1126
Dolphin Fresco in the Queen's Megaron (detail) circa 1600 B.C. Knossos Palace, Crete.
1127
Roman 1st Century AD gold ring in the form of a snake, formerly with inset stones. Collection: V&A Museum.
1128
The Book of the Faiyum. Culture: Egyptian Date: 1st century B.C.- A.D. 2nd century. Period: Greco-Roman. Place of origin: Egypt, Faiyum. Medium: Red and black ink on papyrus. Now on display at the Walters Art Museum.
1129
The cave of Lascaux is a system of caves in Dordogne (France) where they have discovered significant samples of the cave and paleolithic art, dated 17,000 or 18,600 years ago (Magdalenian period) according to the analysis of a rod of reindeer antler.
1130
A mosaic of the wolf suckling Romulus and Remus, the twin founders of Rome, from the Roman fortress site at Aldborough near Leeds, circa 300 AD. Collection: Leeds Museums and Art Galleries @LeedsMuseums .
1131
The Beautiful Lady Without Mercy by Frank Dicksee, 1902.
1132
Diogenes throwing away his Cup by John Martin, 1833.
1133
Archaic Greek Bronze Gorgon Figurine, c. mid-6th Century BC. Private Collection.
1134
Queen Puabi’s gold beer cup. Date/Culture: 2600 BC, Sumerian. The cup was recovered from the "death pit" of Queen Puabi in the ancient city of Ur, in modern day Iraq, during an excavation led by archaeologist Leonard Woolley between 1922 and 1934.
1135
The Famous Palladium Dress designed by Gianfranco Ferré for a 1992 Dior collection. Now on display at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris.
1136
Kore bust, detail. 5th century BC. Culture: Greek. Photo credit-via: drakontomalloi / tumblr-blog.
1137
Moses Taken from the River. Medium: Fresco. Date: mid-3rd century AD. The synagogue at Dura Europos, Syria.
1138
Detail, "Louise Vernet, the artist’s wife, on her Deathbed" by Paul Delaroche (1845-46). Collection: © Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nantes.
1139
Detail, Perseus with the Head of Medusa by Antonio Canova. (1804–6) Photo via xshayarsha/blog.
1140
High-Relief Owl Hieroglyph Late Period – Ptolemaic Period, c. 400 – 30 B.C. Purchased in Egypt from Panayotis Kitycas, 1907, now on view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 134, NY.
1141
The Virgin of Consolation by William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825–1905). Collection: Musée des Beaux-Arts de Strasbourg.
1142
One of only two authentic old Jolly Rogers known in the world. This 19th century Barbary pirate flag is now on display at The Åland Maritime Museum in Finland.
1143
Art Nouveau brooch made by Boucheron in November 1900 in Paris. In the shape of a butterfly, it was originally designed as a hair comb. The brooch is set in calibre cut emeralds, cabochon rubies, opal and aquamarine. Collection: Elizabeth Taylor collection.
1144
Happy June! Flaming June by Sir Frederic Leighton, 1895.
1145
1973 Greece 2 Drachmai Athene noctua, symbol of goddess Athena which was first depicted on an ancient Greek tetradrachm (5th century B.C.)
1146
Ofelia by Ernest Hébert, c. 1910 (details)
1147
Hellenistic Greek gold earrings with pendants in the shape of Sphinxes, dated to the 3rd to 1st century BC. Private Collection (?)
1148
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)
1149
Hedgehog toy from 1500-1200 BC. Date: between 1500 and 1200 BC. Found at the temple of Inshushinak in the city of Susa, capital of the ancient Elamite civilization (modern day Iran). Now on display at the Louvre Museum, Paris.
Photo Credit: Rama / Wikimedia Commons.
1150
“Feline heads“. Geography/Culture: Peru, Moche culture, c. AD. 625–645. This large hollow bead, recovered from a looted tomb at Sipán, is one of a group of perhaps ten that formed a necklace worn by a high-ranking individual. Collection: The Met.
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