EditorialFour Continents, Johannes Meyer, 1655 - 1712, glass, Standing cup with medallions of two continents between scrollwork. Europe, crowned, holding scepter and shield with Habsburg coat of arms; attributes: horse, helmet, and banners (after an engraving b...
EditorialWollaton Hall and Park, Nottinghamshire, Jan Siberechts, 1627ca. 1703, Flemish, active in Britain (from 1672), 1697, Oil on canvas, Support (PTG): 75 1/2 x 54 1/2 inches (191.8 x 138.4 cm), architectural subject, carriage, coach, country house, Elizabe...
EditorialFigures, Horses, and Sphinx Entwined in Foliage and Strapwork, 19th century, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, heightened with white. Inlaid along, with 48(58a), on paper mount with pink and black framing lines., 2 5/16 x 5 11/16 in. (5.9 x 14.5...
EditorialFigures, Horses, and Sphinx Entwined in Foliage and Strapwork, 19th century, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, heightened with white. Inlaid along, with 48(58a), on paper mount with pink and black framing lines., 2 5/16 x 5 11/16 in. (5.9 x 14.5...
EditorialTwo Rectangular Ornaments with Strapwork, Foliage and an Eagle, 19th century, Graphite and yellow-gold wash, sheet: 20 1/8 x 4 3/16 in. (51.1 x 10.7 cm), John Gregory Crace (British, London 1809?1889 Dulwich) , and Son.
EditorialWall facing, tin-glazed earthenware, underglaze, Running design for a frieze or a dado, composed of scrolls of foliage and strapwork, and four repeating motifs--a seated woman in a small upright oval medallion, a putto seated on a rocailled base, and s...
EditorialStrapwork Grotesque with Mythological Scene, Pieter van der Heyden, Flemish, 1530 - 1572, Jacob Floris the Elder, Flemish, 1524 - 1581, Engraving on laid paper, Horizontal rectangles showing a strapwork design. At center, a scene of Juno talking to Jup...
EditorialPlate from Compertimenta Pictoriis Flosculis Manubiis que Bellicis Variegata, Pieter van der Heyden, Flemish, 1530 - 1572, Jacob Floris the Elder, Flemish, 1524 - 1581, Engraving on laid paper, Vertical rectangle showing a strapwork design. At center, ...
EditorialWall facing, tin-glazed earthenware, underglaze, Running design for a frieze or a dado, composed of scrolls of foliage and strapwork, and four repeating motifs--a seated woman in a small upright oval medallion, a putto seated on a rocailled base, and s...
EditorialWall facing, tin-glazed earthenware, underglaze, Running design for a frieze or a dado, composed of scrolls of foliage and strapwork, and four repeating motifs--a seated woman in a small upright oval medallion, a putto seated on a rocailled base, and s...
EditorialWall facing, tin-glazed earthenware, underglaze, Running design for a frieze or a dado, composed of scrolls of foliage and strapwork, and four repeating motifs--a seated woman in a small upright oval medallion, a putto seated on a rocailled base, and s...
EditorialWall facing, tin-glazed earthenware, underglaze, Running design for a frieze or a dado, composed of scrolls of foliage and strapwork, and four repeating motifs--a seated woman in a small upright oval medallion, a putto seated on a rocailled base, and s...
EditorialPlate 15, from Livre de bijouterie (Book of Designs for Goldsmiths and Jewelers), L?onard Thiry, Flemish, 1550, Rosso Fiorentino, Italian,1494 - 1540, Ren? Boyvin, French, 1525 - 1625, Paul de la Houve, French, 1575 - 1643, Engraving on paper, Design f...
EditorialDesign for Candelabrum Motif and Strapwork Escutcheon, Pen and brown ink, black chalk, brush and violet watercolor on off-white laid paper, A smoking baluster candelabra decorated with masks, swags and sphinxes. At right, strapwork with masks forms the...
EditorialWall facing, tin-glazed earthenware, underglaze, Running design for a frieze or a dado, composed of scrolls of foliage and strapwork, and four repeating motifs--a seated woman in a small upright oval medallion, a putto seated on a rocailled base, and s...
EditorialWall facing, tin-glazed earthenware, underglaze, Running design for a frieze or a dado, composed of scrolls of foliage and strapwork, and four repeating motifs--a seated woman in a small upright oval medallion, a putto seated on a rocailled base, and s...
EditorialWall facing, tin-glazed earthenware, underglaze, Running design for a frieze or a dado, composed of scrolls of foliage and strapwork, and four repeating motifs--a seated woman in a small upright oval medallion, a putto seated on a rocailled base, and s...
EditorialWall facing, tin-glazed earthenware, underglaze, Running design for a frieze or a dado, composed of scrolls of foliage and strapwork, and four repeating motifs--a seated woman in a small upright oval medallion, a putto seated on a rocailled base, and s...
EditorialWall facing, tin-glazed earthenware, underglaze, Running design for a frieze or a dado, composed of scrolls of foliage and strapwork, and four repeating motifs--a seated woman in a small upright oval medallion, a putto seated on a rocailled base, and s...
EditorialWall facing, tin-glazed earthenware, underglaze, Running design for a frieze or a dado, composed of scrolls of foliage and strapwork, and four repeating motifs--a seated woman in a small upright oval medallion, a putto seated on a rocailled base, and s...
EditorialPlate 5, from Monilium Bullarum Inauriumque Artificiocissimae Icones, Ioannis Collaert Opus Postremum (Designs for Necklaces, Pendants and Earrings of the Highest Skill, the Final Work by Joannis Collaert), Hans Collaert the Elder, Flemish, ca. 1530 - ...
EditorialWall facing, tin-glazed earthenware, underglaze, Running design for a frieze or a dado, composed of scrolls of foliage and strapwork, and four repeating motifs--a seated woman in a small upright oval medallion, a putto seated on a rocailled base, and s...
EditorialWall facing, tin-glazed earthenware, underglaze, Running design for a frieze or a dado, composed of scrolls of foliage and strapwork, and four repeating motifs--a seated woman in a small upright oval medallion, a putto seated on a rocailled base, and s...
EditorialWall facing, tin-glazed earthenware, underglaze, Running design for a frieze or a dado, composed of scrolls of foliage and strapwork, and four repeating motifs--a seated woman in a small upright oval medallion, a putto seated on a rocailled base, and s...
EditorialWall facing, tin-glazed earthenware, underglaze, Running design for a frieze or a dado, composed of scrolls of foliage and strapwork, and four repeating motifs--a seated woman in a small upright oval medallion, a putto seated on a rocailled base, and s...
EditorialWall facing, tin-glazed earthenware, underglaze, Running design for a frieze or a dado, composed of scrolls of foliage and strapwork, and four repeating motifs--a seated woman in a small upright oval medallion, a putto seated on a rocailled base, and s...
EditorialPlate 17, from Livre de bijouterie (Book of Designs for Goldsmiths and Jewelers), L?onard Thiry, Flemish, 1550, Rosso Fiorentino, Italian,1494 - 1540, Ren? Boyvin, French, 1525 - 1625, Paul de la Houve, French, 1575 - 1643, Engraving on paper, Designs ...
EditorialFragment, Medium: silk, linen Technique: woven (brocatelle), Strapwork with checkerboard shield shapes and foliage in red, yellow and white. Both selvages present., 17th century, woven textiles, Fragment.