EditorialJesus and St. John embracing, with Cherubs, 1646, Etching; first state of two, Sheet: 4 15/16 ? 7 7/8 in. (12.6 ? 20 cm), Prints, Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607?1677 London), The infants Jesus and St. John embrace; three cherubs and sheep at ...
EditorialA bas-relief depicting a satyr at left holding two infants, another child satyr to right, dancing to the sound of the sistrum played by the woman in center, around the relief, a vase decorated with the head of a satyr, plants, and a thyrsus, from 'Four...
EditorialA Seated Female Figure Surrounded by Nude Infants, 1612?50, Pen and brown ink, some black ink, brush and gray wash, on brownish paper, 7 5/16 x 10 1/8in. (18.5 x 25.7cm), Drawings, Pietro Testa (Italian, Lucca 1612?1650 Rome).
EditorialAdam and Eve after Their Expulsion with the Infants Cain and Abel, 1639?97, Pen and brown ink, brush and pale brown wash, highlighted with white, over black chalk. Squared in black chalk., 8 1/4 x 11 3/8in. (21 x 28.9cm), Drawings, Giovanni Andrea Carl...
EditorialTerracotta statuette of cradle and infant, Middle Cypriot, ca. 1900?1600 B.C., Cypriot, Terracotta; hand-made, H. 6 15/16 in. (17.6 cm), Terracottas, Some figurines of infants in cradles were buried in tombs, probably as symbols of regeneration.
EditorialSeated Figure, 12th?9th century B.C., Mexico, Mesoamerica, Olmec, Ceramic, pigment, H. 13 3/8 x W. 12 1/2 x D. 5 3/4 in. (34 x 31.8 x 14.6 cm), Ceramics-Sculpture, Seated, life-size baby figures are among the most intriguing ceramic works from Precolum...
EditorialTerracotta feeding bottle, Hellenistic, 3rd century B.C., Greek, Terracotta, H. 5 3/16 in. (13.2 cm), Vases, The vase is in the form of a miniature Hadra hydria. It was probably made in Crete and may have been used as a feeding bottle for infants.
EditorialThe daughters of the Cid, Elvira and Sol (or Cristina and Maria), are tied to a tree, half naked, in the oak grove of Corpes where they were abandoned by their husbands, the infants of Carrion, who flee on horseback through the forest. Engraving by Man...
EditorialRed gum or Strophulus, a skin disease affecting infants, and Lichen simplex, a thickening of the skin after pruritus. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving by John Pass from John Wilkes' "Encyclopedia Londinensis," J. Adlard, London, 1822.
EditorialFernan Gonzalez (?- 970). First autonomous count of Castile. "Cronica del noble caballero el conde Fernan Gonzalez con la muerte de los siete infantes de Lara" (Chronicle of noble knight Fernan Gonzalez with the death of the seven infants of Lara). Cov...
EditorialThe Capitoline Wolf (Lupa Capitolina). Bronze sculpture. Romulus and Remus as suckling infants. Detail. Inspired by the legend of the founding of Rome. The twins' sculptures are dated in the Renaissance. The Capitoline Museums. Rome. Italy.
EditorialThe Capitoline Wolf (Lupa Capitolina). Bronze sculpture of a she-wolf showing Romulus and Remus as suckling infants. Inspired by the legend of the founding of Rome. Although always has been dated as an Etruscan sculpture, 5th century B.C., recent studi...