Cycladic Figures
Cycladic Figures Cycladic Figures originated from the ancient Cycladic culture, which flourished in the islands of the Aegean Sea from c. 3300 to 1100...
“The Card Players” by Paul Cézanne (Courtauld Gallery)
The Card Players by Paul Cézanne The Card Players by Paul Cézanne is one in a series of five oil paintings by the French Post-Impressionist artist pai...
Colossal Statues of Akhenaten
Colossal Statues of Akhenaten This Statue of Akhenaten depicts the pharaoh, also known as Amenophis IV or Amenhotep IV, in a distorted representation ...
Sarcophagus Lid of Queen Sitdjehuti
Sarcophagus Lid of Queen Sitdjehuti This sarcophagus lid of Queen Sitdjehuti is the upper part of her coffin, which was made of gold-plated sycamore w...
“La Pâtisserie Gloppe” by Jean Béraud
La Pâtisserie Gloppe by Jean Béraud La Pâtisserie Gloppe by Jean Béraud shows the interior of a pâtisserie on the Champs-Élysées as well as the client...
Discobolus
Discobolus Discus Thrower The Discobolus of Myron is a Greek sculpture that represents a youthful ancient Greek athlete throwing a discus. The o...
Hermes and the Infant Dionysus
Hermes and the Infant Dionysus Hermes and the Infant Dionysus is an ancient Greek sculpture of Hermes and the infant Dionysus discovered in 1877 in th...
The Curse of the Tabnit Sarcophagus
Tabnit Sarcophagus had a human body floating in perfect preservation. The Tabnit Sarcophagus was created for King Tabnit of Sidon, a Phoenician ruler....
Colossal Granite Statue of Amenhotep III
Colossal Granite Statue of Amenhotep III This enormous red granite statue of Amenhotep III depicts the Ancient Egyptian Pharaoh Amenhotep III, wearing...
Avanton Gold Cone
Avanton Gold Cone The Avanton Gold Cone is a late Bronze Age European artifact belonging to the group of only four Golden Hats discovered thus far. It...
Gravestone for Theophile
Gravestone for Theophile This Gravestone for Theophile was found on the Piraeus Necropolis in Athens in 1805. These gravestones are also called a fune...
Moschophoros
The Calf Bearer Moschophoros Moschophoros, which is Greek for the calf-bearer, is an ancient Greek statue from 560 BC. He stands with his left foot a...
Musée Marmottan Monet
Musée Marmottan Monet Virtual Tour Musée Marmottan Monet houses over three hundred Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings by Claude Monet. Th...
Pella
Pella Pella was an ancient city in Central Macedonia, Greece, which was the historical capital of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon and the birthpl...
“Nude on a Blue Cushion” by Amedeo Modigliani (National Gallery of Art, DC)
Nude on a Blue Cushion by Amedeo Modigliani Nude on a Blue Cushion by Amedeo Modigliani is one of the dozens of nudes created by Modigliani in a ...
Gonzaga Cameo
Gonzaga Cameo The Gonzaga Cameo is a Hellenistic engraved gem dating from the 3rd century BC. The two profiles form a couple who at various times have...
“Le Chahut” by Georges Seurat
Le Chahut by Georges Seurat Le Chahut by Georges Seurat representing the Can-Can dance at the Moulin Rouge in the artists pointillist technique. The C...
“The Taking of Christ” by Caravaggio
The Taking of Christ by Caravaggio The Taking of Christ by Caravaggio depicts the arrest of Jesus just as Judas kisses Jesus to identify him for the s...
Sican Funerary Mask
Sican Funerary Mask Peru This Sican Funerary Mask once adorned the body of a deceased ruler on Perus north coast. This mask was made of an alloy...
“Self-Portrait as a Painter” by Vincent van Gogh
"Self-Portrait as a Painter" by Vincent van Gogh is one of the dozens of self-portraits, Van Gogh made, and they were an essential part of t...
Tu Do
Tu Do Vietnamese Refugee Boat The Tu Do is a wooden fishing boat which was made in Vietnam in 1976, and it is historic because it was used as a Vietn...
Spring by Édouard Manet
Spring by Édouard Manet Spring by Édouard Manet depicts the Parisian actress Jeanne DeMarsy in a floral dress with parasol and bonnet against a backgr...
Clovis Weapons and Tools
Clovis Weapons and Tools These Clovis Weapons and Tools are ancient tools that are over 10,000 years old. The Clovis culture was based initially aroun...
“The Quai Saint-Michel and Notre-Dame” by Maximilien Luce
The Quai Saint-Michel and Notre-Dame by Maximilien Luce The Quai Saint-Michel and Notre-Dame by Maximilien Luce was created using the technique of sep...
Megamouth Shark
Megamouth Shark The Megamouth Shark is a species of deepwater shark first discovery in 1976. It is rarely seen by humans and is the smallest filter-fe...
Male Torso of the Hermes Richelieu Type
Male Torso of the Hermes Richelieu Type This Male Torso is thought to belong to the Hermes Richelieu type because of its similarity to a statue of Her...
7 Sky Paintings by Tom Thomson
Round Lake, Mud Bay by Tom Thomson 7 Sky Landscapes by Tom Thomson Tom Thomson was a Canadian artist whose works consist almost entirely of landscapes...
Platypus Nest
Platypus Nest The platypus is an egg-laying mammal that only lives in eastern Australia and Tasmania. Together with the specific species of echidna, i...
Plastered Human Skulls from the Pre-Pottery Neolithic Age
Plastered Human Skulls Tahunian Culture This Plastered Human Skull is a reconstructed human skull that was made in the ancient Levant about 9,000 BC ...
James Ossuary
James Ossuary Authentic or Forgery? The James Ossuary is a 1st-century limestone box that was used for storing the bones of the dead. This ossuary ha...