Architectural Capriccio with an Arcade and Fountain in Point Perspective [Study for a Painting of John the Baptist before Herod]

"Here is portrayed three Moods of the Sky and the effects on the Fish and Animals. Sharks and Turtles come to the Surface when it is Raining. Wallabies and Kangaroos are out feedin...

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...

Character: description on folk. 4b and 5b, miniature on folk. 5a, 172 x 214 mm. Author apparently Jiří Gabriel Mayer - see here the figure at the end of the miniature description. ...

Character: description, miniature in the middle of the leaf, 120 x 148 mm. Pollen shield. On the right there is half a black crowned eagle with a red tongue in gold. On the left di...

Bernardo Bellotto, Canaletto’s pupil and nephew, was together with his uncle one of the great painters of urban views. His repertoire of subjects, which was considerably larger tha...

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...

Character: description, miniature in the middle of the leaf, 103 x 135 mm. The shield is divided into black, gold and red twice, and in it on the brown triple top 1) there is a sil...

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...