Wait until you see the one Lady Edith has - it's stellar. Being a marchioness has its perks. Saw it last night, at a late showing with very few...
I was hoping you would get some company in the game & was glad you kept at it even though you ended up playing solo. I know when I have to work...
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/146830762/sara-olea-vaughan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sara_Chapman_Bull...
[IMG] Just making it easier to compare.
Late nights & too much wine will do that to you.
Exactly. So. A herm with a bearded guy; a thyrsus; a wine jug; an animal skin wrap; a panther. Engraver could not have made it any more explicit.
This is facing the right way. The thing behind him is a 'herm' with the effigy of the relevant god on it. That's who's on the herm....
Fair enough. Love the way it is kept from flapping by straps around the thighs. But it is still the lion skin of Hercules/Heracles, not an...
I was going to comment on that if no one else did. At least the label on the pic of the Arabs says 'regilt'. A Victorian would not have come up...
Since we mention it often, thought some might enjoy seeing many pieces all together, although not all the cameos I saw are mourning-related.
You're on the right track, but Eros is typically buck naked, unless some wisp of fabric with no visible means of support is needed to protect...
Ah, but the painting itself is round. It's not this regular octagon shape that interests me, it's what might be called a canted lozenge.
Even if not, you could try writing. Here is the current roster:...
It's this more elongated shape, with the long axis horizontal, that interests me. The ones that are closer to being a regular octagon or have a...
The Judith Howard Collection: https://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/auction-catalogues/hansons/catalogue-id-hanson10208
Test your knowledge. The auctioneer has described this intaglio as being Hercules. What do they see that makes them think it is the hero? What...
This 17th century Spanish still life is also in an octagonal composition that is not quite a regular polygon. Write up makes quite a deal about...
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I found the Witches Cove painting first from a detail someone posted: [IMG] Note that this painting has 2 of these devices right on the front....
Only fancy word I know is 'pedum'.
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