EditorialG. P. Duhesme, g?n?ral de division, Portrait of Guillaume-Philibert Duhesme and General Duhesme recalls his fighting troops, signed: Sculpt? d'apr?s nature par Chinard; Dessin? et Grav? par Levachez; Duplessi-Bertaux inv. Et del, Duplessi-Bertaux aqua ...
EditorialGustaf Adolf Reuterholm, Gustaf Adolf Reuterholm (1756-1813), painting, Watercolor on ivory, Height, 16.5 cm (6.4 inches), Width, 12 cm (4.7 inches), Inscription, How dear to Giertat is not all that recalls the memory of a beloved friend to us?, Stockh...
EditorialBronze handle from a hydria (water jar), Hellenistic, 2nd half of 2nd century B.C., Greek, Bronze, w. 9 7/8 in. (25.1cm), Bronzes, Parallels to handles on intact bronze hydriai strongly suggest that this object was once itself attached to a hydria. The...
EditorialPope Pius VI on horseback, ca. 1784, Italian, Rome, White glazed earthenware, Overall (confirmed): 18 1/8 ? 11 ? 6 5/8 in. (46 ? 27.9 ? 16.8 cm), Ceramics-Pottery, Antonio and Lorenzo Cialli, This equestrian sculpture depicts Pope Pius VI (1717?1799) o...
EditorialSaint James the Lesser, ca. 1500, Made in Castile, Spain, Spanish, Alabaster, Overall: 29 x 9 11/16 x 7 1/4 in. (73.6 x 24.6 x 18.4 cm), Sculpture-Stone, Workshop of Gil de Siloe (Spanish, active 1475?1505), The apostle Saint James was one of seven ori...
EditorialBronze statuette of Aphrodite with silver eyes, Hellenistic, 3rd?1st century B.C., Greek, Bronze, H.: 8 1/4 in. (20.9 cm), Bronzes, Aphrodite holds up in contemplation the apple given to her by the Trojan prince Paris as a prize for being the fairest o...
EditorialAmedeo Modigliani: Reclining Nude from the Back (Nu couch? de dos), Amedeo Modigliani, 1917, Oil on canvas, This painting is part of a series of reclining nude figures that Modigliani began in 1917. Characterized by a frank, self-conscious sexuality, t...
EditorialMaurice Denis: Mother and Child, Maurice Denis, c. 1895, Oil on canvas, Maurice Denis saw himself as the leader of a movement to revive religious art by investing everyday modern life with a sense of spirituality. This painting of a mother and child?a ...
EditorialClaude Monet: Madame Monet Embroidering (Camille au m?tier), Claude Monet, 1875, Oil on canvas, Though Monet preferred painting in the open air, surrounded by shifting light and atmosphere, here he brings his easel indoors to capture his first wife, Ca...
EditorialAmedeo Modigliani: Reclining Nude from the Back (Nu couch? de dos), Amedeo Modigliani, 1917, Oil on canvas, This painting is part of a series of reclining nude figures that Modigliani began in 1917. Characterized by a frank, self-conscious sexuality, t...
EditorialAmedeo Modigliani: Reclining Nude from the Back (Nu couch? de dos), Amedeo Modigliani, 1917, Oil on canvas, This painting is part of a series of reclining nude figures that Modigliani began in 1917. Characterized by a frank, self-conscious sexuality, t...
EditorialPierre-Auguste Renoir: Portrait of Jeanne Durand-Ruel (Portrait de Mlle. J.), Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1876, Oil on canvas, During the early decades of his career, Pierre-Auguste Renoir supported himself doing portrait commissions. This little girl is th...
EditorialFrench: Steeple Cock (Coq de clocher), Unidentified artist, French, 17th century, Iron with inlaid copper eyes, Designed to catch the wind in its tail feathers, this iron rooster originally sat atop a church steeple in the Burgundy region of France. In...
EditorialSpain. La Rioja. Clavijo. Medieval castle, architectural detail. A large cross of Santiago stuck upon a tower recalls the legend Battle of Clavjio in 844, which took place during the Reconquest. La Rioja Baja.