Art from antiquity to the 21st century
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Event date 2–11 DEC -
Event location London
A MAGNIFICENT AND HIGHLY IMPORTANT IMPERIAL WINTER EGG
BY FABERGÉ, DESIGNED BY ALMA THERESIA PIHL, WORKMASTER ALBERT HOLMSTRÖM, ST PETERSBURG, 1913
GERRIT DOU (LEIDEN 1613-1675)
The Flute Player
An Oviraptorosaur
South Dakota, USA
REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)
Arnout Tholinx, Inspector
A VERY RARE AND IMPORTANT HARDSTONE MODEL OF A STREET PAINTER
BY FABERGÉ, MODELLER BORIS FREDMAN CLUZEL, PETROGRAD, 1916, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 25724
WORKSHOP OF GIUSEPPE ARCIMBOLDO (MILAN 1527-1593)
The Four Seasons
SIR PETER PAUL RUBENS (SIEGEN 1577-1640 ANTWERP)
The Martyrdom of Saint Paul – a modello
BERNARDO BELLOTTO (VENICE 1721-1780 WARSAW)
Venice, The Grand Canal looking North from the Rialto Bridge
HARVEY, William (1578-1657)
Exercitatio anatomica de motu cordis et sanguinis in animalibus. Frankfurt: William Fitzer, 1628.
REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)
Christ presented to the People (‘Ecce Homo’)
10th-century Gospels
Gospels, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [Germany, ?Essen Abbey, c.900]
RICHARD PARKES BONINGTON (ARNOLD 1802-1828 LONDON)
Naufrage : A vessel in distress in a storm off Calais Pier
JAN WIJNANTS (HAARLEM 1631⁄2-1684 AMSTERDAM) AND ADRIAEN VAN DE VELDE (AMSTERDAM 1636-1672)
A wooded landscape with figures on a path and a lake beyond
A RARE JEWELLED GOLD-MOUNTED NEPHRITE MINIATURE MODEL OF A SLEIGH
BY FABERGÉ, WORKMASTER MICHAEL PERCHIN, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBERS 52381 AND 9297
REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)
Christ healing the Sick ('The Hundred Guilder Print')
WILLIAM HODGES, R.A. (LONDON 1744-1797 BRIXHAM)
A group of musicians playing Sarangi, a Tambura and Tablas
AN EXTREMELY IMPORTANT AND RARE DESIGN ALBUM FROM THE WORKSHOP OF HENRIK WIGSTRÖM
BY FABERGÉ, ST PETERSBURG, 1911-1916
CHARLES-ANTOINE COYPEL (PARIS 1694-1752)
The Destruction of the Palace of Armida
LEMUEL FRANCIS ABBOTT (LEICESTERSHIRE C. 1760-1802 LONDON)
Portrait of Horatio, Viscount Nelson (1758-1805), half-length, in rear-admiral's uniform, wearing the Star and Ribbon of the Bath and the Naval Gold Medal
REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)
A Scholar in his Study ('Faust')
REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)
The Flight into Egypt: a Night Piece
J.R.R. Tolkien's Merton College Desk
Late 19th Century
A GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL TWO-COLOUR GOLD-MOUNTED BONBONNIÈRE
BY FABERGÉ, WORKMASTER MICHAEL PERCHIN, ST PETERSBURG, 1899-1903, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 5791
REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)
Christ crucified between the two Thieves: 'The Three Crosses'
A RARE JEWELLED AND GOLD-MOUNTED HARDSTONE MODEL OF A COCKEREL
BY FABERGÉ, WORKMASTER HENRIK WIGSTRÖM, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1911
Ranulf Higden (d. 1364)
Polychronicon , in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum [England, ?Chester, or Wales, late 14th century]
Six Tyrannosaurus rex teeth
South Dakota, USA
WILLIAM BLAKE (LONDON 1757-1827)
The Tyger, from: Songs of Experience
REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)
The Entombment
NICOLAAS VAN DER WAAY (AMSTERDAM 1855-1936)
Amsterdam orphan girls going to church
EDWARD JOHN GREGORY, R.A. (SOUTHAMPTON 1850-1909 GREAT MARLOW)
Piccadilly - Drawing Room Day
A ROMAN MARBLE TORSO OF VENUS
CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
AN IMPERIAL GEM-SET AND GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL TWO-COLOUR GOLD-MOUNTED BELL-PUSH
BY FABERGÉ, WORKMASTER MICHAEL PERCHIN, ST PETERSBURG, 1899-1903, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 2466
AN IMPERIAL GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL GOLD-MOUNTED NEPHRITE WRITING SET
BY FABERGÉ, MOSCOW, 1899-1908, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 28257
Edward Jenner (1749-1823)
Series of 18 autograph letters signed ('E. Jenner', 'Edw. Jenner') to Alexander Marcet, London, Berkeley, Cheltenham and n.p., 23 February 1803 - 25 March 1817 and n.d.
A GREEK BRONZE CORINTHIAN HELMET
ARCHAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 650-600 B.C.
REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)
Thomas Haaringh ('Old Haaringh')
CORNELIS NORBERTUS GIJSBRECHTS (ANTWERP 1625⁄29-1675 OR AFTER ?)
A trompe l'oeil of an open glazed cupboard door, with letters, writing implements and silver and gold coins
SIR ALFRED JAMES MUNNINGS, P.R.A., R.W.S. (SUFFOLK 1878-1959 ESSEX)
Huntsman approaching a ditch
JEAN BÉRAUD (ST PETERSBURG 1849-1936 PARIS)
La Maison Doucet, Paris
Guillaume II Leroy ( fl. 1493-1528)
Book of Hours, use of Rome, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum [France, Lyon, c.1510]
RĀZĪ, Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Zakarīyā (c.854-925)
Ob usum experientiamque multiplicem, et ob certissimas ex demonstrationibus logicis indicationes, ad omnes practer naturam affectus, atque etiam propter remediorum uberrimam materiam, summi medici opera exquisitiora . Translated from Arabic into Latin by Gerard of Cremona (c.1114-1187) and Giorgio Valla. - Andreas VESALIUS (1514-1564). Paraphrasis in nonum librum Rhazac ... ad regem Almansorem . Edited by Alban Thorer (1489-1550). Basel: Heinrich Petri, March 1544.
REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)
The Angel appearing to the Shepherds
A GREEK MARBLE DRAPED FEMALE FIGURE
HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 2ND CENTURY B.C.
WILLIAM HODGES, R.A. (LONDON 1744-1797 BRIXHAM)
Paharia tribesmen, with bows and arrows, and a Bengali woman in a wooded landscape
Style of the Master of Dreux Budé; Étienne Colaud
The Cromer Book of Hours, in Latin and French, use of Paris adapted to use of Sarum, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Paris, c.1465 and c.1526]
GOULD, John (1804-1881) and Richard Bowdler SHARPE (1847-1909)
The Birds of New Guinea and the adjacent Papuan Islands, including many new species recently discovered in Australia . London: Taylor and Francis for Henry Sotheran & Co., 1875-1888.
Star Wars Trilogy, 1977-1983: Technirama Motion Control Camera
Star Wars Trilogy, 1977-1983