EditorialJesus prays on the Mount of Olives while the disciples sleep, top; Judas' kiss of betrayal. From the " Clarissinnenaltar", the altar of the nuns of Saint Clara in Wroclaw (Breslau), Poland. By a Silesian master around 1370. Tempera on wood, 4...
EditorialSeven Years War (1756-1763). Third Silesian War. Siege of Schweidnitz (7 August to 9 October, 1762). The Prussian army of Frederick the Great besieged the city, whose fortress was being defended by the Austrian garrison under General Franz Guasco. On 8...
EditorialSeven Years War (1756-1763). Third Silesian War. Map of the Battle of Breslau, 1757 (November 22, 1757). Prussian troops under the command of August Wilhelm, Duke of Brunswick-Bevern, were defeated by an Austrian army led by Charles Alexander of Lorrai...
EditorialSeven Years War (1756-1763). Map of the Combat of G?rlitz (September 7, 1757). Episode that took place during the Battle of Moys, as part of the Third Silesian War. A Prussian army, commanded by Hans Karl Von Winterfeldt, was defeated by Austrian force...
EditorialSeven Years War (1756-1763). Map of Dresden, 1760. The siege of Dresden (July 1760) took place during the Third Silesian War. Prussian army under the command of Frederick the Great unsuccessfully besieged the city. Published in 1765 by the cartographer...
EditorialInterwar Period. From left to right: Cross of Independence, Poland; Medal of Independence, Poland; Cross with Silesian band to the value and merit, granted to the participants in uprisings; Star of Upper Silesia, awarded for participation in the Silesi...
EditorialAnnunciation (top) and Flight to Egypt, from the " Clarissinnenaltar", the altar of the nuns of Saint Clara in Wroclaw (Breslau), Poland. Joseph wears a medieval jews' hat. By a Silesian Master around 1370. Tempera on wood, 45 x 30 cm.
EditorialWheellock Rifle, ca. 1650?60, Cieszyn, Silesian, Cieszyn, Steel, silver, wood (red beech), staghorn, mother of pearl, L. 42 3/4 in. (108.6 cm); Cal. 17/32 in. (13.5 mm); L. of barrel 30 7/8 in. (78.4 cm); L. of trigger 8 1 4/ in. (21 cm); Wt. 7 lb. 11 ...
EditorialJesus prays on the Mount of Olives while the disciples sleep, top; Judas' kiss of betrayal. From the " Clarissinnenaltar", the altar of the nuns of Saint Clara in Wroclaw (Breslau), Poland. By a Silesian master around 1370. Tempera on wood, 4...