EditorialOlof Fridsberg, Inscription board, one of seven paintings, painting, between circa 1756 and circa 1757, Oil on canvas, Simple gilded frame, Height, 149.5 cm (58.8 inches), Width, 99 cm (38.9 inches), Depth, 3.5 cm (1.3 inches), Inscription, TU make the...
EditorialRelief with the Deposition Relief with the Descent from the Cross, In a sloping landscape, in the middle stands the cross between those of the two murderers, whose beard judge turned his back to Christ. Two men on ladders placed against the cross are i...
EditorialRoman painting depicting two gods with halos, a nymph in wreath, and an old man watching from the rocks. Perhaps, the Sun, the Moon, Aurora, children of the old man Hyperion. Copperplate engraving by Tommaso Piroli from his Antiquities of Herculaneum (...
Editorial'Husayn at the Bedside of the Dying Hasan', Folio from a Hadiqat al-Su'ada of Fuzuli (Garden of the Blessed), late 16th century, Attributed to Turkey, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, H. 6 1/8 in. (15.5 cm), Codices, This painting shows an ar...
EditorialRondel with Seated Buddha, Khotan Kingdom, 6th?7th century, China (Xinjiang Autonomous Region), Red clay with traces of color, 6 1/2 x 6 1/2 in. (16.5 x 16.5 cm), Sculpture, These Buddhas with halos and body mandorlas were part of an elaborate halo tha...
EditorialRoman painting depicting two gods with halos, a nymph in wreath, and an old man watching from the rocks. Perhaps, the Sun, the Moon, Aurora, children of the old man Hyperion. Copperplate engraving by Tommaso Piroli from his Antiquities of Herculaneum (...