350 results for "spectandum"

Wooden Corpus Christi with honey-brown patina, Flanders, mid-18th C A finely carved wooden figure of Christ on the Cross, depicted with his head inclined gently to the right and eyes...

Late 19th to early 20th century New Guinea, Trobriand Islands, Milne Bay, Massim People carved wooden pigs with incised decoration and flat paddle-style tai...

These three shoes were used by a shoemaker as basic show models from which customers could choose. He would then manufacture a customized pair. The three model show age and use relat...

A hand-carved funerary mask meant to attach to a larger mummy bundle. The plank-form mask is painted with a broad red face accented with white, diamond-shaped eyes, a rectangular mou...

Tuareg Container, Welo Province, Ethiopia

The cylindrical opium container is executed in hammered brass and decorated with an expressive repose design of a rider in a landscape with blossom tre...

Aboriginal People, Australia, Tiwi painted ritual object and clapper sticks.

Belgian artist Pierre Alechinsky was born in Brussels in 1927, and is known for his involvement in the avant-garde CoBrA group. Melding medieval illustrations, folk art, and comic-bo...

François de Hérain (1877-1962) was a French painter, sculpture and engraver. He realized a number of paintings of scenes in French Algeria and Morocco. He wa...

Rotterdam-born painter Willem Muys (1720-1763) specialized in wallpaper paintings. Little is known about his work, as not many paintings can be attributed to him. His children Cornelia, Robbert and Nicolaes were trained by him and have all made a career as artists. In the story of Rebecca (Gen. 24: 46-67) the servant...

Neapolitan nativity scenes are very different from those seen in churches due to the importance of secular settings. They are not limited to staging the child Jesus surrounded by the holy family. Still, they managed to reproduce the daily life of the Neapolitans of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. The elegance of the figuration and the fineness of the execution of these santons also reveals the quality of the know-how of the Neapolitan artisans. The markets, hotels, dances, itinerant vendors, beggars, taverns, various trades, guarding herds, the royal procession and all that was within reach of everyday life or fantasy had their place in the Neapolitan crèches...

C.P. Initials,Portait of African Male,Charcoal on Paper,Signed Banzyville 1944,Framed,Signed and Dated

Unknown Academy Student 19th C Drawing, pencil on paper.

This small decorated Whip is in excellent state for its age.The wooden base is decorated with metal and copper wiring and the end is made out of animal skin. The topwas probably des...

Framed, signed and dated.

Two Songye dolls, reductions of the ritual costume of the masked dancers, painted wooden head and body covered with animal skin, feathers and braided fibers. Private collection Brus...

Don Quichotte and Pancho, Oil on canvas, 20th C, Signed Pauli

This realistic handcrafted leather covered Monkey has a very nice age patina and would constitute a beautiful Natural History piece in every type of design envirronement. The skin de...

This rare, almost circular-shaped masks, belongs to the Ekanga secret society and would have been kept in baskets at the heart of their sanctuaries. The minimalist style and the whit...

Akarova Marguerite (Sint-Joost-Ten-Node, 1904 - Elsene, 1999), Self Portrait, Drawing on Paper, 61 x 81cm, Framed and Signed. Marguerite Acarin (30 March 1904, in Saint-Josse-ten-Noo...

Bamileke Decorative Dance Crest, embroidered with European Glass Beads, Grasslands People, Cameroon. Private collection Brussels The raffia splint is covered with cloth and colou...

This watercolor is by Raphael de Buck (1902–1986) .It resembles the style of the 19th century impressionists such as Degas and Renoir. The painting con...

Lucien Desmaré was a Belgian painter born in 1905 and who died in 1961. He was a painter, etcher, illustrator and decorator. He has followed training at the Academies in Anderlecht, ...

Bamum Decorative Wooden Ancestor Figure embroidered with European Glass Beads, Grasslands People , Cameroon Private collection Brussels These commemorative statuettes ,representing...

Beautifully hand-crafted leather whip with turned handle.

Framed, dated and signed.

A standing female figure with prominent breasts below a columnar neck resting between broad shoulders that lead to elongated arms which bend at the elbows to support the seat above. ...

Female Fertility figure “Yanda", Zande People, DRC, Old collection n° 394 Baudouin de Grunne . This highly abstract fertility bust, characterized by a prominent belly, is sculpted fr...

About the artist. Born in 1970, Marc Le Rest is a French born artist who turned his back to a promising career within the Holy Church to dedicate himse...

