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...
EditorialView through the Herculaneum Gate, Pompeii, 1778, Pen and brown ink over black chalk, 11 x 16 3/4 in. (28 x 42.5 cm), Drawings, Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, Mogliano Veneto 1720?1778 Rome), Giovanni Battista Piranesi is recognized for his vast ...
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 ...