EditorialPurple emperor, Apatura iris 1, with wing scale D and wing E, and mountain apollo, Parnassius apollo 2, butterfly and caterpillar. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's "Bilderbuch fur Kinder" (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1805. Frie...
EditorialTamari and Ivy onPpine-bark Lozenges, Mulberry paper (kozo washi) treated with fermented persimmon tannin (kakishibu), and silk threads (itoire), Handballs (temari) are an old craft used in handball games. They are highly valued gifts, symbolizing frie...
EditorialTile, Earthenware, glazed and high frie decorated, Still life of lemon and grapes on a plate, a knife, and oil and vinegar flasks., Alcora, Spain, late 18thearly 19th century, tiles, Decorative Arts, Tile.
EditorialSampler, Hannah Whitney Lunenburg, Canadian, Medium: silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in cross stitch on plain weave foundation, Alphabet at top. 'THIS WORK IN MY HAND MY FRIE/ NDS MAY HAVE/ WHEN I AM DE/ AD AND IN MY/ GRAVE.'...
EditorialCup-shaped pot (light?) of hand-formed earthenware with very thick wall. Flat, hollowed out soil in the center. Old nr. 149. Surface damage at the bottom of the wall, pottery, earthenware (hand molded), h: 5,1 cm, diam: 6,5 cm, roman, Netherlands, Frie...
EditorialCross-shaped cast bronze fibula with animal-headed foot (Jonge Nydam-style). Three buttons. In Hoogebeintum such a fibula was found on a skeleton with a hair comb, fibula, crossfibula, metal, bronze, 2 x 8,9 x 4,8 cm, vmeb 475-550 AD, Netherlands, Frie...
EditorialSpanish bullfight scenes: mounted picadors lance the bull 1, bandilleros stab the bull 2, and the matador delivers the death blow. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's "Bilderbuch fur Kinder" (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1805. Frie...
EditorialPergamon Altar. Built by order of Eumenes II Soter. 164-156 BC. Marble and limestone. Fragments of three nymphs (south frieze) and Dionysus with two young satyrs joins the struggle. At his side, Semele, his mother, leading a lion into battle (west frie...
EditorialPergamon Altar. Built by order of Eumenes II Soter. 164-156 BC. Marble and limestone. Fragments of three nymphs (south frieze) and Dionysus with two young satyrs joins the struggle. At his side, Semele, his mother, leading a lion into battle (west frie...
EditorialFossil brachiopods, Discinisca lamellosa 1, ox-eyed oreo, Oreosoma atlanticum 2, and underground geological organs at Saint Pierre 3. Orbicules, oreosome, orgues geologiques. Handcoloured steel engraving by du Casse after an illustration by Adolph Frie...
EditorialFive broken door ornaments, A fence consisting of two doors and two side panels. At the bottom they show a plinth decorated with a double row of heart-shaped S-volutes and some rosettes. The bars that fill the middle compartment and carry a narrow frie...
EditorialLidded vase Vase with lid, Large pot with lid of earthenware, spherical, rejuvenating downwards. The lid has a straight wall and is flat at the top. Painted in blue on the white tin glaze with a pattern of flower sprays and birds. Above the base a frie...
EditorialPergamon Altar. Built by order of Eumenes II Soter. 164-156 BC. Marble and limestone. Fragments of three nymphs (south frieze) and Dionysus with two young satyrs joins the struggle. At his side, Semele, his mother, leading a lion into battle (west frie...
EditorialPergamon Altar. Built by order of Eumenes II Soter. 164-156 BC. Marble and limestone. Fragments of three nymphs (south frieze) and Dionysus with two young satyrs joins the struggle. At his side, Semele, his mother, leading a lion into battle (west frie...
EditorialPergamon Altar. Built by order of Eumenes II Soter. 164-156 BC. Marble and limestone. Fragments of three nymphs (south frieze) and Dionysus with two young satyrs joins the struggle. At his side, Semele, his mother, leading a lion into battle (west frie...
EditorialPergamon Altar. Built by order of Eumenes II Soter. 164-156 BC. Marble and limestone. Fragments of three nymphs (south frieze) and Dionysus with two young satyrs joins the struggle. At his side, Semele, his mother, leading a lion into battle (west frie...
EditorialPurple emperor, Apatura iris 1, with wing scale D and wing E, and mountain apollo, Parnassius apollo 2, butterfly and caterpillar. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's "Bilderbuch fur Kinder" (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1805. Frie...
EditorialSpanish bullfight scenes: mounted picadors lance the bull 1, bandilleros stab the bull 2, and the matador delivers the death blow. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's "Bilderbuch fur Kinder" (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1805. Frie...
EditorialPergamon Altar. Built by order of Eumenes II Soter. 164-156 BC. Marble and limestone. Fragments of three nymphs (south frieze) and Dionysus with two young satyrs joins the struggle. At his side, Semele, his mother, leading a lion into battle (west frie...
EditorialPergamon Altar. Built by order of Eumenes II Soter. 164-156 BC. Marble and limestone. Fragments of three nymphs (south frieze) and Dionysus with two young satyrs joins the struggle. At his side, Semele, his mother, leading a lion into battle (west frie...