1826
Detail, Portrait of Elisabetta Gonzaga by Raffaello Sanzio - 1503.
1827
25,000 year old structure made from the bones of 60+ mammoths. Russia, Paleolithic. Photo: A.E. Dudin.
1828
Detail, La Vérité by Jules Joseph Lefebvre, 1870. Collection: Musée d'Orsay.
1829
Statuette of Nemesis in Form of Female Griffin with Wings. Date: A.D. 2nd century. Period: Roman Period. Medium: Faience, glazed. Collection: Brooklyn Museum.
1830
Brunetto Latini - Detail from the Book of the Treasure (Li Livres Dou Tresor) - c.1450-1480, Genève, Bibliothèque de Genève.
1831
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.
1832
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.
1833
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.
1834
Fashion of the Late Postclassic Mayab/Maya Lowlands (Yucatan Peninsula and the Peten) - c. 1250-1521 AD.
Artwork Credit: Kamazotz - Mesoamerican Artist, deviantart.com/kamazotz.
1835
Pendant, eagle with lion’s head. Medium: gold, lapis lazuli, copper. Dimensions: 12.8 cm high, 11.9 cm wide. Excavated at the Palace of Mari, Eastern Syria.Date: Early Dynastic Period IIIb, ca. 2500 B.C. Collection: National Museum of Syria, Damascus.
1836
Mourning ring with lock of hair inside, made in England in 1661. Collection: Victoria and Albert Museum, England.
1837
Megaloceros in the Axial Gallery. This is also known as the black stag, Lascaux Cave, France. The Cave of Lascaux is famous for its prehistoric paintings showing various animals, hunts, and wars. Four local boys discovered them on the 12th of September 1940.
1838
Roman fresco recovered at Arles, France. Photo Credit/ Read More: archaeology.org/issues/207-160…
1839
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.
1840
Gold armband (one of a pair). Culture: Greek. Medium: Gold. ca. 200 BC. Collection: New York, the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
1841
Temple of Aphaea in Aegina, Greece, Harry John Johnson.
1842
Hacha (hatchet or axe) in the Form of a Skull. Culture: Classic Veracruz. Place of origin: Mexico, Gulf Coast. Date: c. A.D. 600–900 Medium: Greenstone. Collection: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
1843
Winged Isis pectoral. Culture: Nubian Period: Napatan Period, reign of Amaninatakelebte. Date: 538–519 B.C. Findspot: Sudan (Nubia), Nuri, Pyramid 10. Collection: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
1844
"Resting Pan" - Franz Stassen (1869-1949). Pan is a figure from Greek mythology who was originally a pastoral god from Arcadia.
1845
Dance of the Sabbath. Illustration from History of Magic by Paul Christian, Paris, 1870. Fantasy scene of nocturnal circle dance at a (European) witches' sabbath paralleling dance at Huilliche Latua ceremony (note also goat-headed Devil presiding). © Cornell University.
1846
Easter Island is famous for its stone statues of human figures, known as moai (meaning “statue”). The island is known to its inhabitants as Rapa Nui. Photographer: Michael Kenna.
1847
Early Christian silver ring with green glass intaglio. Period: Early Byzantine - Late Roman, 4th-5th century AD. Collection & Credit: Bertolami Fine Antiques.
1848
The Dance of the Maenads, 2nd Century AD. Medium: White marble. Now on display at the Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain.
1849
Modern statue of King Leonidas of Sparta, located in the pass at Thermopylae, Greece. Photo: Stock Image/Pixabay.
1850
Pompeii, view of the Forum and the Street of the Tombs. Color photo lithograph, taken c. 1900.
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