EditorialFragment, Medium: silk Technique: damass? (5-harness satin plus 1/4 twill), Yellow damass? showing the Pope's crown and crossed keys, Bishops' mitres and staves, and a Cardinal's hat with two tassels enclosed in a cartouche., Italy, 18th century, woven...
EditorialVirgin in Niche, Ecclesiastical Figures, Fortunato Duranti, Italian, 1787 - 1863, Pen and ink, black chalk, brush and sepia wash on paper, Standing Virgin holding Child in arms on raised pedestal, all in semi-circular niche in background. Foreground: r...
EditorialFragment, Medium: silk Technique: damass? (5-harness satin plus 1/4 twill), Yellow damass? showing the Pope's crown and crossed keys, Bishops' mitres and staves, and a Cardinal's hat with two tassels enclosed in a cartouche., Italy, 18th century, woven...
EditorialBreastplate with figurative representations, bronze, chased, bronze, Total: Height: 45,50 cm, protective clothing, weapons (warfare/military), sphinx, snakes, Greek antiquity, The breastplate is decorated with figurative representations in flat relief ...
EditorialBishops mitres showing the martyrdom of Thomas Becket by three knights and the stoning of St. Stephen. Chromolithograph from Hefner-Alteneck's Costumes, Artworks and Appliances from the Middle Ages to the 17th Century, Frankfurt, 1889. Illustration by ...
EditorialDeath, with scythe. Mirandola Hours. Italy, circa 1490-1499. [Whole folio] Beginning of the Office of the Dead. Death, shown as a skeleton wearing a black sash and carrying a scythe, standing in a chapel; borders decorated with skulls, bones and snakes...
EditorialMiniature with seven kneeling figures (one with a crown and two with mitres) below Christ in a cloud, His right hand raised in benediction and in His left a sphere. A bas-de-page scene of Margaret emerging from the body of a dragon, holding a cross in ...
EditorialFour Enamel Plaques, ca. 1300, Made in Paris, France, French, Cloisonn? enamel, silver-gilt, jewels, Overall (a): 1 1/4 x 1 1/16 x 1/4 in. (3.1 x 2.7 x 0.7 cm), Enamels-?mail de plique, An artist of great skill produced these precious enamels for a wea...