EditorialFreedom, Decorative plate with a 'Pro Patria' scene with lion and Dutch virgin. Under the virgin: 'FOR VHT' and 'ENG SERVICE'. Four lines of poetry evenly distributed on the edge: 'Freedom spanned A great bow ' 'to obtain freedom ' 'but in freedom live...
EditorialJabot from application side with flower sprig edge, Jabot from natural colored application side: needle side appliqu? on machine tulle. The jabot is made from an oval-shaped piece of tulle that is strongly wrinkled in the middle. The slightly scalloped...
EditorialRope bridge over the Alakananda river at Srinagar, Garhwal, U.P. The old town (since washed away by floods from the bursting of the Gohna lake in 1904) occupies the centre of the picture, but is partially hidden by the rock in the foreground. It was on...
EditorialRope bridge over the Alakananda river at Srinagar, Garhwal, U.P. The old town (since washed away by floods from the bursting of the Gohna lake in 1904) occupies the centre of the picture, but is partially hidden by the rock in the foreground. It was on...
EditorialOsakazu Byobu (Osakajo-zu byobu) - Japanese eight-panel folding screen showing the city of Osaka during the Toyotomi Era (1583-1615),Momoyama Period. Schloss Eggenberg (Eggenberg Castle Museum) Graz, Austria. Panel 2 - The outermost defensive moat to...
EditorialCranequin from the Armory of Emperor Maximilan I (reigned 1493/1508?19), ca. 1505?19, Western or Central European, the Netherlands or Austria, Steel, wood (fruitwood, possibly pear), copper alloy, L. 14 7/8 in. (37.7 cm); W. 6 5/16 in. (16 cm); Wt. 3 l...
EditorialMourning Virgin, 13th century, Made in Tyrol, Austria, Austrian, Wood and paint, Overall: 51 3/16 x 13 x 8 1/4in. (130 x 33 x 21cm), Sculpture-Wood, Carved almost in the round, this figure and that of John the Evangelist to the right of the door origin...
EditorialSaint John the Evangelist, 13th century, Made in Tyrol, Austria, Austrian, Wood and paint, Overall: 50 3/4 x 12 3/4 x 8 1/2 in. (128.9 x 32.4 x 21.6 cm), Sculpture-Wood, Carved almost in the round, this figure and that of John the Evangelist to the rig...
EditorialStaircase of the Wuerzburg Residence. Balthasar Neumann spanned the entire, 5-bay staircase with a single, unsupported vault, which withstood the air-raid in March 1945. (1737-1743) For Wuerzburg see 14-02-02 / 46-58, 14-01-04 / 21-43.