EditorialHiramasa with bordelaise sauce, left, and warm sepia with sun-dried tomatoes and sweet peppers at Le Bernardin in New York, Jan. 23, 2023. (Karsten Moran/The New York Times)
EditorialThe "Exquisitely Evil: 50 Years of Bond Villains" exhibit at the International Spy Museum in Washington, Nov. 13, 2012. (Tyrone Turner/The New York Times)
EditorialA room depicting Martyna Majok’s dream in the En Garde Arts production of “A Dozen Dreams,” at Brookfield Place in New York, May 12, 2021. (Sara Krulwich/The New York Times)
EditorialBris? fan, Lacquered, painted and gilded wood sticks, silk ribbon and tassels, gilt metal bail, Bris? fan. Lacquered wood sticks; black ground with figures in landscape, surrounded with borders and other decorative detail exquisitely painted in two ton...
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...
EditorialTarragon, dill, shiso, mint, basil, cilantro, parsley and watercress are paired with cool, custardy silken tofu in a salad, in New York, Dec. 15, 2019. (Andrew Scrivani/The New York Times)
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...