EditorialBeaker Vase, Faience beaker vase, painted in blue with cartouches in which scenes from the faience company and a shoemaker. the caption to the first scene reads: D 'hairdresser is his duty to dry // and leave. // So the oven can enjoy everything // Kin...
EditorialTerracotta Hadra hydria (water jar), Hellenistic, late 3rd century B.C., Greek, Ptolemaic, Cretan, Terracotta, h. 14 5/16 in. (36.4 cm); d. 9 5/8 in. (24.5 cm), Vases, This hydria was made by a skilled craftsman: it has a thin, delicate rim, which is c...
EditorialHere you see, dear youth! the carpenter, the bricklayer, the blacksmith and the shoemaker employed. What does everyone need for their handiwork? (...) (title on object) Print magazine for the youth (series title on object) Crafts (series title on objec...
EditorialStudy of a Figure in a Niche (Saint Ambrose; recto); Architectural Studies: Four Alternative Designs for Fictive Niches and an Unrelated Design with Garlands (verso), ca. 1560-67.
Editorial'Woman at her morning toilette', Japan, Edo period, c1800. Hanging scroll painting of a married woman engaged in her morning toilette. Her gaze is caught by the beauty of a potted morning glory. Her straight back topped by the rounded marumage hairdo f...