A nude figure stands with their left arm raised and their right arm behind their hip as they stand in a dynamic pose. They look right, toward a winged figure who flies from behind, looking to the ...
In a stone room with an elaborate concave ceiling and columns, two figures stand on the left-hand side of the image. The man on the right appears surprised by the other figure. The figure on the left ...
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Following the death of Antoninus Pius in 161 CE, Lucius Verus ruled as co-emperor with his adoptive brother Marcus Aurelius until his own death in 169 CE (see coin 26). As an heir to the emperor, he ...
A nude male body, depicted from the knees upwards, is drawn in red chalk. He leans back and turns his head over his shoulder towards the viewer. This pose and the flattened shape of his buttocks ...
According to Greek mythology, Aeolus lived on the island Aeolia, identified today with Lipari or Stromboli, north of Sicily. He kept the winds in a cave and released them to help or impede nautical ...
Original Language Title: Le Pont de Conflans a Moret / Pont sur la Marne Alfred Sisley, sold; to [Durand-Ruel, Paris] (1872-1928), sold; to [Alexander Reid, Glasgow],(1928); [Reid and Lefevre], London ...
Breenbergh specialized in paintings of Italianate landscapes with shepherds or small figures that enact scenes from the Bible or classical mythology. Here he represents an episode from Ovid’s ...
Against a medium dark brown background, monochrome tan brushstrokes depict a nude adolescent male crouching on the ground. Leaning forward on his arms, he looks ahead to the left and away from the ...
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A terracotta statue of a person standing upright on a red stone block with a white background. The statue is tan and has white discoloration throughout. They face the right and both of their arms are ...
One of the earliest forms of Chinese writing is preserved in the simple inscriptions on bronze vessels from the late Shang period. Integrally cast into the bronzes — as opposed to being incised into ...