EditorialAdoration of the Magi, Early Byzantine, early 6th century. An ivory relief panel of the Adoration of Christ. The Virgin Mary, shown with wide staring eyes and larger in scale than the other figures, holds the Christ child in her lap as he makes the ges...
EditorialSometimes apocryphal, often outrageous: stories of car lovers who were buried with their prized possessions. (Brandon Celi/The New York Times)
Editorial'The red and white roses'. An illustration depicting the apocryphal scene when supporters of the rival factions pick either red or white roses; The Duke of York is shown picking a white rose. Pictures of English History. From the earliest times to the ...
EditorialSt. John the Evangelist (S. Ioannes), Cornelis Visscher, Netherlandish, 1629-1658, Engraving on laid paper, St. John stands, head turned to the left, looking upward. Behind him to the left a landscape suggests that the Saint is on the Island of Patmos....
EditorialEmperor Vespasian Cured by Veronica's Veil, ca. 1510, Flemish, Brussels, Wool, silk, and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk in slit, dovetailed, and double interlocking tapestry weave., 135 1/2' x 135' (344.2 cm x 342.9 cm), Textiles-Tapestries, This tapest...
EditorialSaint Anna and Saint Joachim, ca. 1430?50, Made in vicinity of Ulm (?), Germany, German, Alabaster, polychromy, Overall: 9 x 5 1/8 x 2 1/4 in. (22.9 x 13 x 5.7 cm), Lapidary Work-Alabaster, Originally part of a large narrative program for an altar, thi...
EditorialThe Rest on the Flight into Egypt, Oil on copper, 9 x 11 in. (22.9 x 27.9 cm), Paintings, Pier Francesco Mola (Italian, Coldrerio 1612?1666 Rome), The story depicted in this exquisite painting is from the apocryphal gospels. Mola gives the subject a ch...
EditorialWhite linen damask napkin, White linen damask napkin with the apocryphal history of Susanna and the Elders in four scenes., Vlaanderen (possibly), 1580 - 1620, linen (material), damask, h 99.5 cm ? w 71.5 cm.
EditorialA States Bible (States Bible) Ship's Bible of Maerten Harpertsz Tromp Ship's Bible of Maarten Harpertsz. Tromp (Statenbijbel), Statenbijbel, bound in brown leather band, with locks on the edges, first edition. On tire is both on front and rear plate ce...
EditorialThe Nativity and the visit of the Three Kings. An apocryphal representation of Christ's birth. Syriac Lectionary. Mosul (Iraq), 1216-1220. This manuscript contains passages from the Gospels in liturgical sequence that are used as readings in church ser...
EditorialThe Nativity and the visit of the Three Kings. An apocryphal representation of Christ's birth. Syriac Lectionary. Mosul (Iraq), 1216-1220. This manuscript contains passages from the Gospels in liturgical sequence that are used as readings in church ser...
Editorial'The red and white roses'. An illustration depicting the apocryphal scene when supporters of the rival factions pick either red or white roses; The Duke of York is shown picking a white rose. Pictures of English History. From the earliest times to the ...
EditorialIllustration of Christ on crucifix from 'The Desert of Religion. The Desert of Religion and other poems and religious pieces,. etc. mostly illustrated, in Northern English. Image of Christ on the Cross. 1. Fragment, imperfect at the beginning, of a leg...
EditorialThe Tring Tiles, Medieval, c1325. Set of outstanding tiles with images drawn from apocryphal legends from the 'unofficial' life of Christ. Most contain two scenes, and can be read like a comic strip, although missing scenes disturb the continuity of th...
EditorialSaint Anna and Saint Joachim, ca. 1430?50, Made in vicinity of Ulm (?), Germany, German, Alabaster, polychromy, Overall: 9 x 5 1/8 x 2 1/4 in. (22.9 x 13 x 5.7 cm), Lapidary Work-Alabaster, Originally part of a large narrative program for an altar, thi...
EditorialEmperor Vespasian Cured by Veronica's Veil, ca. 1510, Flemish, Brussels, Wool, silk, and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk in slit, dovetailed, and double interlocking tapestry weave., 135 1/2' x 135' (344.2 cm x 342.9 cm), Textiles-Tapestries, This tapest...
EditorialThe Rest on the Flight into Egypt, Oil on copper, 9 x 11 in. (22.9 x 27.9 cm), Paintings, Pier Francesco Mola (Italian, Coldrerio 1612?1666 Rome), The story depicted in this exquisite painting is from the apocryphal gospels. Mola gives the subject a ch...
EditorialThe Tring Tiles, Medieval, c1325. Set of outstanding tiles with images drawn from apocryphal legends from the 'unofficial' life of Christ. Most contain two scenes, and can be read like a comic strip, although missing scenes disturb the continuity of th...
EditorialAdoration of the Magi, Early Byzantine, early 6th century. An ivory relief panel of the Adoration of Christ. The Virgin Mary, shown with wide staring eyes and larger in scale than the other figures, holds the Christ child in her lap as he makes the ges...