EditorialChrist's Descent into Limbo Christ's Descent into Limbo Christ's Descent into Limbo Christ Descending into Limbo, from a Passion Altar, Christ with the signs of his suffering, three-quarters to the right, leaning slightly forward with his upper body. H...
EditorialRose water bottle of silver, driven with flower and leaf vines, Rose water bottle of silver on profiled foot with pear-shaped body and detachable elongated neck ending in a flower-shaped peak. There are gaps between the stamens of the flowers. The enti...
EditorialTwo Madmen Two insane Orlando furioso, Both are naked, one sitting frontally with legs spread on a raised surface, of the other, which lies, only the upper body appears behind the elevation. The former sits with the upper body slightly to the left on a...
EditorialCrane jug, with three faucets, with driven seed beads, flower and flame motifs, The pear-shaped jug, with a separate lid, rests on three legs and is provided with three faucets and two ears. The legs are each constructed from two C-volutes, the lower d...
EditorialGown with a pleated back panel Ankle-length frock of purple, green and gold checkered silk, with puffed sleeves over the long sleeves and decorated with ruffles, frock, ankle length, of purple, with puffed sleeves over the long sleeves and ruffles alon...
EditorialJupiter, He stands, frontally, on the left leg and with the right bent on a protruding floor, for a framed flat background, the head is turned slightly to the left. The right arm is slightly bent, the left depends on the body, in each hand he holds a b...
EditorialVase, spherical, with neck in the shape of a beehive with ten bees, Vase of earthenware, spherical on a constricted foot, with a neck in the shape of a beehive with ten bees in relief, with thatched cover. On the spherical body branches with oak leaves...
EditorialTankard with a flower among foliate scrolls, Stoneware beer mug with a cylindrical body and C-shaped ear. Partially covered with cobalt blue. The entire outside with slightly incised vertical lines. On the front an incised and blue-filled decoration of...
EditorialRose-water bottle of silver driven with flower and leaf vines, Rose-water bottle on profiled foot with pear-shaped body and detachable elongated neck ending in a flower-shaped peak. There are gaps between the stamens of the flowers. The entire bottle i...
EditorialRedingote with leg-of-mutton sleeves Redingote or jacket dress of night blue silk, with short body with flat round collar, sheep bolt sleeves and a footless, wide skirt with a wide belt, Redingote or jacket dress of night blue silk with flat round coll...
EditorialSmall, drip-shaped vase, Thick-walled, drop-shaped vase without a foot or foot ring and with a flat lip. Two flat ears are attached to the body at 2/3. Blue and white glass strips are alternately arranged around the entire body, the lower part straight...
EditorialBaptismal font in Skjeberg church, Norway, 1125-1150. Soapstone, English style, showing Christ, Saint Mary and the apostles. The font is large enough to immerse the entire body of the chid, as was the medieval custom.
EditorialPlate XXV. (a): Fractured olecranon. (By Thos. Moore, esq. F.R.C.S.) Plate XXV. (b): As above. Plate XXX. (b): Entire adult body at one exposure. (By William J. Morton. M.D, N.Y.). Archives of the Roentgen ray. London : Heinemann, 1897-1915. Source: 16...
EditorialPustules cover his entire body... He is terrible to behold! . Le Livre Sans Titre (the book without title.). Paris 1830. A book warning of the deadly perils of self abuse, or masturbation. The illustraions show the decline of a healthy and handsome yo...
EditorialWater Pipe Base, 17th century, Made in Iran, Kirman, Stonepaste; painted in blue and incised under colorless glaze with copper fittings, H. 8 3/4 in. (22.2 cm), Ceramics, The technique of frit-carving was popular in the 12th century and experienced a r...
EditorialBird Vessel, 12th?9th century B.C., Mexico, Mesoamerica, Olmec, Ceramic, red ochre, H. 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm), Ceramics-Containers, Animal effigy vessels are among the most engaging objects known from Mesoamerica. Often the animal body forms the entire ve...
EditorialAntlion, Myrmeleon species, and its lair. The antlion digs a pit (1,2) and hides its entire body in the sand (3) to ambush ants (4,5) and a caterpillar (6f). Building a pit by using its abdomen as a plough to expel sand (7,8). Handcoloured copperplate ...
EditorialBaptismal font in Skjeberg church, Norway, 1125-1150. Soapstone, English style, showing Christ, Saint Mary and the apostles. The font is large enough to immerse the entire body of the chid, as was the medieval custom.