Editorialplaner, Anonymous, 18th century, carved, General: 8.8 x 19 x 5.3cm (88 x 190 x 53mm), Planer cut from wood. The planer is of the forerunner type and is gracefully cut with an upward curling curl. From the curl, the wood rises to run back down again. A ...
Editorialplaner, Anonymous, 18th century, carved, General: 8.8 x 19 x 5.3cm (88 x 190 x 53mm), Planer cut from wood. The planer is of the forerunner type and is gracefully cut with an upward curling curl. From the curl, the wood rises to run back down again. A ...
EditorialTwo-Sided Pendant with the Virgin and Christ Child and John the Forerunner, Byzantine, 11001300, Byzantine, Serpentine, Overall: 1 9/16 x 15/16 x 1/4 in. (4 x 2.5 x 0.6 cm), Lapidary Work-Serpentine.
EditorialAn artist’s concept of the Freedom space station, which was never built but became the forerunner for the International Space Station. (NASA via The New York Times)
EditorialPortrait of Hubertus Gregorius van Vrijhoff, Portrait of Professor of Law at the Athenaeum Illustre (the forerunner of the University of Amsterdam) Hubertus Gregorius van Vrijhoff, resting his arm on a book on a plinth in front of him., historical pers...
EditorialThe Attarouthi Treasure - Chalice, 500?650, Made in Attarouthi, Syria, Byzantine, Silver and gilded silver, Overall: 8 3/8 x 6 5/16 in. (21.3 x 16 cm), Metalwork-Silver, With a long-haired Saint John the Forerunner, the Virgin Mary in orant pose, a sai...
EditorialThe Attarouthi Treasure - Chalice, 500?650, Made in Attarouthi, Syria, Byzantine, Silver and gilded silver, Overall: 8 3/4 ? 6 5/16 in., 12.2oz. (22.2 ? 16 cm, 346g), Metalwork-Silver, With a youthful Christ with a cruciform halo, a long-haired Saint J...
EditorialArmed warrior with shield and a man with a broad-rimmed hat (Forerunner of the Tyrolian hat?) Bronze clasp from Vace, Slovenia Detail of 07-01-03 / 68.
EditorialTwo-Sided Pendant with the Virgin and Christ Child and John the Forerunner, 1100?1300, Byzantine, Serpentine, Overall: 1 9/16 x 15/16 x 1/4 in. (4 x 2.5 x 0.6 cm), Lapidary Work-Serpentine, Byzantine artists often designed pendant icons so that the two...
EditorialThe Attarouthi Treasure - Chalice, 500?650, Made in Attarouthi, Syria, Byzantine, Silver and gilded silver, Overall: 8 3/8 x 6 5/16 in. (21.3 x 16 cm), Metalwork-Silver, With a long-haired Saint John the Forerunner, the Virgin Mary in orant pose, a sai...
EditorialThe Attarouthi Treasure - Chalice, 500?650, Made in Attarouthi, Syria, Byzantine, Silver and gilded silver, Overall: 8 3/4 ? 6 5/16 in., 12.2oz. (22.2 ? 16 cm, 346g), Metalwork-Silver, With a youthful Christ with a cruciform halo, a long-haired Saint J...
EditorialIcon with the Deesis, mid-900s, Made in probably Constantinople, Byzantine, Ivory, Overall: 6 5/16 x 5 1/8 x 1/4 in. (16 x 13 x 0.6 cm), Ivories, This representation of Christ joined with the Virgin and John the Forerunner (the Baptist), one of the mos...
Editorial?/? ?? ????? ? ??, Landscapes after old masters, Ming (1368?1644) or Qing (1644?1911) dynasty, datable to 1638 or 1650, China, Album of ten leaves; ink and color on paper, 10 1/4 x 6 in. (26 x 15.2 cm), Paintings, Yun Xiang (Chinese, 1586?1655), Hailed...
EditorialHead of Saint John the Baptist on a Charger, ca. 1500, Oil on poplar, Diameter 11 1/8 in. (28.3 cm), Paintings, Aelbert Bouts (Netherlandish, Leuven ca. 1451/54?1549), This grisly depiction of John the Baptist's severed head was once an extremely popul...