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 [...]...
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...
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).