EditorialNetherlands: 'An Old Woman Reading, Probably the Prophetess Hannah'. Oil on oak wood painting by Rembrandt (15 July 1606 - 4 October 1669), 1631
EditorialIllustrated prayer from 'The Weeping Lady: or London'. The Weeping Lady. London, 1625. The Weeping Lady: or London like Niniuie in Sack-Cloth. Describing the mappe of her owne miserie, in this time of her heauy visitation; with her hearty prayers, admo...
EditorialFrancesco Lepore, a Latin expert, gay rights activist, journalist and former Catholic priest, sits for a portrait at the Benedictine Cloister in Monreale, Italy, June 12, 2021. (Gianni Cipriano/The New York Times)
EditorialPage of a sketchbook; The dying pious, Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 15231605, Bistre, pen and ink, wash on paper, Horizontal rectangle. Verso, left: In the foreground the dying person is surrounded by members of the family. Through th...
EditorialA parade float in Reggio, Italy: 'Carro trionfale della Compagnia di S. Rocco' (The Triumphal Carriage of the Company of St. Roch). Plate 2b from A. Isacchi, 'Relatione di Alfonso Isachi intorno l'origine, solennit?, traslatione, et miracoli della Mado...
EditorialPurse, Medium: silk and metallic embroidery, silk foundation and lining, linen backing Technique: embroidered on satin weave Label: silk satin, embroidered in silk and metallic yarns, linen backing, Flat rectangular bag of heavy green satin, embroidere...
EditorialFragment, Medium: cotton Technique: mordant and resist painted, immersion dyed (chintz) on plain weave, Fragment of mordant-painted and dyed cotton with a Pious Pelican piercing her breast with drops of blood flowing out to three young birds which fly ...
EditorialSampler, Eliza Page, Medium: silk embroidery on wool foundation Technique: embroidered in counted cross, satin, eye, stem and running stitches on plain weave foundation, Octagonal frame enclosing three alphabets, set of numbers, darning squares, verse ...
EditorialThe Pious Carter, Robert Cruikshank, 1789 - 1856, Graphite, brush and watercolor on paper, Illustration, interior with three figures. Man holding whip threatens a Black figure, standing right. Woman at left, holding a tankard, placers her hand on shoul...
EditorialPage of a sketchbook; Heavenly powers helping pious; Sketch for potrait of saint; Decoration of pediment, Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 15231605, Bistre, pen and ink, wash on paper, Horizontal rectangle. Verso, at left side: St. Anthon...
EditorialGeorg Maria Eckert, published by Fr. Bassermann, Heidelberger Schloss am Friedrichsbau, albumin paper, black and white positive process, image size: height: 26.30 cm; width: 21.00 cm, labeled, dated and numbered: Cardboard recto lower left: handwritten...
EditorialA Pious Endeavour to Moralize John Bull, William O'Keefe, active 17941807, 1798, Etching, hand-colored, Sheet: 8 1/2 x 12 7/8in. (21.6 x 32.7cm).
Editorialedge lettering front: HLVDOVVICVS IMP backside: XPISTIANA RELIGIO, coin, denarius Louis the Pious, metal, silver, Gew. 1,44 grams, 822-840, the Netherlands, Utrecht, Wijk bij Duurstede, Wijk bij Duurstede, David van Bourgondi?weg.