1126
Saint George Killing the Dragon (details) by Bernat Martorell c. 1434-1435.
1127
Bearding box with representations of death and death attributes, with inscription. This silver coffin served to hold consecrated earth. Height: 5 cm (1.9 in); width: 5 cm (1.9 in) Date: between 1700 and 1799. Collection: Museum Catharijneconvent
1128
Detail from View of Venice by Jacopo de’Barbari, c.1500.
1129
Cosmetic dish in the shape of a trussed duck. Date: 18th Dynasty, Amarna Period - c.1353-1327 BC. Collection: The Metropolitan Museum, NYC.
1130
Medusa by Vincenzo Gemito (Italian, 1852 - 1929). Collection: The Getty.
1132
Petroglyph depicting mountain sheep. Date: c. AD 600–1300. Place of origin: Sand Tank, Inyo County, California. Medium: Basalt. Collection & Credit: The National Museum of the American Indian.
1133
Terracotta Vase in the Form of a Lobster Claw. ca. 460 BC. Greek, Classical. Collection: The Met.
1134
John William Waterhouse (1849 -1917): "Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May". Gather ye rosebuds while ye may is the first line from the poem "To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time" by Robert Herrick. The poem is in the genre of carpe diem, Latin for "seize the day".
1135
Gold locket with the hair of Queen Marie Antoinette. Collection: British Museum. Photo Credit: Kotomi_ on Flickr.
1136
Figurine of a woman baking. Date: c. Iron Age II, 8th-6th century BC. Found place: Akhzib. Medium: Pottery. Photo & Collection: © The Israel Museum, Jerusalem.
1137
Ring, 1700s, with the inscription, “Many are the stars i see but in my eye no star like thee.” Collection: British Museum.
1138
Dice players. Fresco from Room b of the Osteria della Via di Mercurio, Pompeii. Photograph: Stock Image / Alamy.
1139
Eros and the Goddesses of Destiny - Julius Kronberg, 1908.
1141
Running a great building like the Roman Colosseum needed a large staff and tireless managers to organize them. Some Colosseum staff could be seen by the spectators as they swept and cleaned, guarded the entrances, and lugged heavy safety fences into place.
1142
Detail, Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius (161-180 AD). Medium: Gilded bronze. Collection: Capitoline Museums, Rome.
1143
Detail of a wall painting from Level III, Catal Hoyuk (modern-day Konya, Turkey): Deer Hunt, c. 5750 BC.
1144
A recreation of the Palace of Knossos by Harry Green.
1145
Ancient Doorway, Medina Habu (Medinet Habu), Luxor, Egypt. Photo: Stock Image / Shutterstock.
1146
The Uraeus cobra that once adorned the crown of Pharaoh Senusret II, likely dropped when his pyramid was looted in antique. It’s made from Solid gold and adorned with black granite, Ultramarine pigment, Turquoise and carnelian inlays. Egypt, 12th Dynasty, 1991 to 1803 BC.
1147
The so-called Kaufmann head (ates to the first half of the 2nd century BC), a Roman copy of Praxiteles’s Aphrodite of Knidos, which dates to the mid 4th century BC. Found place: Tralles, Aydin, Turkey. Now on display at the Louvre Museum.
1148
The Temple of Mars was a temple dedicated to the Roman god Mars, situated atop the akropolis of Cyrene (modern-day Libya). Reconstruction made by Ubisoft for the game Assassin’s Creed.
1149
W. side of Acropolis, Athens. Photographer:Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey, 1842. Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art.
1150
Medinet Habou, Thebes, Egypt. Photographer: William Henry Goodyear (1846–1923) Credit: Brooklyn Museum Collections, Goodyear Archival Collection.
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