EditorialStatuette of an ox, A statuette in black stone of a lying ox (nadeushi) on a pile of pillows on two boxes. Large and small silver coins lie on the floor, the large coins indicate the long months of the ox's new year, the small coins the short months. M...
EditorialPeter Paul Rubens: The Incarnation as Fulfillment of All the Prophecies, Peter Paul Rubens, c. 1628?1629, Oil on panel, Rubens depicts the Archangel Gabriel's announcement to the Virgin Mary that she would conceive a son by the power of the Holy Spirit...
EditorialAssault on the house of Kira Yoshinaga by the 47 Ronin under the leadership of Oishi Yoshio (1659-1703). The true story of the 47 Ronin (masterless samurai) of the province of Harima is probably the best-known story of the valor and ideals (the Code ...
EditorialA kindergarden-outing in Dresden. Poster says " Onward under the guidance of the working class, towards the fulfillment of the Seven-Year-Plan! " Dresden,1959.
EditorialLex Coloniae Genitiuae Iuliae. Municipal Law of the ancient Urso (Osuna, Seville province, Andalusia, Spain) promulgated in 44 BC. Published in bronze tablets between 20 and 24 AD. Second tablet. Chapters 70 to 82. It explains the obligation of augurs ...
EditorialBronze statuette of a standing male figure, Late Archaic?Early Classical, ca. 500?450 B.C., Campanian or South Italian Greek, Bronze, Overall: 9 3/4 x 2 3/8 x 2 3/8 in. (24.8 x 6 x 6 cm), Bronzes, The statuette is a rare and unusual sculpture best desc...
EditorialPygmalion and Galatea, ca. 1890, Oil on canvas, 35 x 27 in. (88.9 x 68.6 cm), Paintings, Jean-L?on G?r?me (French, Vesoul 1824?1904 Paris), Between 1890 and 1892, G?r?me made both painted and sculpted variations on the theme of Pygmalion and Galatea, t...
EditorialSaint John the Baptist, ca. 1450?75, Made in Burgundy, France, French, Limestone with traces of paint, Overall: 59 1/2 x 24 x 17 in. (151.1 x 61 x 43.2 cm), Sculpture-Stone, Claus Sluter (Netherlandish, Haarlem ca. 1360?before 1406 Dijon) (?), Saint Jo...
EditorialBronze statuette of a standing male figure, Late Archaic?Early Classical, ca. 500?450 B.C., Campanian or South Italian Greek, Bronze, Overall: 9 3/4 x 2 3/8 x 2 3/8 in. (24.8 x 6 x 6 cm), Bronzes, The statuette is a rare and unusual sculpture best desc...
EditorialAssault on the house of Kira Yoshinaga by the 47 Ronin under the leadership of Oishi Yoshio (1659-1703). The true story of the 47 Ronin (masterless samurai) of the province of Harima is probably the best-known story of the valor and ideals (the Code ...
EditorialA kindergarden-outing in Dresden. Poster says " Onward under the guidance of the working class, towards the fulfillment of the Seven-Year-Plan! " Dresden,1959.
EditorialSilver chalice from the Kaper Koraon treasure, Early Byzantine, 7th. Sacred chalice with simple design on a flaring foot. The dedicatory inscription translates " In fulfillment of a vow of Sergios and John". It was a donation to the church of...