EditorialMask of a woman with a large coil of plaited hair, Roman Period, Hadrian, A.D. 117?138, From Egypt, Plaster, paint, glass, h. 21 cm (8 1/4 in); w. 11.5 cm (4 1/2 in), This woman's high coiled braid recalls portraits of the Empress Sabina. The softer ar...
EditorialEntombment, model ca. 1516?21 (last cast), Copper alloy with a warm, reddish brown patina., 11.5 x 16.2 cm, wt. 779.85 g., Plaquettes, Andrea Briosco, called Riccio (Italian, Trent 1470?1532 Padua), The plaquette is a small-scale adaptation for private...
EditorialStill Life with Rayfish, ca. 1924, Oil on canvas, 32 ? 39 3/8 in. (81.3 ? 100 cm), Paintings, Chaim Soutine (French (born Lithuania), Smilovitchi 1893?1943 Paris), In this unsettling adaptation of Jean-Sim?on Chardin's 'The Rayfish' (ca. 1725?26), Sout...
EditorialBronze statuette of Hermes seated on a rock, Imperial, 1st?2nd century A.D., Roman, Bronze, Height: 5 13/16 in. (14.8 cm), Bronzes, Adaptation of a Greek work of the 4th or 3rd century B.C.. Hermes was known to the Romans as Mercury. While his principa...
EditorialMarble statuette of young Dionysos, Imperial, 1st?2nd century A.D., Roman, Marble, H.: 15 in. (38.1 cm), Stone Sculpture, Adaptation of a Greek statue type of the late 4th century B.C.. The god is nude except for the nebris (fawn skin) worn diagonally ...
EditorialMarble statuette of a slave boy with a lantern, Imperial, 1st or 2nd century A.D., Roman, Marble, H. with plinth 6 5/8 in. (16.8 cm), Stone Sculpture, Adaptation of a Hellenistic work of the 3rd century B.C.. This statuette is a good example of a well-...
EditorialTerracotta oinochoe (jug), Geometric, late 8th century B.C.?early 7th century B.C., Greek, Cumaean, Terracotta, H. 13 in. (33 cm), Vases, The shape is best paralleled on vases from Cumae. The decoration seems to represent a local adaptation of Corinthi...
EditorialMarble head of Apollo with fragment of his hand, Imperial, 1st or 2nd century A.D., Roman, Marble, H. 6 3/4 in. (17.2 cm), Stone Sculpture, Roman adaptation of a Greek work of the 4th century B.C., known as the Apollo Lykeios. A celebrated bronze statu...
EditorialBasalt statue of Aphrodite, Imperial, late 1st?early 2nd century A.D., Roman, Basalt, 16 5/8in. (42.2cm), Stone Sculpture, Adaptation of a Greek statue of the 3rd century B.C. known as the Medici Aphrodite. The Romans used colored stones for floors, wa...
EditorialBronze statuette of a man, Classical, 3rd quarter of the 5th century B.C. or later, Greek, Bronze, 10 1/2 ? 3 ? 2 13/16 in. (26.7 ? 7.6 ? 7.2 cm), Bronzes, In its original condition, this will have been a fine, small figure of a man. While the legs are...
EditorialTopaz ring stone, Late Republican or Imperial, 1st century B.C.?3rd century A.D., Roman, Beryl, yellow, or Topaz, Length: 9/16 in. (1.5 cm), Gems, Hermes holding the kerykeion (herald's staff) and chlamys. Adaptation of a Greek work of the 4th century B.C.
EditorialChasuble, mid-17th century, Italian, probably Venice, Plain-weave silk, brocaded, Neck to hem: L. 47 x W. 30 1/2 inches (119.4 x 77.5 cm), Textiles-Woven, This Italian-woven silk exemplifies the conspicuous adaptation of a foreign design in a European-...
EditorialMarble statue of Hermes, Imperial, 1st or 2nd century A.D., Roman, Marble, Pentellic, Overall: 71 1/4 x 29 1/2 x 23 1/2 in. (181 x 74.9 x 59.7 cm), Stone Sculpture, The left hand, tip of nose, and tips of some fingers of the right hand are restored.. R...
EditorialBronze statuette of Neptune, Early Imperial, early 1st century A.D., Roman, Bronze, Overall: 4 7/16 x 1 7/8 x 2 15/16 in. (11.3 x 4.8 x 7.4 cm), Bronzes, The work is a Roman adaptation of an Archaic Greek statue of Poseidon.
EditorialMarble torso of Eros, Imperial, 1st or 2nd century A.D., Roman, Marble, H. 30 5/8 in. (77.8 cm), Stone Sculpture, Roman copy of Greek original. Adaptation of a Greek bronze statue representing the, Apollo Sauroktonos (Lizard Slayer) of ca. 350 B.C. by ...
EditorialLower part of a marble seated statue of Hygieia, Imperial, 1st or 2nd century A.D., Roman, Marble, H. 50 in. (127.0 cm), Stone Sculpture, Copy or adaptation of a Greek work of the 3rd or 2nd century B.C. Hygieia, the personification of Health, was the ...
EditorialDancing satyr, woodland deity, companion of the god Dionysus. Roman adaptation of the bronze original by Lysipps of the late 4th century BC. Marble. Esquiline Hill, Rome. The State Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg. Russia.
EditorialSerafin and Joaquin Alvarez Quintero (Searfi_n, 1871-1938; Joaqui_n, 1873-1944). Spanish playwrights. Drawing where they represent reading Benito Perez Galdos, his adaptation of "Marianela".
EditorialRoman Art. Statue of Dionysos leaning on a female figure ("Hope Dionysos"). Marble. Augustan or Julio-Claudian period. 27 B.C.-68 A.C. Roman copy of Greek original. Adaptation of a Greek work of the 4th century B.C.. Museum of Art. New York. United Sta...