2026
The Cat and the Mouse in the House. Art by Shaun Tan (b. 1974) for a special edition of the Brothers Grimm fairy tales.
2027
Eagle Relief. Date: 10th–13th century AD. Geography: Mexico, Mesoamerica. Culture: Toltec. Medium: Andesite/dacite, paint. Now on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC.
2028
Occurrence of the ‘Litany of Re’, detail of a wall painting from the Tomb of Siptah (KV47). New Kingdom, 19th Dynasty, ca. 1292-1189 BC. Valley of the Kings, West Thebes. Photo: Robert Harding
2029
Ceremonial knife. Date: ca. 13th Century AD. Medium: Obsidian, Turquoise, Spondylus Shell, Resin. Object Type: Ritual Object. Culture/People: Mixtec - Mexico. Collection: Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco.
2030
Achilles cries out for vengeance by Peter Connolly.
2031
Brunetto Latini - Detail from the Book of the Treasure (Li Livres Dou Tresor) - c.1450-1480, Genève, Bibliothèque de Genève.
2032
Poesia Invernale, Fontana di Trevi (Winter Poetry, Trevi Fountain), 1956. Fabrizio La Torre. Archival pigment print.
2033
Musei Vaticani Under Construction, Rome, Italy. Photographer: Massimo Listri, 2005.
2034
Bacchus and Ariadne by Tullio Lombardo (Tullio Solari), ca.1505. Medium: marble.
Collection & Photo Credit: Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna.
2035
2nd-century mosaics unearthed during the construction works of Metro Line C, Rome. Year: 2016 / Image via: wantedinrome.com
2036
Bracelet with Agathodaimon, Isis-Tyche, Aphrodite, and Terenouthis. Period: Roman Period. Place of Origin: Egypt. Date: c. 1st century BC.–AD. 1st century. On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 137, NY.
2037
Heracles and Athena. Tondo of an Attic red-figure kylix, 480–470 BC. From Vulci. Heracles resting while Athena pours him a drink. Heracles sits on a rock, wearing a lion skin over his head, and holds out a kantharos. Collection: Staatliche Antikensammlungen, Munich, Germany.
2038
A Lighthouse on Fire at Night by Joseph Wright of Derby (1734–1797) . Collection: The Fitzwilliam Museum.
2039
Assistants at the Swedish History Museum, sitting on the 12th century bench from Kungsåra church. Stockholm, 1908.
2040
Detail, Tomb of the Diver, Italy c. 470 BC. This is the fresco that gave the tomb its name: “a young man diving into the curving waves in the waters.”
2041
Shaman's mask with human features and a removable bird's beak. Haida people, Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia, Canada. c. 1880s(?) Photo Credit: Wellcome Collection, UK.
2042
"Monkey riding a goat with a hunting owl". Detail from the Luttrell Psalter, England ca. 1325-1340. Collection: British Library via Discarding Images, Add 42130, fol. 38r.
2043
A Sea-Serpent Swallows The Royal Fleet, Arts of the Book: Illustrated Texts, Miniatures, India, Mughal, circa 1670 AD, Materials and technique: Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper. Source: The Aga Khan Museum, Toronto, Canada.
2044
Boot. Production Date: Late Medieval: early - mid-14th century. Collection: Museum of London, UK.
2045
This design inspired by the nave capital depicting the Dream of the Three Magi from Saint-Lazare, Autun, Burgundy, France. Carved by Gislebertus, c. 1120-32 AD.
2046
Descent of Christ into Limbo, by Bartolomé Bermejo, c. 1475. Collection: Museu Nacional D’Art de Catalunya.
2047
Gold bracelet with colored glass and emeralds. Period: Roman, Late Imperial Period, c. A.D. 379-395. Collection: Getty Museum.
2048
The almost perfectly preserved 9.000 year old bison mummy was found on the shore of a lake in northern Siberia. Photo Credit: Dr. Gennady Boeskorov.
2049
Black and white halftone print of Baluchi Traders walking past Bamian’s Buddha in Afghanistan, 1933.
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