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“Lady at the Tea Table” by Mary Cassatt

Lady at the Tea Table by Mary Cassatt Lady at the Tea Table by Mary Cassatt depicts Mary Dickinson Riddle, Cassatt’s mother’s first cousin, seated at ...
5:22 20 March 2020

Bull-Leaping Fresco

Bull-Leaping Fresco The Bull-Leaping Fresco is a restored stucco painting situated initially on the upper-story portion of the east wall of the palace...
12:05 19 March 2020

German Proverbs, Quotes, and Sayings

German Proverbs, Quotes, and Sayings ~~~ “All beginnings are hard.” German Proverbs ~~~ “He who chases two rabbits at once will catch none.” German ...
8:29 19 March 2020

“Rain, Steam and Speed – The Great Western Railway” by J. M. W. Turner

Rain, Steam and Speed by J. M. W. Turner Rain, Steam and Speed – The Great Western Railway by J. M. W. Turner depicts an early British steam train on ...
7:00 19 March 2020

“Small Cowper Madonna” by Raphael

Small Cowper Madonna by Raphael The Small Cowper Madonna by Raphael depicts Mary and the Christ Child, with 1500s Italian countryside as the backgroun...
4:10 19 March 2020

John Mix Stanley

John Mix Stanley Virtual Tour John Mix Stanley (1814 – 1872) started painting signs and portraits as a young man. Then, in 1842 he traveled to the Am...
2:00 19 March 2020

Indian Proverbs, Quotes, and Sayings

Indian Proverbs, Quotes, and Sayings ~~~ A thief thinks everybody steals. Indian Proverb ~~~ There is no hand to catch time. Indian Proverb ~~~ When...
0:47 19 March 2020

Specialist Museums

Specialist Museums Virtual Tour A museum is an institution that cares for a collection in any field of endeavor that is of interest to humankind. The...
0:41 19 March 2020

Adam by Auguste Rodin (Art Gallery of Western Australia)

Adam by Auguste Rodin Adam, by Auguste Rodin, represents the Adam named in the opening chapters of the Book of Genesis and in the Quran for the first ...
6:14 18 March 2020

“Street in Venice” by John Singer Sargent

Street in Venice by John Singer Sargent Street in Venice by John Singer Sargent is an oil on wood painting that depicts a young woman walking along th...
3:46 18 March 2020

“The March to Valley Forge” by William B. T. Trego

The March to Valley Forge by William B. T. Trego The March to Valley Forge by William B. T. Trego depicts George Washington and his army veterans limp...
3:18 18 March 2020

“Mother and Children” by Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Mother and Children by Pierre-Auguste Renoir Mother and Children by Pierre-Auguste Renoir shows a mother who gently guides her two daughters along a c...
2:32 18 March 2020

“Max Schmitt in a Single Scull” by Thomas Eakins

Max Schmitt in a Single Scull by Thomas Eakins Max Schmitt in a Single Scull by Thomas Eakins depicts the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia, Pennsylvan...
8:44 17 March 2020

Bronze Age Shield -1200-800 BC

Bronze Age Shield Yetholm-type -1200 800 BC Yetholm-type shields represent a distinctive type of shield dating from 1200 800 BC. The modern type-nam...
13:06 16 March 2020

Americas Museums

Museums in the Americas  The Americas encompass the continents of North America and South America and comprises the so-called New World from a Eu...
22:41 15 March 2020

American Landscapes by Albert Bierstadt

American Landscapes by Albert Bierstadt Albert Bierstadt was not the first artist to record the sweeping landscapes of the American West, but he was t...
13:28 15 March 2020

Australian Aboriginal Bark Paintings

6 Australian Aboriginal Bark Paintings in World Museums Australian Aboriginal Bark Paintings are painted on the interior of a strip of tree bark....
11:16 15 March 2020

“Ulysses and the Sirens” by Herbert James Draper

Ulysses and the Sirens by Herbert James Draper Ulysses and the Sirens by Herbert James Draper depicts an episode from the epic poem Odyssey by Homer i...
6:31 15 March 2020

“Éminence Grise” by Jean-Léon Gérôme

Grey Eminence by Jean-Léon Gérôme LEminence Grise by Jean-Léon Gérôme depicts the palace of Cardinal Richelieu, the Red Cardinal, virtual ruler of Fra...
11:22 14 March 2020

Henry VIII’s Writing Desk

King Henry VIIIs Writing Desk Henry VIIIs portable writing desk was made in about 1525 for the King of England. It was produced by the royal workshops...
23:33 13 March 2020

Netherlands Museums

Dutch Museums Virtual Tour The Netherlands, also is known as Holland, is a country in Western Europe. The Netherlands borders Germany to the east, Be...
12:24 13 March 2020

First African American Women Poet to be Published

Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral by Phillis Wheatley Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral by Phillis Wheatley is a collection ...
11:29 13 March 2020

Portland Vase

Portland Vase The Portland Vase is a Roman cameo glass vase, made about 2,00 years ago. The work in creating the Portland Vase must have taken its ori...
3:47 13 March 2020

Mycenaean Krater

Mycenaean Krater This Mycenaean Krater is a ceramic vase used for watering down wine dated to the 13th-century BCE. It is an example of Late Helladic ...
2:35 13 March 2020

“Wanderer above the Sea of Fog” by Caspar David Friedrich

Wanderer above the Sea of Fog by Caspar David Friedrich Wanderer above the Sea of Fog by Caspar David Friedrich depicts a man standing upon a very ste...
10:50 12 March 2020

San Francisco Museums

Museums in San Francisco Virtual Tour San Francisco (Spanish for Saint Francis) was founded in 1776 when colonists from Spain established Presid...
10:19 12 March 2020

Oklahoma Museums

Museums in Oklahoma Virtual Tour Oklahoma is bordered by Texas, Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas, New Mexico, and Colorado and its capital is Oklahoma City...
9:53 12 March 2020

Museo Ferrari

Museo Ferrari Virtual Tour The Museo Ferrari is dedicated to the Ferrari sports car marque with a collection of cars, trophies, photographs, and othe...
8:59 12 March 2020

Cardiff Museums

Museums in Cardiff Virtual Tour Cardiff is the capital of Wales and the UKs eleventh-largest city. It is Wales chief commercial center and the base f...
7:08 12 March 2020

“The Skating Minister” by Henry Raeburn

The Skating Minister by Henry Raeburn The Reverend Robert Walker Skating on Duddingston Loch by Henry Raeburn is better known by the title The Skating...
5:53 12 March 2020