EditorialSaint Reparata Tortured with Red-Hot Irons, Tempera on wood, gold ground (tooled pattern added possibly in the late nineteenth century), 13 x 16 1/2 in. (33 x 41.9 cm), Paintings, Bernardo Daddi (Italian, Florence (?) ca. 1290?1348 Florence), Martyred ...
Editorial? ??? ????? ?, The Sixteen Luohans, Ming dynasty (1368?1644), 16th century, China, Handscroll; ink on paper, Image: 13 9/16 x 206 3/8 in. (34.4 x 524.2 cm), Paintings, Attributed to Qiu Ying (Chinese, ca. 1495?1552), Best known for his paintings render...
EditorialSaint Reparata Tortured with Red-Hot Irons, Tempera on wood, gold ground (tooled pattern added possibly in the late nineteenth century), 13 x 16 1/2 in. (33 x 41.9 cm), Paintings, Bernardo Daddi (Italian, Florence (?) ca. 1290?1348 Florence), Martyred ...
EditorialPortrait of Pierre Antoine de Boyer du Suquet, 1776, Graphite on off-white antique laid paper, Diameter: 2 3/4 in. (7 cm), Drawings, Charles Nicolas Cochin II (French, Paris 1715?1790 Paris), As the well-educated son of Charles-Nicolas Cochin I, engrav...
EditorialMarble relief fragment, Imperial, 1st?2nd century A.D., Roman, Marble, Palombino, Overall: 3 15/16 x 5 1/2 in. (10 x 14 cm), Stone Sculpture, This small fragment is exquisitely carved in deep relief with a feline among acanthus leaves.
EditorialReinforce for a Helmet (Gupfe), 1549?50, Augsburg, German, Augsburg, Steel, gold, H. 5 5/8 in. (14.3 cm); W. 8 11/16 in. (22.1 cm); D. 9 1/8 in. (23.2 cm); Wt. 1 lb. 5 oz. (595 g), Helmets, This exquisitely decorated plate fit as a reinforce over the b...
Editorial? ??? ????? ?, The Sixteen Luohans, Ming dynasty (1368?1644), 16th century, China, Handscroll; ink on paper, Image: 13 9/16 x 206 3/8 in. (34.4 x 524.2 cm), Paintings, Attributed to Qiu Ying (Chinese, ca. 1495?1552), Best known for his paintings render...
EditorialBrooch, before 1888, Italian, Glass micromosaic, gold, Overall: 1 1/2 x 2 13/16 in. (3.8 x 7.1 cm), Metalwork-Jewelry, Firm of Castellani, Mosaic possibly by Luigi Podio, The pale yellow-gold mount is a subtle foil for the head of medusa, whose grisly ...
EditorialChess set, ca. 1800, Made in India, Lacquered wood, ivory, Board: 1 3/4 x 16 5/8 x 16 5/8 in. (4.4 x 42.2 x 42.2 cm), Natural Substances, The game of chess probably originated in India, where ivory chess pieces have been found dating as far back as the...
EditorialLacquer Mirror Case, dated A.H. 1295/ A.D. 1878, Made in Iran, Papier-mach?; painted, gilded, and lacquered, 2 1/2 x 6 1/16 x 3 1/2 in. (6.4 x 15.4 x 8.9 cm), Lacquer, Painting by Fathallah Shirazi (Iranian, active 1850s?80s), The exquisitely painted m...