EditorialBronze youth, Archaic, 6th century B.C., Greek, Bronze, H. 2 13/16 in. (7.2 cm), Bronzes, The youth is represented in the traditional early Archaic position of a runner. Although it appears unnatural, the pose allows the figure to be seen with the grea...
EditorialBronze youth, Archaic, 6th century B.C., Greek, Bronze, H. 2 13/16 in. (7.2 cm), Bronzes, The youth is represented in the traditional early Archaic position of a runner. Although it appears unnatural, the pose allows the figure to be seen with the grea...
EditorialBronze hand of a boxer, Imperial, 1st?2nd century A.D., Roman, Bronze, H. 3 in. (7.6 cm); width 4 3/8 in. (11.1 cm); length 7 11/16 in. (19.5 cm), Bronzes, The hand is clad in a caestus (boxing glove), comprising a semicylindrical strip and a projectin...
EditorialBronze youth, Archaic, 6th century B.C., Greek, Bronze, H. 2 13/16 in. (7.2 cm), Bronzes, The youth is represented in the traditional early Archaic position of a runner. Although it appears unnatural, the pose allows the figure to be seen with the grea...
EditorialSelf-portrait, Study of a Hand and a Pillow (recto); Six Studies of Pillows (verso), 1493, Pen and brown ink, 10 15/16 x 7 15/16 in. (27.8 x 20.2 cm), Drawings, Albrecht D?rer (German, Nuremberg 1471?1528 Nuremberg), In this extraordinary series of stu...
EditorialPortrait of a Man, 1755?65, Red and black chalk on off-white laid paper, verso worked in black chalk (in area corresponding to the sitter's jacket on the recto), Sheet: 9 1/2 ? 7 3/8 in. (24.1 ? 18.7 cm), Drawings, Jean ?tienne Liotard (Swiss, Geneva 1...
EditorialBird Pendant, 1st?5th century, Costa Rica, Atlantic Watershed, Jadeite, H. 2 5/8 x W. 3/4 x D. 1 7/8 in. (6.7 x 1.9 x 4.7 cm), Stone-Ornaments, Tropical Costa Rica is the habitat of an enormous number of bird species, many of which acquired symbolic di...
EditorialBronze hand of a boxer, Imperial, 1st?2nd century A.D., Roman, Bronze, H. 3 in. (7.6 cm); width 4 3/8 in. (11.1 cm); length 7 11/16 in. (19.5 cm), Bronzes, The hand is clad in a caestus (boxing glove), comprising a semicylindrical strip and a projectin...
EditorialBronze youth, Archaic, 6th century B.C., Greek, Bronze, H. 2 13/16 in. (7.2 cm), Bronzes, The youth is represented in the traditional early Archaic position of a runner. Although it appears unnatural, the pose allows the figure to be seen with the grea...