Porträt Johann Baptist Cramer (1771-1858)

Portrait of Johann Baptist Cramer. The English pianist and composer of German descent presents himself here as a half figure facing to the right in the three-quarter profile with a...

Hat badge, gold, enamelled, with the head of St John the Baptist on a platter, French, ca. 1500-1525. Hat badge, gold, enamelled. The circular badge with a cabled wire border, betw...

Portrait of Johann Gottlieb Heineccius. The German legal scientist is shown here as a chest image to the right. He turned his head to the left towards the observer. He wears a long...

Herodias’ daughter, Salome, had danced so beautifully that Herod had promised to grant her any wish. Prompted by Herodias, Salome asked for the head of John the Baptist. This was H...

Pier Francesco Mola moved to Rome with his family in 1616. Little is known about his initial training but it is thought that he made two trips to the north of Italy, the first betw...

This work by Joan Mates falls within the framework of the International Gothic of the late 14th century at a time when most of the arts were influenced by both France and Siena, re...

Portrait of Johann Friedrich Tiede. The German writer is shown here as a chest in a profile to the left. He wears a wig with braid, the clothes are simple. The effigy was framed ar...