EditorialThe Sister of Duguesclin, 1829, Lithograph; first state of four, before the addition of lithographic wash, Image: 9 1/2 x 7 15/16 in. (24.1 x 20.2 cm), Prints, Eug?ne Delacroix (French, Charenton-Saint-Maurice 1798?1863 Paris), This is one of two illus...
EditorialLimestone head of a female votary, Late Hellenistic (?), late 1st century B.C.(?), Cypriot, Limestone, Overall: 10 1/2 ? 7 ? 8 1/2 in. (26.7 ? 17.8 ? 21.6 cm), Stone Sculpture, Like the omission of a wreath for male figures, the absence of the veil cou...
EditorialAlabaster alabastron (perfume vase), Archaic or Classical, 6th?5th century B.C., Cypriot, Calcite (alabaster), H. 5 3/8 in. (13.6 cm), Miscellaneous-Stone Vases, The body is extremely globular. The absence of the foot, the out-turned lip, and the two s...
EditorialHawk Grasping a Small Bird, Edo period (1615?1868), 19th century, Japan, Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper, 65 7/8 x 33 1/4 in. (167.3 x 84.4 cm), Paintings, Tsubaki Chinzan (Japanese, 1801?1854), Tsubaki Chinzan's versatility as a painter in the ...
EditorialScene from 'Channel Buoys' (Miotsukushi), chapter 14 of the Tale of Genji, Nanbokucho period (1336?92), late 14th century, Japan, Handscroll; ink and color on paper, Image: 12 3/16 in. x 14 ft. 8 in. (31 x 447 cm), Paintings, The absence of an obvious ...
EditorialMarble head of a kouros (youth), Archaic, ca. 525?475 B.C., Greek, Marble, H. 5 13/16 in. (14.7 cm), Stone Sculpture, Owing to the worn surface, it is difficult to identify the figure as male or female. However, the hairstyle in which the hair on the n...
EditorialTerracotta neck-amphora (jar), Archaic, ca. 560?550 B.C., Greek, Attic, Terracotta; black-figure, H. 14 7/16 in. (36.7 cm), Vases, While the function of a particular vase shape remained quite constant, the manner of decoration allowed many variations?s...
EditorialTiger, Edo period (1615?1868), late 18th century, Japan, Ivory, H. 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm); W. 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm); D. 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm), Netsuke, Raku, Tigers are not native to Japan. Their absence spurred fanciful ideas about their nature and physical for...
EditorialSide Chair, 1760?90, Probably made in New York, New York, United States, American, Walnut, white oak, white pine, 38 1/2 x 24 1/2 x 21 3/4 in. (97.8 x 62.2 x 55.2 cm), Furniture, These chairs, from an original set of twelve, along with a settee and a c...
EditorialSide Chair, 1760?90, Probably made in New York, New York, United States, American, Walnut, white oak, white pine, 38 1/2 x 24 1/2 x 21 3/4 in. (97.8 x 62.2 x 55.2 cm), Furniture, These chairs, from an original set of twelve, along with a settee and a c...
EditorialTerracotta kantharos (drinking cup with two high handles), Geometric, late 8th?early 7th century B.C., Greek, Attic, Terracotta, H. with handles 5 3/8 in. (13.7 cm), Vases, With the absence of ornament and the depiction of the figures against a light, ...
EditorialSaint Michael, 1740?45, Italian, Naples, Silver, Overall: 12 1/4 x 5 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. (31.1 x 14 x 14 cm), Sculpture-Miniature, Probably by Gaetano Fumo (active 1737?59), Fumo is said to have ceased working silver in 1745 in favor of employment as an en...
EditorialAmerican Revolutionary War (1775-1783). Battle of Oriskany (August 6, 1777). Fight between Loyalists and allied Indians against Patriots and allied Oneida in the absence of British soldiers. Death of Brigadier General Nicholas Herkimer (1728-1777). Eng...
EditorialAmerican Revolutionary War (1775-1783). Battle of Oriskany (August 6, 1777). Fight between Loyalists and allied Indians against Patriots and allied Oneida in the absence of British soldiers. Death of Brigadier General Nicholas Herkimer (1728-1777). Eng...
EditorialFather Opatcny, head of the Prague diocese during the absence of Archbishop Josef Beran, jailed by the Communist government as an "enemy of the state". Prague, 1956.
EditorialFather Opatcny, head of the Prague diocese during the absence of Archbishop Josef Beran, jailed by the Communist government as an "enemy of the state". Loretta-church in the background. Prague, 1956.
EditorialRigolette cherchant a se distraire pendant l'absence de Germain-Rigolette during the absence of Germain, (from Eugene Sue's novel " Les mysteres de Paris),1844. Canvas, 112 x 80 cm Inv.982.6.1.
EditorialPenelope weaving; the slaughter of her suitors. Homer's Odyssee tells that during Ulysses' long absence after the Trojan War, many chieftains of Ithaca and nearby islands became her suitors. Penelope insisits that they wait until she has woven a sh...