Dimensions: (a): H. 8 1/4 in. (21 cm); W. 7 3/8 in. (18.7 cm); D. 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm) (b)
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Italian Renaissance Frames Newbery, Timothy J., George Bisacca, and Laurence B.
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Although many of the drawings in Jean Bonna’s collection have previously been published
Marking: Arms (on thirteen banners atop turrets, on bosses of vaulting above Joshua and David): azure, semé of fleurs-de-lis gold, within a border engrailed gules [Arms of Jean duc de Berry];(on banner next to end turret at right of tapestry): bendy of six, azure and gold [Arms of Burgundy];(on shield at right of figure): argent, a dragon vert [Arms of Joshua];(on shield at right of figure): azure, a harp gold [Arms of David]
Since the acquisition of the Heroes Tapestries, scholars have suggested that they
London: B. T. Batsford, 1939. p. 20, fig. 8; XXI, 5. Jacobstahl, Paul.
Since the acquisition of the Heroes Tapestries, scholars have suggested that they
At its height in the eighth to seventh century B.C., the Assyrian Empire was the
The Hagop Kevorkian Fund, the Stavros Niarchos Foundation, and Dorothy and Lewis B.
The daughter of an army sergeant, Hendrickje Stoffels advanced in Rembrandt’s household from servant (by 1649) to mistress, presumed model, and common-law wife, as well as stepmother to the artist’s son Titus (1641–1668) and mother of his daughter Cornelia (1654–1685)
While no formal portraits of Stoffels survive, she is believed to have modeled for
Footed BowlAlong with gilded examples, the most treasured glass objects in the Islamic world were the enameled ones, which developed during the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries in Syria and Egypt under the Ayyubids and Mamluks
person drinking from the bowl — probably a member of the ruling elite — would have
Textile FragmentThe royal textile factories of al-Andalus were famous throughout the medieval world in a period when luxury textiles constituted one of the most valuable possessions in a ruler’s treasury as well as in the trousseaux of wealthy brides
in bright colors and richly decorated with geometric and epigraphic motifs could have
