EditorialHermit icon with other human likeness in stone, Illustration of a 17th century marble hermit, Fig. 4, p. 756, 1648, Ulysses Aldrovandi: Ulyssi Aldrovandi patricii Bononiensis Musaeum metallicum in libros IIII: distributum Bartholomaeus Ambrosinus [...]...
EditorialJacques-Louis David, The Lictors Returning to Brutus the Bodies of His Sons, Study, The Lecturers bring to the likeness of Brutus his sons, Sketch, painting, Oil on paper mounted canvas, Equipped with laminate glass, Height, 27.5 cm (10.8 inches), Widt...
EditorialBasket-hilted Sword, blade dated 1662, hilt, British; blade, German, Steel, wood, silver, L. 39 7/8 in. (101.3 cm); L. of blade 34 1/4 in. (87 cm); W. 5 in. (12.7 cm); Wt. 2 lb. 6 oz. (1077 g), Swords, English hilts of this type, with chiseled ornament...
EditorialHead of an Oba, 16th century, Nigeria, Court of Benin, Edo peoples, Brass, H. 9 1/4 x W. 8 5/8 x D. 9 in. (23.5 x 21.9 x 22.9 cm), Metal-Sculpture, This commemorative cast-brass sculpture depicts the idealized likeness of an oba, or king, wearing a wov...
EditorialStudy for How a Devil in Woman's Likeness Would Have Tempted Sir Bors. Aubrey Vincent Beardsley; English, 1872-1898. Date: 1893. Dimensions: 265 ? 389 mm. Pen and black ink, with brush and black wash, over graphite, on tan wove paper. Origin: England.
EditorialStone sarcophagus with lid carved in the likeness of the roof of a house decorated with sphinxes. 325-250 BC. From the "Grotta Dipinta" in Bomarzo (Italy). British Museum. London. United Kingdom.
EditorialIskandar on the island near the ‘Lion’s Mouth’ whirlpool beating the wolfskin drum of the bronze talisman in order to still the waters. (One of the figures in the boat is shown in the likeness of Husain Baiqara). Khamsa. ('Five Poems'), by Nizami...
Editorial(‘Iskandarnama’). Iskandar (in the likeness of Sultan Husain Baiqara) with the seven sages. (Inscription: Year AH900=1494-5). Khamsa. ('Five Poems'), by Nizami. Herat, 1494-1495. Opaque watercolour. Source: Or.6810, f.214.
EditorialIskandar (in the likeness of Husayn Bayqara) visiting the wise man in a cave. Khamsa. ('Five Poems'), by Nizami. Herat, 1494-1495. Opaque watercolour. Source: Or. 6810, f.273. Language: Persian.
Editorial[Man Calming a Young Boy Posing before the Camera], ca. 1850, Daguerreotype, Image: 2 7/8 ? 2 3/8 in. (7.3 ? 6 cm), Photographs, Unknown (French), The mass appeal of the daguerreotype portrait lay in the medium?s ability to capture and preserve a loved...
EditorialJan Lutma, goldsmith, 1656, Etching, drypoint, and burin; second state of three, sheet: 7 7/8 x 5 7/8 in. (20 x 15 cm), Prints, Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn) (Dutch, Leiden 1606?1669 Amsterdam), The silversmith Johannes Lutma was a well-kown figure in...
EditorialJohn Winthrop. Date/Period: Ca. 1800, after an original likeness probably painted in England before 1630. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 746 mm (29.37 in); Width: 622 mm (24.48 in).
EditorialStudy for How a Devil in Woman's Likeness Would Have Tempted Sir Bors. Aubrey Vincent Beardsley; English, 1872-1898. Date: 1893. Dimensions: 265 ? 389 mm. Pen and black ink, with brush and black wash, over graphite, on tan wove paper. Origin: England.