576
Detail of a miniature of the constellation ‘Draco’, from an astrological compilation with political prophecies, England (London), 1490, Arundel MS 66, f. 33v.
578
"Resting Pan" - Franz Stassen (1869-1949). Pan is a figure from Greek mythology who was originally a pastoral god from Arcadia.
579
A Mesopotamian leopard. Date: Late Uruk, Jemdet Nasr period, circa 3300-2900 B.C. Medium: inlaid limestone. Dimensions: 2 ¼ in. (5.8 cm.) high. Photo Credit & Collection: © Christie’s Images Ltd.
580
Marble portrait of Cleopatra. Date: ca 50-30 BC. Photographer: Christoph Gerigk, at Altes Museum, Berlin.
581
Ring set with a Mouse Design Amulet from the reign of Thutmose III. This ring is inscribed with the cartouche of Thutmose III. Date: ca. 1479–1425 B.C, 18th dynasty. Medium: Gold and glazed steatite. Collection: Met.
582
Crown of Louis XV of France♕ Collection: Louvre Museum. The crown was created for King Louis XV in 1722. It was used at his coronation and was embellished with diamonds from the Royal Collection.
583
"Lord, have mercy on London" - English woodcut on the Great Plague of 1665, London.
584
Diadem of King Tutankhamun. This gold diadem was designed to secure the wig of the king during ceremonies and to protect his forehead in the hereafter. Collection: Egyptian Museum, Cairo.
585
Detail, Mariamne Leaving the Judgement Seat of Herod by John William Waterhouse, 1887.
586
Roman carnelian intaglio of a bee, dating to the 1st to 3rd centuries AD. Place of origin: Syria.Collection: Yale University Art Gallery.
587
Alabaster relief of an Eagle-Headed Winged Figure from the Northwest Palace of king Ashurnasirpal II in Nimrud (883-859 BC). Now on display at the Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY. Photo by Babylon Chronicle.
588
Souls in purgatory, looking up at the wounds of Christ and at the Sacred Heart and the Immaculate Heart. Medium: Watercolour. Date: between 1700 and 1799 (?). Collection & Credit: Wellcome Collection.
589
Ring with horses. Medium: gold and carnelian. Culture: Egypt, c. 1150-1069 BC. Collection: Louvre Museum, Room 641. Photographer: Aoineko via Wikimedia Commons.
590
"Lion hugger" (Peleus and shape-shifting Thetis). Detail from the Ovide Moralisé, Paris ca. 1330 Paris, BnF. Image via discardingimages.
591
A Secret Best Kept, detail, by Mike Davis, 2011. Medium: Oil on canvas.
592
Aquamanile in the Form of a Dragon. Date: ca. 1200 Culture: North German. Medium: Copper. alloy. Collection: The Met, NYC.
594
Carved animal head from a Viking ship discovered in a large burial mound at the Oseberg farm near Tonsberg in Vestfold county, Norway ~ ca.800 AD. Collection: Museum of Cultural History.
595
One of the great events of the year for a Greek was a visit to the theatre. Plays were only put on for ten days in the year. Each play was only performed once and naturally everyone wanted to see it, so the theatre had to be huge.
596
Gold and carnelian frog ring. Culture: Egypt, c. 1550-1295 BC. Collection: The Walters Art Museum.
597
Vincent van Gogh, Almond Blossom, 1890.
598
'Memento mori' gold pendant in the form of a coffin enamelled in black and white with a hinged rock-crystal cover and a skeleton in high relief. The reverse and insides are enamelled with tongues of fire. Made in France, 16th c. Length: 2.8 c . Collection: British Museum.
599
A theatrical mask in marble dust, recovered from the Horti Lamiani, the pleasure garden of the Roman emperor Caligula. Photographer: Nadia Shira Cohen for The New York Times.
600
Fall of Icarus by Geoffrey Whitney, from Choice of Emblemes, c. 1586.
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