Florentine woodcuts were generally shaded with parallel lines that give a sense of depth and sculptural form.
artists/makers ca. 1495–1500 In Venice at the end of the fifteenth century, both hand-illuminated
Inscription: Signed in pencil on the verso: „James Van Der Zee [sideways]“; artist’s printed address label, verso C: „Jas Vanderzee // 176 W. 94 Street // New York, N.Y. 10025“; stamped in ink, verso TC: „Negro Art Adv
"; dated in pencil in an unknown hand, verso C: "1926"; numerous (dealer’s?)
Oracle in hand, the Libyan Sibyl, eldest of the legendary prophetesses of antiquity
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Burgonet Desiderius Helmschmid Jörg Sigman ca. 1550–55 Gauntlet for the Right Hand
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The pharaohs built their mortuary temples [in Thebes] and were buried in huge rock-cut tombs decorated with finely executed paintings or painted reliefs illustrating religious texts concerned with the afterlife.
Royal hand ca. 1353–1336 B.C. Ripe barley ca. 1353–1336 B.C.
shield at his left side, and aiming a short sword or dagger in his raised right hand
The fragmentary calligraphic inscription along the bottom half was hand-carved, and
Emile Gavet , Paris (until 1889) ; Mrs. Oliver Hazard Perry Belmont , Newport, Rhode Island (by 1922) ; [ Duveen Brothers , until 1928; sold to Herbert H. Lehman ] ; Governor (later Senator) and Mrs. Herbert Lehman (1928–69)
shows the Virgin Mary tenderly supporting the Christ Child, who solemnly raises his hand
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Lucas van Leyden 1520 Mercury descending from the sky a trumpet in his right hand
