1776
Mandrake (gr. ΜΑΝΔΡΑΓΟΡΑ, in capital letters). Folio 90 from the Naples Dioscurides, a 7th century manuscript of Dioscurides De Materia Medica (Naples, Biblioteca Nazionale, Cod. Gr. 1).
1777
Breastplate with the Head of Medusa, 4th century BC. Now on display at the Hermitage Museum.
1778
Stirrup Spout Bottle: Frog. Date: 2nd–5th century AD. Culture: Moche. Geography: Peru. Medium: Ceramic. Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY.
1779
Bat by Aleksandra Waliszewska (born 1976 in Warsaw)
1780
Statuette of a Griffin with an Arimasp. Culture: Greek. Place of origin: Italy (?). Date: 125–75 BC. Medium: Bronze. Collection: Getty Museum.
1781
Olympian Gods and Heroes. Illustration by Masterlevsha on Adobe Stock.
1782
Fresco of a bird eating figs from Villa Poppaea, Roman, 1st century BC.
1783
Jayne Mansfield posing in front of the Venus de Milo statue in the Louvre Museum, 1956. Photographer: Marilyn Silvertsone, France, Paris.
1784
Crowned Cat. Detail from the Scheibler Armorial, Germany ca. 1450-1480. Collection: München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Cod.icon. 312 c, p. 258
1786
Preparations For A Wedding - Ancient Greek Ceramic Painting. Date: 5th century BC. Scanned by Szilas from the book J. M. Roberts: Kelet-Ázsia és a klasszikus Görögország (East Asia and Classical Greece)
1787
A Masque for the Four Seasons, by Walter Crane, 1905-1909. Medium: oil on canvas. Collection:Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt - Darmstadt, Germany.
1788
Sitting Minotaur by Bahman Mohasses (1931-2010), 1972, Iranian. Medium: bronze, Dimensions: 12cm.; 4 7/8 in.
1789
Detail, Bacchus and Ariadne by Titian c, 1520-1523.
1790
Greek Gold and Amethyst Ring, 1st Century BC - Ring with 3 gazelles on the hoop holding an oval mounting with a carved amethyst depicting a female draped bust with stephané and cornucopia and corn ear. Private Collection.
1791
Sarcophagus and lid with husband and wife Italic, Etruscan, Late Classical or Early Hellenistic Period, 350–300 BC., Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
1792
Detail of the Theseus Mosaic from a Roman villa, Loigersfelder near Salzburg, Austria. Now on display at the Kunst Historisches Museum, Vienna.
1793
Two bracelets of Psusennes I. Decorated with a winged scarab, holds the sun-disc in its front legs, and the shen-sign of infinity with its rear legs (gold, lapis-lazuli, carnelian and semi-precious stones). Date: ca. 1069-945 BC. Now in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo.
1794
Easter Island is famous for its stone statues of human figures, known as moai (meaning “statue”). The island is known to its inhabitants as Rapa Nui. Photographer: Michael Kenna.
1795
A Byzantine Gold Coin dated to the 11th century, discovered at Rayy, Iran in 1937. Collection & Credit: Penn Museum.
1796
Detail, Das Buch der Natur (the Book of Nature) by Konrad von Megenberg, Augsburg, Germany, 1481.
1797
Peasants dancing. Detail from the Romance of Alexander, c. 1338-1344 AD, Bodleian Library, UK.
1798
The Complete Greek Tragedies (4 Volume Set) by David Grene (Editor), Richmond Lattimore (Editor). Hardcover, First Edition. Published 1960 by University of Chicago Press (first published 1942).
1799
In the Tepidarium, 1881 Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836–1912).
1800
Jason and his Teacher by Maxfield Parrish, 1909. Private collection.
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