EditorialMary Magdalene, On a ground she kneels to the right, has turned her head and upper body to the viewer and holds her hands together in a praying position. The parted hair ripples wide over her back and disappears under the sunken cloak that completely h...
EditorialBris? fan, Carved wood sticks with hand-colored engraved paper medallions, Reversible brise fan. Scenes are engravings on paper, colored. Three medallions on each side in each position, making twelve scenes in all, each being related to love-- cupids, ...
EditorialThe Twelve Signs of the Zodiac, pencil diagram showing the position of each design in the tracery Artist: Philip Speakman Webb (d.1915), The 12 signs of the zodiac, designs for stained glass for a circular tracery light, Window, Art Movement, Pre-Rapha...
EditorialWindow depicting a farmer pruning, Stained round window depicting a farmer in a bent position, who cuts a branch of a tree with a crooked knife, a woman with a yellow hood standing to his right guide the branches of a tree along a fence., Meester van d...
EditorialSaint John the Baptist before Herod John the Baptist at Herod, Round stained glass with representation of John the Baptist at Herod. Behind a set table, Herod and Herodias sit under a canopy, behind which hangs a carpet. There is a mirror in front of t...
EditorialThe Birth of John the Baptist The birth of John the Baptist, Round stained glass with a representation of the Birth of John the Baptist. Elisabeth is sitting with her knees raised in the childbed, supported by pillows in the back. The furniture with wh...
EditorialLimestone statuette of bearded Herakles, Archaic, late 6th or early 5th century B.C., Cypriot, Limestone, Overall: 8 1/8 x 4 3/4 x 3 3/16 in. (20.6 x 12.1 x 8 cm), Stone Sculpture, Herakles is in a walking position; the right arm is raised, the left de...
EditorialWindow depicting a farmer pruning, Stained round window depicting a farmer in a bent position, who cuts a branch of a tree with a crooked knife, a woman with a yellow hood standing to his right guide the branches of a tree along a fence., Meester van d...
EditorialSaint John the Baptist before Herod John the Baptist at Herod, Round stained glass with representation of John the Baptist at Herod. Behind a set table, Herod and Herodias sit under a canopy, behind which hangs a carpet. There is a mirror in front of t...
EditorialChrist preaching in the synagogue, the Pharisees bring the adulterous woman, A stained glass representing the history of the adulterous woman. In the middle Christ sits in a speaking position surrounded by eight sitting figures. The frame consisting of...
EditorialMary Magdalene, On a ground she kneels to the right, has turned her head and upper body to the viewer and holds her hands together in a praying position. The parted hair ripples wide over her back and disappears under the sunken cloak that completely h...
EditorialTerracotta statuette of a draped figure, probably female, Archaic, 7th century B.C., Greek, Cretan, Terracotta, 4 in. x 3 in. (10.1 cm x 7.6 cm), Terracottas, The missing proper left arm probably repeated the position of the right one. This figure may ...
EditorialTerracotta statuette of a seated woman, Archaic, ca. 575?550 B.C., Greek, Boeotian, Terracotta, H.: 5 5/16 x 3 1/16 in. (13.5 x 7.8 cm), Terracottas, Because of her seated position and the headdress, this figure probably represents a goddess. Of partic...
EditorialSuzanna with the old, Round, lead plaque. On the left in the foreground one of the old, three-quarters viewed from behind, to the right behind a tree stump the second in profile, leaning forward towards Suzanna, who leans back in the middle plan, in a ...
EditorialThe Birth of John the Baptist The birth of John the Baptist, Round stained glass with a representation of the Birth of John the Baptist. Elisabeth is sitting with her knees raised in the childbed, supported by pillows in the back. The furniture with wh...
EditorialStained glass pane with the bust of a man in a praying position, with a purple dress bordered on the neck and hands with yellow fur, face and hands in light brown., anonymous, Southern Netherlands, 1400 - 1450, glass, silver stain, bister (pigment), d ...
EditorialLantern Slide - Discovery II Following a Lead Through the Pack Ice, Ellsworth Relief Expedition, Antarctica, 1935-1936, Lantern slide of the expedition ship Discovery II in pack ice, Southern Ocean, Antarctica. Records [Te Papa Museum] indicate that th...