EditorialAn Austere Hindu Fakir, Robert Mabon, died 1798, British, undated, Watercolor and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, Sheet: 7 1/8 ? 5 1/4 inches (18.1 ? 13.3 cm), figure study, Hindu, man, religious and myth...
EditorialThe Spanish Gypsy, 1912, Oil on canvas, 40 3/4 x 33 in. (103.5 x 83.8 cm), Paintings, Robert Henri (American, Cincinnati, Ohio 1865?1929 New York), Henri?s model for this painting belonged to a band of Gypsies living on the outskirts of Madrid, where H...
EditorialCup on legs with the inscription: Somtijdsop / Somtijds licorice, Cylinder-shaped cup with inserted soul, standing on three flattened full-shaped legs. The bottom edge is trimmed with a thread. Calligraphy inscription on the body: Somtijdsop / Somtijds...
EditorialAustere Place, from Les Ph?nom?nes. Jean Dubuffet; French, 1901-1985. Date: 1958. Dimensions: 392 ? 320 mm (image); 635 ? 454 mm (sheet). Color lithograph on paper. Origin: France.
EditorialAustere Place, from Les Ph?nom?nes. Jean Dubuffet; French, 1901-1985. Date: 1958. Dimensions: 392 ? 320 mm (image); 635 ? 454 mm (sheet). Color lithograph on paper. Origin: France.
EditorialIsabelle de Limeuil, maid of honour and spy for Queen Catherine de Medici of France, 1535-1609. She wears a lace headress, lace collar, and austere black dress decorated with black embroidered bands. She holds a rosary belt. After a miniature in oils i...
EditorialBlock Statue of a Prophet of Montu and Scribe Djedkhonsuefankh, son of Khonsumes and Taat, Late Period, Kushite?Saite, Dynasty 25?26, 690?610 B.C., From Egypt; Made for Upper Egypt, Thebes, Luxor, Gabbro, h. 30.7 cm (12 1/16 in), In the late 25th dynas...
EditorialBlock Statue of a Prophet of Montu and Scribe Djedkhonsuefankh, son of Khonsumes and Taat, Late Period, Kushite?Saite, Dynasty 25?26, 690?610 B.C., From Egypt; Made for Upper Egypt, Thebes, Luxor, Gabbro, h. 30.7 cm (12 1/16 in), In the late 25th dynas...
EditorialThe Spanish Gypsy, 1912, Oil on canvas, 40 3/4 x 33 in. (103.5 x 83.8 cm), Paintings, Robert Henri (American, Cincinnati, Ohio 1865?1929 New York), Henri?s model for this painting belonged to a band of Gypsies living on the outskirts of Madrid, where H...
EditorialIsabelle de Limeuil, maid of honour and spy for Queen Catherine de Medici of France, 1535-1609. She wears a lace headress, lace collar, and austere black dress decorated with black embroidered bands. She holds a rosary belt. After a miniature in oils i...
EditorialCalcite headrest, Egyptian, Old Kingdom, c2350 BC. This headrest is quite simple and austere, as was often the case with objects of Old Kingdom date. It has decorative fluting on the sides of the shaft and the surface of the stone is smoothed, but not ...