A finely carved significant Yoruba Male Ibeji figure with a tall headdress, expressive eyes, original bead belt and heavy wear and polish from native use. Areas of encrusted camwood ...

Gnarled wooden cane

Gustave Fontaine (Etterbeek 1877-1952 Brussels) was a sculptor–painter. He took courses in Saint-Josse-ten-Noode and continued his training at the Academy of Brussels and with the sc...

The Beaded Royal Headdress is made of a palm tree fibre structure, enfolded with burlap cloth embroided with European glass beads that cover the entire object with geometric symbolic...

This elaborate Janus statue is a rare example of an Ibibio free-standing figure to recall a well-defined ancestor in what seems a European outfit .The Ibibios lend supernatural power...

Very vivid Still Life Jean Jacques Foulon was a Belgian painter. He was born in 1923 in Kraainem and died in Brussels in 1980. J.J. Foulon was educated at the Academy of Fine Arts in...

Pieter Plas(Alkmaar 1810-1853) came from a well-known family of artists from Alkmaar. His father and first teacher was the carriage and landscape painter Louwerencius Plas (1776-1847...

The polychromed statues are in an excellent state and date from a period when profane sculptures started to replace the religious ones.

Decorative Grassland Leopard skin Mask Private collection Brussels The raffia splint is covered with cloth and colourful miniature glass beads in vario...

Grassland 's Chief knive embroided with trade beads

Lega people, DRC, two ceremonial bone hairpins from the Lega people in DRC.

The ‘Multicolored Man’ depicts a head with an enlarged nose and ear and worried looking eyes and mouth. The characteristics are yellow, orange, blue, wh...

Bamileke beaded Collar or Torque, Cameroon Private collection Brussels

Bamileke beaded Collar or Torque partially decorated with cauris Private collection Brussels

Set of 2 small antique earthenware tiles.

About the artist Born in 1970, Marc Le Rest is a French-born artist who turned his back to a promising career within the Holy Church to dedicate himself t...

The lithography shows a ethnical woman sitting quite relax and with a smile on a bed. She’s wearing loose fitting robes and a tulle band wrapped around her head, the beaded necklace she is wearing is visible from afar. Her right foot is resting on the edge of the bed with her right hand resting nonchalant on her knee. The left foot is on the floor and still has the orange shoe...

Jukun Commemorative Royal Ancestor Figure, Jukun People, Northeastern Nigeria. Provenance Martial bronsin 2009 Native 2012 - Martin Lagrain AHDRC ao-0096159-001,002,003 The figure is depicted standing, bearded, with a tribal skull...

This vessel is a striking example of anthropomorphic design, clearly incorporating human characteristics into its form. The upper section features a finely detailed human face, compl...

About the artist Born in 1970, Marc Le Rest is a French-born artist who turned his back to a promising career within the Holy Church to dedicate himself t...

The artist portrayed an upper-class lady who has some facial features of Reynolds' Mrs Andrews. More specifically, the long, straight nose and the large eyes. Her head resting on her...

Far from referring to the gothic, or melancholic aspect that fascinates some people in these anatomical model, Dominique Yee (b. 1960), a Flemish painter with Chinese roots, has capt...

This very ancient village millstone has a lovely patina and decorative presence.

This Double Gong bell originating from the Bamileke communities in Cameroon is a functional instrument played with wooden sticks.

Bamileke Decorative Dance Crest, embroidered with European Glass Beads, Grasslands People, Cameroon. Private collection Brussels The raffia splint is covered with cloth and colou...

C.P. Initials,Portait of African Girl,Charcoal on Paper,Signed Banzyville 1944,Framed,Signed and Dated

This beautiful lithograph is created by Walasse Ting (1929-2010), an American-Chinese artist known for his brightly colored paintings of cats,...

The Mangbetu people once reigned over a flourishing kingdom in northeastern Congo. Hence their traditional art flourished around the court. Their very rare figural sculptures are rem...

Portrait of a Kongo Chief with feather headdress, plant material on Jute, Frameda Patchwork of bark and raphia finished with feathered headdress. This is was made for export and it i...

Unknown Academy Student 19th C drawing, pencil on paper, framed and signed.

This unusual mask reproduces the feature of the sculpture of the north-eastern Hemba. The mask was collected at Karambare in the 1930s by Dr. R. Sulsenti, at the time practicing in t...