EditorialDesign for the West Wall of the Music Room, for Brighton Pavilion, Brighton, England, Frederick Crace, English, 17791859, Brush and watercolor, gouache over traces of graphite on white wove paper, Elevation of west wall, with the two large wall paintin...
EditorialFlying?Attendant, 14th?century, Wall painting: ink and color on plaster, without mounting: 50 ? 50 in. (127 ? 127?cm), China, Chinese, Yuan dynasty (12791368) or early Ming dynasty?(13681644), Paintings.
EditorialUnveiling of the statue of Rembrandt Unveiling of the statue of Rembrandt Unveiling of a statue for Rembrandt van Rijn in Amsterdam, in the presence of William III, King of the Netherlands, Bronze Medal. Obverse: statue of Rembrandt between inscription...
EditorialUnveiling of the statue of Rembrandt Unveiling of the statue of Rembrandt Unveiling of a statue for Rembrandt van Rijn in Amsterdam, in the presence of William III, King of the Netherlands, Bronze Medal. Obverse: statue of Rembrandt between inscription...
EditorialDia al-Azzawi, an Iraqi artist whose paintings and sculpture often focuses on the grim consequences of war, at his studio in London, Nov. 22, 2019. (Ellie Smith/The New York Times)
EditorialDish of blue majolica, Round dish of blue painted majolica. A basket of fruit has been painted on the shelf (apples, pears and grapes?). Four oval medallions are painted on the rim, within which stylized flowers (after the Chinese example) and in betwe...
EditorialHost box, Host box made of silver. The lid and bottom of the cylindrical box are provided with back glass paintings in black and gold, the giant and martyr Christophorus, possible attributes: palm-tree (with bunches of dates, or withered), infant Chris...
EditorialWall painting on black ground: Egyptianizing scene and pair of swans, from the imperial villa at Boscotrecase, Early Imperial, last decade of the 1st century B.C., Roman, Pompeian, Fresco, Overall: 91 3/4 x 20 1/8in. (233.1 x 51.1cm), Miscellaneous-Pai...
EditorialWall painting on black ground: Egyptianizing scene and pair of swans, from the imperial villa at Boscotrecase, Early Imperial, last decade of the 1st century B.C., Roman, Pompeian, Fresco, Overall: 91 3/4 x 20 1/8in. (233.1 x 51.1cm), Miscellaneous-Pai...
EditorialWall painting fragment, Early Imperial, 1st century A.D., Roman, Fresco, Overall: 4 7/16 x 4 5/16 x 3/8 in. (11.2 x 11 x 1 cm), Miscellaneous-Paintings, On yellow ground; figure of Genius in red facing left, making a libation.
EditorialA Roman Landscape with Figures, probably 1630s, Oil on copper, Diameter 16 in. (40.6 cm), Paintings, Goffredo Wals (German, Cologne, born ca. 1590?95, died 1638?40 Calabria), Wals was a key figure in the generation of painters who took the Roman countr...
Editorial? ?? ??? ?, Monk Reading a Sutra by Moonlight, Yuan dynasty (1271?1368), ca. 1332, China, Hanging scroll; ink on paper, Image: 29 3/8 x 13 in. (74.6 x 33 cm), Paintings, Unidentified Artist, Paintings of monks reading sutras by moonlight reflect the Ch...
EditorialWall painting fragment with Gorgon mask, Early Imperial, Julio-Claudian, ca. A.D. 14?68, Roman, Fresco, L. 8 in (20.3 cm), Miscellaneous-Paintings, This fragment with its rich and ornate design, comprising a Gorgon mask, a gold-colored vase, and a bird...
EditorialWall painting fragment, 1st century A.D., Roman, Fresco, Overall: 6 1/2 x 4 5/8 x 1/2 in. (16.5 x 11.8 x 1.3 cm), Miscellaneous-Paintings, Red socle, predella, and white central zone.