EditorialMantharā descends from above and goes into Kaikeyī’s bedchamber, on the right, and wakes her with news of the impending coronation. Kaikeyī is first filled with delight and rising, presents Mantharā with a necklace from about her person. Manthar?...
EditorialStove plate with Esther for King Ahasuerus, Cast iron stove with a representation of Esther, bowing to King Ahasuerus, who rises slightly from his throne and sticks out his scepter to her. Behind Esther are some maidservants and soldiers. Mordecai is r...
EditorialHearth plate depicting Esther kneeling in front of Ahasuerus, Hearth plate made of cast iron depicting Esther, bowing to King Ahasuerus, who stands up slightly from his throne and sticks his scepter towards her. Behind Esther are some maidservants and ...
EditorialMoses is found by Pharaoh's daughter, On the banks of the Nile, Pharaoh's bathing daughter and her maidservants find Moses in a rush box. Bottom right is a line of Latin text, the finding of Moses: Pharaoh's daughter comes to bathe with her maidens in ...
EditorialFive maidservants look at a magpie in a cage, house personnel, servants, bird in a cage, Jan Luyken, Amsterdam, 1693, paper, etching, h 87 mm ? w 76 mm.
EditorialMoses' trial with the pharaoh, To test little Moses, the pharaoh had two saucers brought, one with smoldering coals and the other with cherries - or according to a variant with a ruby set ring-. Moses chose the coals and put them in his mouth so that h...
EditorialStove plate with Esther for King Ahasuerus, Cast iron stove with a representation of Esther, bowing to King Ahasuerus, who rises slightly from his throne and sticks out his scepter to her. Behind Esther are some maidservants and soldiers. Mordecai is r...
EditorialMantharā descends from above and goes into Kaikeyī’s bedchamber, on the right, and wakes her with news of the impending coronation. Kaikeyī is first filled with delight and rising, presents Mantharā with a necklace from about her person. Manthar?...
EditorialPage from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): Fourth night: The two erring cooks, dressed as maidservants, fall at the prince?s feet and beg forgiveness, c. 1560. India, Mughal, Reign of Akbar, 16th century. Opaque watercolor, gold and ink on paper; overall...
EditorialMantharā descends from above and goes into Kaikeyī’s bedchamber, on the right, and wakes her with news of the impending coronation. Kaikeyī is first filled with delight and rising, presents Mantharā with a necklace from about her person. Manthar?...