EditorialSteven Bergman with a kiddush cup that was taken from his father’s Munich home in 1938 and then returned this year by the Bavarian National Museum, at home in Silver Spring, Md., April 6, 2023. (Jared Soares/The New York Times)
EditorialSteven Bergman with a kiddush cup that was taken from his father’s Munich home in 1938 and then returned this year by the Bavarian National Museum, at home in Silver Spring, Md., April 6, 2023. (Jared Soares/The New York Times)
EditorialSteven Bergman with a kiddush cup that was taken from his father’s Munich home in 1938 and then returned this year by the Bavarian National Museum, at home in Silver Spring, Md., April 6, 2023. (Jared Soares/The New York Times)
EditorialSteven Bergman with a kiddush cup that was taken from his father’s Munich home in 1938 and then returned this year by the Bavarian National Museum, at home in Silver Spring, Md., April 6, 2023. (Jared Soares/The New York Times)
EditorialMerklap with embroidered Adam and Eve and the year 1749, Merklap with colored embroidery. The date 1749 is embroidered on the cloth and the initials HKT, MD, GVD, LDT and in a wreath KT and 1749 held by angels. There is also a Dutch virgin in a garden,...
EditorialLinear Gothic. Spain. 14th century. Priory chair of Blanche of Aragon and Anjou (c.1301-1348), nun and prioress. Back of the throne in polychrome wood depicting the enthroned Virgin of the Milk, framed by two angels holding candlesticks. 1322. It comes...
EditorialDiego Siloe (1495-1563). Spanish architect and sculptor. Vestry's Gate, 1534. Detail of an arch decorated with figures of angels in the spandrels and candlesticks pilasters. Cathedral of Granada. Spain.
EditorialCandlesticks. Dated: c. 1937. Dimensions: overall: 29.5 x 22.6 cm (11 5/8 x 8 7/8 in.) Original IAD Object: 7/8" high. Medium: graphite and colored pencil on paper.
EditorialSilver Candlesticks. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 23 x 30.5 cm (9 1/16 x 12 in.) Original IAD Object: 8" high. Medium: graphite on paper.
EditorialA still image from an undated video shows how a deaf person in America would have signed “phone” 100 years ago, when telephones looked like candlesticks. (Mohamed Sadek and Ege Soyuer/The New York Times)
EditorialThe Vision of the Seven Candlesticks, from The Apocalypse. Albrecht D?rer. ALBERTO DURERO-ALBRECHT D?RER. SAN JUAN EVANGELISTA Y APOSTOL. DIOS PADRE. PADRE ETERNO.