Priam’s Treasure Necklace
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Ammonia
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Piri Reis Map
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“The Triumph of Death” by Pieter Bruegel the Elder
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Polish Proverbs, Quotes and Sayings
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Wilton Diptych
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“Samson and Delilah” by Peter Paul Rubens
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The Phillips Collection
The Phillips Collection Virtual Tour The Phillips Collection is an art museum with a collection that includes paintings by Pierre-Auguste Renoir...
Silk Bodice from the 1770s
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Phrasikleia Kore
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Hoa Hakananai’a, a Moai from Easter Island
Hoa Hakananaia although relatively small, is typical of the famous Easter Island sculptures. Easter Island statues are called by the Rapa Nui people, ...
“Capriccio: Ruins and Classic Buildings” by Canaletto
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“New York” by George Bellows
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David by Bernini
David by Bernini David by Bernini is a life-size marble sculpture depicting the biblical David, about to throw the stone that will bring down Goliath,...
“Treaty of Paris” by Benjamin West
American Commissioners of the Peace Agreement with Great Britain American Commissioners of the Preliminary Peace Agreement with Great Britain, also kn...
“The Church at Auvers” by Vincent van Gogh
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Jane Austen Manuscript of “The History of England”
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Wedding Suit of James II
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The Cyclops Polyphemus
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Scottish National Gallery
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“The Judgment of Paris” by Peter Paul Rubens
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Historic Yates Mill County Park, Raleigh, NC- Virtual Tour
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The Funeral of a Viking
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“The Icebergs” by Frederic Edwin Church
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“The Battle of the Kearsarge and the Alabama” by Édouard Manet
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“Ulysses and the Sirens” in Art
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“Mr and Mrs Andrews” by Thomas Gainsborough
Mr. and Mrs. Andrews by Thomas Gainsborough Mr. and Mrs. Andrews by Thomas Gainsborough is a combination of a double portrait of a recently marri...
Crucifixion and Last Judgment Diptych by Jan van Eyck (MET)
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The MET Cloisters
The MET Cloisters Virtual Tour The MET Cloisters is a separate museum in Fort Tryon Park in Washington Heights, Upper Manhattan, New York City. The C...
Mucalinda Sheltering Buddha
Mucalinda Sheltering Buddha The Mucalinda Sheltering Buddha statue tells the story of the Gautama Buddha, who, while meditating under the Bodhi T...