“Aurora abducting Cephalus” by Peter Paul Rubens
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Lions of Delos
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Statue of Amenhotep III and Tiye
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Portonaccio Sarcophagus
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Belgium Proverbs, Quotes and Sayings
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“Landscape with Factory Chimney” by Wassily Kandinsky
Landscape with Factory Chimney by Wassily Kandinsky Landscape with Factory Chimney by Wassily Kandinsky (also spelled Vasily) is an abstract land...
Shield of Maharana Sangram Singh II
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“The Hand from the Tomb” by Auguste Rodin
The Hand from the Tomb by Auguste Rodin The Hand from the Tomb was modeled by Auguste Rodin, who shaped thousands of hands as small clay studies. Rodi...
Composition VI by Kandinsky
Composition VI by Kandinsky by Vasily Kandinsky also spelled Wassily, is an expressive abstract that is independent of forms and lines. Music w...
Gilgamesh Flood Tablet
Gilgamesh Flood Tablet The Gilgamesh Flood Tablet contains the flood story from the Epic of Gilgamesh, which is an epic poem from ancient Mesopo...
Stegosaurus Stenops
Stegosaurus Stenops This Stegosaurus Stenops is the most complete skeleton ever found and represents a giant, slow-moving plant-eater, which defended ...
Maori Pare
Maori Pare Lintel from a Maori Meeting House This Maori Pare or carved lintel is from the doorway of a carved Wharenui. The history of this pare unkn...
“The Figure” by Jacques Lipchitz
The Figure by Jacques Lipchitz The Figure by Jacques Lipchitz was inspired by the principles of Cubism. It was modeled between 1926-1930 and cast in b...
Akhenaten and Nefertiti’s Daughters Fresco
Akhenaten and Nefertitis Daughters Princesses Fresco The Princesses Fresco depicts the informal theme of palace life at the new capital city called A...
USS Cod
USS Cod The USS Cod, a Gato-class submarine, was commissioned in 1943 and fought in World War II and participated in training exercises during the Col...
Gold Mold Cape
Gold Mold Cape Bronze Age Wales This nearly 4,000 years old Gold Cape formed part of a ceremonial dress. It is a solid sheet-gold object dating from...
Early Australian Landscapes
Moulting Lagoon and Great Oyster Bay, from Pine Hill. c 1838 Mills Plain, Tasmania by John Glover. Early Australian Landscapes Sketches and paintings ...
Haystacks by Claude Monet at Scottish National Gallery
Haystacks with Snow Effect by Claude Monet Haystacks by Claude Monet is part of a series of stacks of harvested wheat or barley and oats. The original...
“Portrait of an Old Woman” by Hans Memling
Portrait of an Old Woman by Hans Memling Portrait of an Old Woman by Hans Memling portrays an old womans face with a headdress that dominates the pain...
“The Bath: Woman Sponging Her Back” by Edgar Degas
“The Bath: Woman Sponging Her Back” by Edgar Degas The Bath: Woman Sponging Her Back by Edgar Degas depicts a female bather as she bends forward in he...
“Poppy Field in a Hollow near Giverny” by Claude Monet
Poppy Field in a Hollow near Giverny by Claude Monet Poppy Field in a Hollow near Giverny by Claude Monet was painted in 1885. Just 80 km (50 mi) nort...
Mycenaean Female Figurines
Mycenaean Female Figurines These Mycenaean figurines date back to about 1400 BC from Mycenaean Greece. Made of terracotta, they were found in tombs, c...
“Edge of the Trees” by Janet Laurence and Fiona Foley
Edge of the Trees by Janet Laurence and Fiona Foley Edge of the Trees is a collaborative public art installation created by artist Janet Laurence and ...
Tiger by Franz Marc
Tiger by Franz Marc Tiger by Franz Marc is one of the artists several depictions of animals in the Expressionist style. Tiger demonstrates a sense of ...
“The Slave Ship” by J. M. W. Turner
The Slave Ship by J. M. W. Turner The Slave Ship by J. M. W. Turner was initially titled Slavers Throwing overboard the Dead and Dying—Typhoon coming ...
“Belshazzar’s Feast” by Rembrandt
Belshazzars Feast by Rembrandt Belshazzars Feast by Rembrandt depicts a story from the Old Testament Book of Daniel. The background of the story is th...
Stolen Vermeer
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“Aurora and Cephalus” by François Boucher
Aurora and Cephalus by François Boucher Aurora and Cephalus by François Boucher depicts Aurora, the goddess of dawn, waking up the mortal Cephalus fro...
Meditating Buddha Shakyamuni
Meditating Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Buddha Shakyamuni shows Buddha with a chipped halo behind his head in the meditation pose with his right hand ...
Portrait of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius
Portrait of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius This exquisite portrait of Emperor Marcus Aurelius captures the melancholy temperament of the philosopher and ...