Masterpieces. Page 44



“Olympia” by Édouard Manet

Olympia by Édouard Manet Olympia by Édouard Manet shows a nude woman lying on a bed being brought flowers by a servant. Olympias confrontational gaze ...
7:51 3 July 2019

Marble figure of a Woman

Cycladic figurine at the British Museum is a female of the Spedos type, which is typically a slender, elongated female form with folded arms.
4:10 3 July 2019

“Lady Lilith” by Dante Gabriel Rossetti

Lady Lilith by Dante Gabriel Rossetti Lady Lilith by Dante Gabriel Rossetti depicts Lilith, who is a figure from Jewish mythology and is portrayed as ...
3:17 3 July 2019

Captain Arthur Phillip Memorial

Captain Arthur Phillip Memorial This memorial of Captain Arthur Phillip was initially unveiled in 1953 in front of the former Maritime Services buildi...
23:16 2 July 2019

Tiffany Lamps by Clara Driscoll & Louis Comfort Tiffany

Wisteria Table Lamp  Tiffany Lamp A Tiffany lamp is a type of lamp with a glass shade made of glass designed by Tiffany & Co and its design t...
11:37 2 July 2019

Caryatids of Erechtheion

Caryatids of Erechtheion the most Beautiful of all Columns A Caryatid is a name given to a column which is in the form of a standing female figure. T...
11:13 2 July 2019

Kritios Boy

Kritios Boy The Kritios Boy belongs to the early Classical period of ancient Greek sculpture from 480 BC. It is the first statue known to use the cont...
23:53 1 July 2019

“Portrait of Doña Isabel de Porcel” by Francisco Goya

Portrait of Doña Isabel de Porcel by Francisco Goya Portrait of Doña Isabel de Porcel by Francisco Goya depicts Isabel Lobo Velasco de Porcel, who was...
13:00 1 July 2019

Portraits by Lucas Cranach the Elder

Saint Helena with the Cross by Lucas Cranach the Elder Saint Helena with the Cross by Lucas Cranach the Elder Saint Helena with the Cross Title:      ...
11:23 1 July 2019

Maestà by Duccio

Maestà by Duccio Maestà by Duccio is an altarpiece composed of many individual paintings commissioned by the city of Siena in 1308. The front panels d...
11:15 1 July 2019

Woureddy, an Aboriginal Chief of Van Diemen’s Land

Woureddy, an Aboriginal Chief of Van Diemens Land Woureddy was a Nuennone man from Bruny Island, and his wife was Trucaninny. There are several other ...
1:45 30 June 2019

“Triumph of Galatea” by Raphael

Triumph of Galatea by Raphael Triumph of Galatea by Raphael depicts the beautiful Galatea, from Greek Mythology, who had fallen in love with the peasa...
11:56 29 June 2019

The Mature Age by Camille Claudel

The Mature Age by Camille Claudel The Mature Age by Camille Claudel comprises three nude figures. A young woman is kneeling who has just released the ...
13:25 28 June 2019

Tretyakov Gallery

Tretyakov Gallery The State Tretyakov Gallery is an art gallery in Moscow, Russia, with a collection of more than 130,000 exhibits. The gallery starte...
10:20 28 June 2019

British Special Forces Lapel Knife

British Special Forces Lapel Knife This British Special Forces Lapel Knife was made and issues by British Special Forces during World War II. These Br...
9:57 26 June 2019

Saint Andrew by Francois Duquesnoy

Saint Andrew by Francois Duquesnoy Saint Andrew by Francois Duquesnoy was explicitly created for one of the niches at the crossing of St. Peters ...
10:49 25 June 2019

“Improvisation 28 (2nd version)” by Vasily Kandinsky

Improvisation 28 (2nd version) by Wassily Kandinsky Improvisation 28 (2nd version) by Vasily Kandinsky (also spelled Wassily) is an expressive ab...
6:23 25 June 2019

Running Cash Notes

Running Cash Notes This Running Cash Note is dated 18th June 1697 and represents a deposit of £22; this is the earliest known running cash note. It is...
23:16 24 June 2019

“Pauline Bonaparte as Venus Victrix” by Antonio Canova

Pauline Bonaparte as Venus Victrix by Antonio Canova Pauline Bonaparte as Venus Victrix by Antonio Canova is a life-size reclining neo-Classical portr...
10:41 24 June 2019

Portrait of Elizabeth I of England

The Coronation Portrait of Elizabeth I of England This portrait of Elizabeth I of England in her coronation robes shows the Queen crowned, wearing the...
11:27 23 June 2019

Greenstone Mask, Central America

Greenstone Mask, Central America This Greenstone Mask is made of dark green soft stone with a natural white-colored large spot represent eyes. Origina...
11:00 20 June 2019

Nazi Germany Badges

Nazi Germany Badges These Nazi Germany Badges are a selection of the many thousands of propaganda and fund-raising badges sold in Hitlers Germany betw...
1:55 20 June 2019

Athens Temples, Monuments and Historical Archaeological Sites

      Athens Temples, Monuments and Historical Archaeological Sites A Tour of the Top Athens Temples, Monuments and Historical Archaeol...
11:03 19 June 2019

“Camille Monet on a Garden Bench” by Claude Monet

Camille Monet on a Garden Bench by Claude Monet Camille Monet on a Garden Bench by Claude Monet is an impressionist painting showing Monets first wife...
0:58 19 June 2019

Ikara Missile

Ikara Missile The Ikara missile was an Australian developed anti-submarine missile, named after an Aboriginal word for throwing stick. It launched an ...
0:25 19 June 2019

Nagoya Castle

Nagoya Castle Virtual Tour Nagoya Castle is a Japanese castle located in one of the most important castle towns in Japan, linking two of five importa...
11:29 18 June 2019

“Venus and Mars” by Sandro Botticelli

Venus and Mars by Sandro Botticelli Venus and Mars by Sandro Botticelli depicts Venus, the Roman goddess of love, and Mars, the god of war, as a coupl...
5:41 18 June 2019

William the Faience Hippopotamus

William the Faience Hippopotamus This Egyptian faience hippopotamus from the Middle Kingdom of Egypt was discovered in a shaft associated with the tom...
14:20 17 June 2019

Lord Nelson’s Power of Attorney, 1797

Lord Nelsons Power of Attorney, 1797 This Power of Attorney was drafted and signed by Lord Nelson on 17th October 1797, giving his permission to a thi...
13:14 17 June 2019

Old Melbourne Gaol

Old Melbourne Jail The Old Melbourne Gaol is a museum that consists of the main bluestone building and courtyard, located next to the former City Poli...
5:10 16 June 2019