EditorialTo caper nimbly in a Lady's Chamber to the lascivious pleasing of a Lute. Date/Period: 1850. Pen and ink on paper. Height: 21 cm (8.2 in); Width: 17.2 cm (6.7 in).
EditorialPanel with Horse Heads, 11th century, Made in Egypt, Wood (teak); carved, H. 13 3/4 in. (34.9 cm), Wood, This panel, probably from a wooden door, is deeply carved with two symmetrical horse heads in relief. Attention to detail is evident in the beaded ...
EditorialA Kafir woman. Full-length portrait of a seated woman. The photograph shows the characteristic headdress of married Bashgal women: 'Here, for the first time, Bashgal women were seen in their own country by any European, and the novel experience was not...
EditorialJoshua Johnson, Portrait of a Man (Abner Coker), ca. 1805-1810, oil on canvas, 27 7/8 in. x 22 in. (70.8 cm x 55.88 cm), Joshua Johnson (occasionally spelled Johnston) is one of the earliest identifiable African American artists. This portrait is one o...
EditorialStreevelliputtur [Srivilliputtur]. The large pyramidal tower at entrance. View looking towards entrance gopura of temple. This Gateway, which is considered one of the finest and best proportioned in Southern India, is well seen in this Photograph, whic...
EditorialStudy for Saint Gervasius, ca2, Black chalk heightened with white chalk, on gray-beige paper. Framing lines in pen and brown ink., 16 7/8 x 10 5/16 in. (42.9 x 26.2 cm), Drawings, Eustache Le Sueur (French, Paris 1616?1655 Paris), One of the founders o...
EditorialAnya Taylor-Joy, left, the star of the new "Emma," and her director, Autumn de Wilde, in New York, Feb. 4, 2020. (Jingyu Lin/The New York Times)
EditorialPanel with Horse Heads, 11th century, Made in Egypt, Wood (teak); carved, H. 13 3/4 in. (34.9 cm), Wood, This panel, probably from a wooden door, is deeply carved with two symmetrical horse heads in relief. Attention to detail is evident in the beaded ...
EditorialStreevelliputtur [Srivilliputtur]. The large pyramidal tower at entrance. View looking towards entrance gopura of temple. This Gateway, which is considered one of the finest and best proportioned in Southern India, is well seen in this Photograph, whic...
EditorialThe Art of Pleasing, 1771. Jean Baptiste Le Prince (French, 1734-1781). Etching and aquatint printed in brown; sheet: 10.4 x 7.2 cm (4 1/8 x 2 13/16 in.).
EditorialA Kafir woman. Full-length portrait of a seated woman. The photograph shows the characteristic headdress of married Bashgal women: 'Here, for the first time, Bashgal women were seen in their own country by any European, and the novel experience was not...
EditorialStreevelliputtur [Srivilliputtur]. The large pyramidal tower at entrance. View looking towards entrance gopura of temple. This Gateway, which is considered one of the finest and best proportioned in Southern India, is well seen in this Photograph, whic...
EditorialTo caper nimbly in a Lady's Chamber to the lascivious pleasing of a Lute. Date/Period: 1850. Pen and ink on paper. Height: 21 cm (8.2 in); Width: 17.2 cm (6.7 in).
EditorialIncense burner (br?le-parfum), ca. 1775, French, Gilded and marbelized oak and beech, gilt-bronze, copper, tin and tin-plating, 40 ? 18 1/2 ? 18 1/2 in. (101.6 ? 47 ? 47 cm), Woodwork-Furniture, The word cassolette was current in the eighteenth century...
EditorialBottle with Snake, 2nd?5th century, Peru, Moche, Ceramic, H. 7 3/4 in. (19.7 cm), Ceramics-Containers, The ceramic stirrup-spout bottle was an important vessel among peoples on the Peruvian north coast from the second millennium B.C. onward. The globul...
EditorialStudy for Saint Gervasius, ca2, Black chalk heightened with white chalk, on gray-beige paper. Framing lines in pen and brown ink., 16 7/8 x 10 5/16 in. (42.9 x 26.2 cm), Drawings, Eustache Le Sueur (French, Paris 1616?1655 Paris), One of the founders o...
EditorialPanel with Horse Heads, 11th century, Made in Egypt, Wood (teak); carved, H. 13 3/4 in. (34.9 cm), Wood, This panel, probably from a wooden door, is deeply carved with two symmetrical horse heads in relief. Attention to detail is evident in the beaded ...
EditorialCottage Children (The Wood Gatherers), 1787, Oil on canvas, 58 1/8 x 47 3/8 in. (147.6 x 120.3 cm), Paintings, Thomas Gainsborough (British, Sudbury 1727?1788 London), This is one of what were called in the eighteenth century 'fancy pictures,' represen...