2351
“The Beloved“ (detail), by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1865.
2352
One of the four colossal heads carved by Olmecs (800BC). Heads measure up to 9 feet 4 inches (2.84 m) in height and weigh several tons, which causes a great deal of speculation on how the Olmecs were able to move them - basalt quarry was found over 80 km away.
2353
Coats of Arms of Medieval Europe - Chart by Matt Baker via Useful Charts.
2354
Armour of King James II (1686) by Richard Hoden. Place: England, London, Tower of London. Collection: Royal Armouries.
2355
The Trier Gold Hoard containing more than 2650 aurei (Roman gold coins), hidden in 196 AD during the revolt of Clodius Albinus against emperor Septimius Severus. Discovered in September 1993 near Trier, Germany. Now on display at the Rheinisches Landesmuseum Trier.
2356
Glass eye in gold pendant, Egypt, c.1550-1070 BC. Private Collection.
2357
Detail, Ophelia by Sir John Everett Millais, 1851–2 | Tate Gallery, UK.
2358
Detail, Portrait of Simonetta Vespucci by the Italian Renaissance painter Piero di Cosimo, dating from about 1480 or 1490. It is in the Musée Condé in Chantilly, France.
2359
Spiral finger ring. Period & Date: Hellenistic, C. 200 BC- 100 BC. Medium: Gold. Now on display at the Museum of Cycladic Art.
2360
Heart; Love. Wood engraving, London, 1792. Credit & Collection: Michael Moons Book Shop.
2361
Gold earrings, dated to the 11th century AD. Culture: Persian. Collection: Khalili Collections.
2362
"The Goddess of the Chase" by the Teresa Cerutti-Simmons, 1934, etching. Private Collection: Roving Sands Gallery.
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2363
Crowned Cat. Detail from the Scheibler Armorial, Germany ca. 1450-1480. Collection: München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Cod.icon. 312 c, p. 258
2364
Golden ivy wreath, discovered in a tomb on Cyprus, dating to the 5th-4th centuries BC. Photographer: Kadir Kaba.
2365
Punishment of the Envious. Detail from the Compost et calendrier des bergers, Paris, Guy Marchant, 1493. Collection: Angers, Bibliothèque municipale, SA 3390, fol. 34r
2366
Blind Girl of Pompeii by Herbert Gustave Schmalz-Carmichael (1856-1935) .
2367
Dance headdress representing an eagle and its chicks. Geography: Tsimshian, British Columbia, circa 1875. Collection: National Museum of the American Indian.
2368
Statue of a female devotee. Medium: sandstone, 75 cm / 29 in high. Geography: Mathura, India, early 2nd century AD. Collection: Cleveland Art Museum.
2369
Diana the huntress (Diane chasseresse) by Lucien Charles Edouard Alliot, ca.1920/30. Medium: bronze. Collection: Carnegie Museum of Art.
2370
Roman Bronze Hand with Iron Dagger. Date: 1st-3rd Century AD. The wrist is hollow and socketed, with a hole, presumably because it was once attached to a larger figure by a pin or nail. Dimensions: 9.4 cm x 9.1 cm. Collection: Artemis Gallery.
2371
Aphrodite Anadyomene. Culture: Greek, Hellenistic Period. Date: c. 3rd-1st century BC. (Photo Credit: Axel Vervoordt from TEFAF Maastricht 2011)
2372
Embroidered textile feline with long tail, multi-colored. Date: ca. 200 B.C.–A.D. 400 Period: Early Intermediate. Culture: Nasca. Medium: Camelid fiber. Now on display at the Princeton University Art Museum.
2373
Owl Mask. Culture: Nisga’a (Niska). Place of origin: British Columbia, c. 1850-1880 AD. Collection: National Museum of the American Indian.
2374
Small glass cathead amulet with a hole for wearability. Culture: Egypt, c. 500-300 BC. Collection & Credit: Sadigh Gallery.
2375
Illustration from beekeeping manuscript. From a Bestiary by Manuel Philes, 1566.
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