EditorialScene from the Legend of the True Cross, second half 14th century, Northern French or Netherlandish, Stone, Overall: 24 1/2 x 29 1/2 in. (62.2 x 74.9 cm), Sculpture, Enthusiasm for embarking on Crusade waned during the fourteenth century, notwithstandi...
EditorialLouis-Etienne Félicité de Salomon jeune. Lysius Salomon ca. 1843 before he became president. Louis étienne Félicité Lysius Salomon (June 30, 1815 – October 19, 1888) was the President of Haiti from 1879 to 1888. Salomon is best remembered for in...
Editorial[Self-Portrait with Christine and Yvonne Lerolle], probably 1895?96, Gelatin silver print, Image: 37.1 x 29.3 cm (14 5/8 x 11 9/16 in.), Photographs, Edgar Degas (French, Paris 1834?1917 Paris), While Degas was aware of photography from the beginning o...
EditorialScene from the Legend of the True Cross, second half 14th century, Northern French or Netherlandish, Stone, Overall: 24 1/2 x 29 1/2 in. (62.2 x 74.9 cm), Sculpture, Enthusiasm for embarking on Crusade waned during the fourteenth century, notwithstandi...
EditorialThe Virgin of the Immaculate Conception, 18th century, Hispano-Philippine, Ivory, partly gilded and polychromed; Halo: silver; Eyes: glass, H. 10 in. (25.4 cm), Sculpture-Miniature, The pose indicates the Virgin of the Immaculate Conception. A fuller r...
EditorialREPUBLICAN ENTHUSIASM IN NEW YORK, THE GRAND PROCESSION OCTOBER 11, POLITICS, POLITICAL, POLITIC, CAMPAIGN, PATRIOTIC, ENGRAVING 1880, US, USA, AMERICA.
EditorialThe death of Hassan, or Turkish officer killed in the mountains, painted under the influence of Lord Byron's enthusiasm for the Greek War of Independence. Canvas (1825-1826) 32.5 x 41 cm.
EditorialLiterary critic and satirist Karl Kraus during a lecture. His main work, " The ultimate days of mankind" is a bitter spoof of Austrian chauvinism and the general enthusiasm at the beginning of the First World War. Watercolour by Alfred Hegel.