back to overview
 
239 photos
Woven silk Carpet from Central Persia. Detail from 31-03-01/17: Fishpond, two panthers killing deer, hares jumping. Silk, Inv. 9305.
#31030123

Woven silk Carpet from Central Persia. Detail from 31-03-01/17:...

Leviathan,around 1280.A fish curving round to form a circle. The Leviathan was,according to Talmudic sources,one of the mythical creatures that would be consumed at the messianic banquet awaiting the virtous.From the "North French Miscellany",a Hebrew manuscript written by Benjamin the Scribe.Add 11639 fol.518 v.
#32010544

Leviathan,around 1280.A fish curving round to form a circle. The Leviathan was,...

Alexander the Great exploring the sea in a glass diving bell, around 1400-1425.Alexander the Great,wearing his crown, sits with a cat and a chicken in a contraption lowered by rope from a ship.Legendary scene from "Le Livre et la vraye histoire du bon roy Alexandre". Roy.20.B.XX.fol.77 v
#32010546

Alexander the Great exploring the sea in a glass diving bell, around 1400-1425....

From the Illustrations to 100 poems by 100 poets: Chunagon Yakomochi,8th CE:Chinese fishermen in their boats;three magpies fly over them.
#33010816

From the Illustrations to 100 poems by 100 poets: Chunagon Yakomochi,8th C...

From the Illustrations to 100 poems by 100 poets: Harumichi no Tsuraki,around 920:Woodworkers sawing wood,preparing planks;on the bridge a mother with her child and the child's turtle;a fisher with his net; sycamore leaves in the river.
#33010830

From the Illustrations to 100 poems by 100 poets: Harumichi no Tsuraki,aro...

Osakazu Byobu (Osakajo-zu byobu) - Japanese eight-panel folding screen showing the city of Osaka during the Toyotomi Era (1583-1615), Momoyama Period. Schloss Eggenberg (Eggenberg Castle Museum) Graz, Austria. Panel 1 -Fishmonger's shop with fresh and smoked fish.
#330302 4

Osakazu Byobu (Osakajo-zu byobu) - Japanese eight-panel folding screen showing t...

Osakazu Byobu (Osakajo-zu byobu) - Japanese eight-panel folding screen depicting the cityscape of Osaka during the Toyotomi Era (1583-1615) in the Momoyama Period. Housed in Schloss Eggenberg (Eggenberg Castle Museum) Graz, Austria. Panel 2 - a man returning from buying two catfish.
#33030240

Osakazu Byobu (Osakajo-zu byobu) - Japanese eight-panel folding screen depicting...

Osakazu Byobu (Osakajo-zu byobu) - Japanese eight-panel folding screen showing the city of Osaka during the Toyotomi Era (1583-1615),Momoyama Period. Schloss Eggenberg (Eggenberg Castle Museum) Graz, Austria. Panel 4 - Man carrying a basket with fish across the Kyobashi bridge.
#33030310

Osakazu Byobu (Osakajo-zu byobu) - Japanese eight-panel folding screen showing t...

Osakazu Byobu (Osakajo-zu byobu) - Japanese eight-panel folding screen showing the city of Osaka during the Toyotomi Era (1583-1615),Momoyama Period. Schloss Eggenberg (Eggenberg Castle Museum) Graz, Austria. Panel 4 - Two men stepping off a bridge, one is a samurai. Upon taking control, Hideyoshi decreed that all peasants be disarmed completely; he required samurai to leave the land and take up residence in the castle towns. This solidified the class system for the next 300 years.
#33030333

Osakazu Byobu (Osakajo-zu byobu) - Japanese eight-panel folding screen showing t...

Auction sale of fish at Les Halles in Paris. Canvas; 18th century.
#39150758

Auction sale of fish at Les Halles in Paris. Canvas; 18th century.

St Mawes at the Pilchard Season Canvas; 911 x 1206 mm N00484
#391701 3

St Mawes at the Pilchard Season Canvas; 911 x 1206 mm N00484

Mackerel on the Beach ca. 1830-35 Watercolour on paper; 203 x 155 mm
#39170112

Mackerel on the Beach ca. 1830-35 Watercolour on paper; 203 x 155 mm