EditorialMosaic of the seasons and months. Detail. Roman period. 3rd century AD. This mosaic depicts each of the months as a personification with or representing a zodiac sign. September (right) is shown holding balance scales and assisted by Vulcan. The scales...
EditorialPouch with four pattes, of silk with which the Four Cardinal Virtues are knitted with multicolored glass beads: Caution, Justice, Moderation and Courage, with drawstring and large acorns with tassel, of silk with the Four Cardinal Virtues, with caution...
EditorialA knight Templar on horseback, 14th century. He wears a suit of armour in steel, gauntlets and spurs, with shield, tabard, saddle and caparison are all decorated with a red cross on a white field. From a miniature in a manuscript in the Barberini libra...
EditorialMark Zuckerberg, chief executive of Meta, testified before the House Financial Services Committee in Washington on Oct. 23, 2019 about Facebook’s plans for a digital currency. (Pete Marovich/The New York Times)
Editorial"The English Armada". "Ephemeris expeditionis Norreysii & Draki in Lusitaniam". Account of the expedition of Francis Drake and John Norris in 1589 against the Spanish-Portuguese ports. Printed in London, Thomas Woodcoke, 1589. Facsimile. From the Libra...
EditorialLibra, Lunette for Ceiling, Sala Ottagonale, Palazzo Milzetti, Faenza, Felice Giani, Italian, 17581823, Pen and brown ink, brush and light brown wash over graphite on white laid paper, Winged putto with cross-bar, pair of scales, shaft and pan. Verso: ...
EditorialDesign for a Painted Porcelain Plate, La Balance (Libra) from le Zodiaque Travesti (The Farcical Zodiac) Service, Jean Charles Develly, French, 1783 - 1849, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, white gouache, pink, tan watercolor, red crayon, graph...
EditorialNight and Day, in Two Octagons, for a Bedroom, Felice Giani, Italian, 17581823, Pen and dark brown ink on heavy laid paper, Top: Selene rides upon chariot with two horses towards left. Flying putto with torch accompanies her. Trophy consisting of bow a...
EditorialHans Sebald Beham, Die Dialektik aus der Folge der sieben freien K?nste, paper, copperplate engraving, sheet size (sheet trimmed = plate): height: 9.00 cm; width: 5.50 cm, monogrammed, numbered and titled: in the plate and r. and top right: HSB, 2, DIA...
EditorialObverse: Hadrian, right, honored. Inscription: HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P. Reverse: Moneta, standing, left, dressed. Libra in right hand and cornucopia in left hand. Inscription around: MONETA AVG., Coin, denarius of Hadrian, metal, silver, diam: 1,8 cm...
EditorialPouch with four pattes, of silk with which the Four Cardinal Virtues are knitted with multicolored glass beads: Caution, Justice, Moderation and Courage, with drawstring and large acorns with tassel, of silk with the Four Cardinal Virtues, with caution...
EditorialHunting with the falcon. Anglo-Saxon Calendar. England [Winchester?]; second quarter of 11th cent. [Whole folio] Calendar page for October. Nobleman with falcon, another man on horseback, ducks in stream, and an ostrich-crane. At foot, Libra. in a roun...
EditorialA knight Templar on horseback, 14th century. He wears a suit of armour in steel, gauntlets and spurs, with shield, tabard, saddle and caparison are all decorated with a red cross on a white field. From a miniature in a manuscript in the Barberini libra...