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Pedro Campaña, Portrait of a Lady (detail), 16th century

from The National Museum of Scotland

“Dangerous Disguise” (1951) by Carl Barks

Chalice offered by the Emperor Romanus with enamels representing Christ and the Apostles, c. 10th century.

Photography by Xuebing DU

~Ram’s head. Culture: Greek Period: Late Classical Period Date: probably 4th century B.C.

The Vestry @ https://thevestry.tumblr.com/archive

What movement is this work from?

untitled by Jordan Cormack on Flickr.

Windsor Castle, King’s Dining Room.

Banquette (Bench) - Claude Lalanne

This enameled silver egg was presented to his mother, the Dowager Empress Marie, by Tsar Nicholas II as an Easter present in 1915; the Dowager Empress was head of the Russian branch of the Red Cross. Upon the outbreak of World War I the Imperial palaces were converted to hospitals in which five members of the Tsar’s family served as nurses. The egg holds a gold and mother-of-pearl screen containing their portraits painted on ivory (from left to right, second photo): Nicholas’ sister Olga, his daughter Olga, his wife Alexandra, his daughter Tatiana, and his first cousin Marie.