EditorialView on the Columbia, Cascades, 1867, Albumen silver print from glass negative, 40.0 x 52.4 cm (15 3/4 x 20 5/8 in.), Photographs, Carleton E. Watkins (American, 1829?1916), Beginning in the 1850s, photographers found a way to achieve the clarity of da...
EditorialMoon and Autumn Grasses, ???????, Edo period (1615?1868), mid- to late 17th century, Japan, Pair of six-panel folding screens; ink, color, silver, and gold flecks on paper, Overall (each screen): 59 7/16 in. x 11 ft. 10 3/8 in. (151 x 361.6 cm), Screen...
EditorialModel for a medal of Francesco Redi; a Ship at Sea, 1677, Wax on slate., Diam. 6.7 cm., Medals, Massimiliano Soldani (Italian, Montevarchi 1656?1740 Montevarchi), This rare wax model conveys the extraordinary refinement of Soldani?s art. It illuminates...
EditorialModel for a portrait medal of Francesco Redi, 1677, Wax on slate., *(a): Diam. 6.6 cm; (b): Diam. 6.7 cm., Medals, Massimiliano Soldani (Italian, Montevarchi 1656?1740 Montevarchi), This rare wax model conveys the extraordinary refinement of Soldani?s ...
Editorial[Chatham Square, New York], 1853?55, Daguerreotype, Image: 8.9 x 12.2 cm (3 1/2 x 4 13/16 in.), irregular, Photographs, Unknown (American), This chaotic street scene shows Chatham Street, now Park Row, from below its intersection with Pearl Street, nor...
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...
EditorialA Prince Hunting Boars with His Retinue, late 18th?early 19th century, Western India, Rajasthan, Jhilai, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, 11 3/8 x 15 7/8 in. (28.9 x 40.3 cm), Paintings, The distinctive style of painting that emerged in the l...
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...