributed to Iran, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper; leather binding, 11 1/8 x 7 1/4in. (28.3 x 18.4cm), Codices, The frontispiece of this six book manuscript depicts a lively scene i...
EditorialPortrait of Pliny the Elder. From the Historia Naturalis, an immense encyclopedia probably completed in 77 by the Roman writer Pliny the Elder. The Historia makes no distinction between the real and the imaginary, but provides a fascinating insight i...
EditorialRhind Mathematical Papyrus. A number of documents have survived that allow us insight into the ancient Egyptians' approach to mathematics. This papyrus is the most extensive. It is not a theoretical treatise, but a list of practical problems encountere...