EditorialOboe, oboe made of palm wood with three brass flaps. Similarity with Stanesy's oboes., MA (mentioned on object), France, c. 1700 - c. 1749, boxwood, kleppen, l 59 cm ? d 5.9 cm ? d 2.9 cm.
EditorialPortrait of a Woman, ca. 1480, Tempera on wood, 19 1/4 x 13 7/8 in. (48.9 x 35.2 cm), Paintings, Piero del Pollaiuolo (Piero di Jacopo Benci) (Italian, Florence 1441/42?1485/96 Rome), Some of the most distinguished female portraits produced in Florence...
EditorialCampephilus imperialis, Print, The imperial woodpecker (Campephilus imperialis) is a species of bird, a member of the woodpecker family Picidae. The genus Campephilus is essentially a tropical one, embracing 13 species, including the imperial woodpecke...
EditorialPuffinus assimilis, Print, The little shearwater (Puffinus assimilis) is a small shearwater in the petrel family Procellariidae. Despite the generic name, it is unrelated to the puffins, which are auks, the only similarity being that they are both burr...
EditorialMacropodus viridi-auratus, Print, Macropodus is a genus of small to medium-sized labyrinth fish native to freshwater habitats in eastern Asia. Most species are restricted to southern China (including Hong Kong and Taiwan) and Vietnam, but M. operculari...
EditorialArtamus bicolor, Print, Woodswallows are soft-plumaged, somber-coloured passerine birds in the genus Artamus. The woodswallows are either treated as a subfamily, Artaminae, in an expanded family Artamidae (also including the subfamily Cracticinae), or ...
EditorialArtamus rufus, Print, Woodswallows are soft-plumaged, somber-coloured passerine birds in the genus Artamus. The woodswallows are either treated as a subfamily, Artaminae, in an expanded family Artamidae (also including the subfamily Cracticinae), or as...
EditorialArtamus sordidus, Print, Woodswallows are soft-plumaged, somber-coloured passerine birds in the genus Artamus. The woodswallows are either treated as a subfamily, Artaminae, in an expanded family Artamidae (also including the subfamily Cracticinae), or...
EditorialAgriornis striaticollis, Print, Shrike-tyrant, The shrike-tyrants are a genus, Agriornis, of birds in the tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae. The members of this genus are found in open habitats in western and southern South America, usually at high e...
EditorialArtamus chabert, Print, Woodswallows are soft-plumaged, somber-coloured passerine birds in the genus Artamus. The woodswallows are either treated as a subfamily, Artaminae, in an expanded family Artamidae (also including the subfamily Cracticinae), or ...
EditorialArtamus rufus, Print, Woodswallows are soft-plumaged, somber-coloured passerine birds in the genus Artamus. The woodswallows are either treated as a subfamily, Artaminae, in an expanded family Artamidae (also including the subfamily Cracticinae), or as...
EditorialArtamus chabert, Print, Woodswallows are soft-plumaged, somber-coloured passerine birds in the genus Artamus. The woodswallows are either treated as a subfamily, Artaminae, in an expanded family Artamidae (also including the subfamily Cracticinae), or ...
EditorialAgriornis erythropygia, Print, Shrike-tyrant, The shrike-tyrants are a genus, Agriornis, of birds in the tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae. The members of this genus are found in open habitats in western and southern South America, usually at high el...
EditorialArtamus leucorhynchos, Print, Woodswallows are soft-plumaged, somber-coloured passerine birds in the genus Artamus. The woodswallows are either treated as a subfamily, Artaminae, in an expanded family Artamidae (also including the subfamily Cracticinae...
EditorialArtamus viridis, Print, Woodswallows are soft-plumaged, somber-coloured passerine birds in the genus Artamus. The woodswallows are either treated as a subfamily, Artaminae, in an expanded family Artamidae (also including the subfamily Cracticinae), or ...
EditorialArtamus leucorhynchos, Print, Woodswallows are soft-plumaged, somber-coloured passerine birds in the genus Artamus. The woodswallows are either treated as a subfamily, Artaminae, in an expanded family Artamidae (also including the subfamily Cracticinae...
EditorialArtamus bicolor, Print, Woodswallows are soft-plumaged, somber-coloured passerine birds in the genus Artamus. The woodswallows are either treated as a subfamily, Artaminae, in an expanded family Artamidae (also including the subfamily Cracticinae), or ...
Editorial"- Three months ago, the Count sat model like that.... nowadays there is no more similarity..... everything seems to be wrong," plate 40 from Tout Ce Qu'on Voudra. Honor? Victorin Daumier; French, 1808-1879. Date: 1848. Dimensions: 265 ? 215 mm (image)...
Editorial"- Three months ago, the Count sat model like that.... nowadays there is no more similarity..... everything seems to be wrong," plate 40 from Tout Ce Qu'on Voudra. Honor? Victorin Daumier; French, 1808-1879. Date: 1848. Dimensions: 265 ? 215 mm (image)...
EditorialRatapoil and Casmajou. The most active members of the philanthropic society of December 10: the portraits are drawn from nature and are of striking similarity, plate six from Actualit?s. Honor? Victorin Daumier; French, 1808-1879. Date: 1850. Dimension...
EditorialCarpet with Niche and Flower Design, mid-17th century, Made in India or Pakistan, Kashmir or Lahore, Cotton (warp and weft), silk (weft), wool (pile); asymmetrically knotted pile, Textile: L. 61 in. (154.9 cm), Textiles-Rugs, This weaving is part of a ...
EditorialPortrait of a Woman, ca. 1480, Tempera on wood, 19 1/4 x 13 7/8 in. (48.9 x 35.2 cm), Paintings, Piero del Pollaiuolo (Piero di Jacopo Benci) (Italian, Florence 1441/42?1485/96 Rome), Some of the most distinguished female portraits produced in Florence...
EditorialTextile, 13th century, Attributed to Syria, Silk; warp faced plain weave, Textile: L. 17 in. (43.2 cm), Textiles-Woven, The intricate pattern on this textile features paired griffins, foxes, and birds arranged among vine scrolls and palmette trees. The...
EditorialTusk Fragment with Christ Enthroned, 810?1010, Attributed to Egypt, Ivory; carved, H. 4 5/8 in. (11.7 cm), Ivories and Bone, The close similarity of this fragment to the image of Christ with angels on the Ascension ivory suggests that ivory carvers car...
EditorialSofa, ca. 1800, Made in Salem, Massachusetts, United States, American, Mahogany, white pine, birch, 38 1/2 x 76 x 25 1/2 in. (97.8 x 193 x 64.8 cm), Furniture, Attributed to Samuel McIntire (1757?1811), The shape of this sofa derives from plate 35 in T...
EditorialStorage Jar (Aryballos), 15th?early 16th century, Peru, Inca, Ceramic, H. 8 5/8 x W. 7 3/8 x D. 5 3/4 in. (21.9 x 18.8 x 14.6 cm), Ceramics-Containers, One of the most distinctive Inca ceramic forms developed in the Cuzco area is the so-called Cuzco bo...