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Scene of divination. A hoplite examines the liver of a victim, which a youth holds out for him. An older man watches. Black-figured amphora Around 520 BCEInv. 100
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Scene of divination. A hoplite examines the liver of a victim, which a you...

An elderly Roman. Tomb-portrait bust, marble (around 20 BCE), from Magdalensberg, Austria.
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An elderly Roman. Tomb-portrait bust,...

Mykon and Perona - A young woman nurses her father, sentenced to die of starvation. Also called "Caritas Romana". Glazed terracotta, Egyptian manufacture H: 28 cm From Pompeii.
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Mykon and Perona - A young woman nurses her father, sentenced to die of star...

An old fisherman. From the "House of the Venus- mosaic", Volubilis,Morocco. Bronze, H: 65 cm Inv. Vol. 193
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An old fisherman. From the "House of the Venus- mosaic", Volubilis,Moroc...

Sleeping Papposilene (old Silenus) From Volubilis. Marble, 13 x 52 cm Inv. P.I.89 2 11 4
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Sleeping Papposilene (old Silenus) From Volubilis....

Crouching old woman. Grotesque bronze vase from Vichy (Aquae Calidae),France; perhaps an ex-voto. 2nd CE Bronze, H:9,2 cm Br.2936
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Crouching old woman. Grotesque bronze vase from Vichy (Aquae Calidae),Fr...

Medallion with the portrait of an old man, probably a poet. Fresco from Pompeii
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Medallion with the portrait of an old man, probably a poet....

Portrait of an old man, his face a grimace of pain, with sunken eyes and bad teeth. From Palenque, Rio Usumacinta, Mexico-Guatemala. 600-900 CE Stucco (600-900 CE). Height 23 cm. Inv. SL XXXVIII Loan to the Rautenstrauch-Joest Museum
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Portrait of an old man, his face a grimace of pain, with sunken eyes and bad...

Statuette of an old man, from the burial site on the Isle of Jaina, Mexico. The man is obviously drunk, his gait is unsteady, his loin-cloth has slipped below the girdle; he clutches two bottles. Terracotta (600-900 CE). Height 36.4 cm. Inv. 23/2573
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Statuette of an old man, from the burial site on the Isle of Jaina, Mexico. T...

A self-portrait shows an exhausted, much aged Tiepolo who bends over the corner cartouche. Fresco on the ceiling of the staircase of Wuerzburg episcopal Residence. 1753 For Wuerzburg see 14-02-02/46-58, 14-01-04/21-43
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A self-portrait shows an exhausted, much aged Tiepolo who bends over the corne...

"Scivias"(Know the ways of the Lord) by the German nun and mystic Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179).The book, Codex Rupertsberg,disappeared during WW II.Transparen- cies are from a faksimile.L:God is present when a child is born.R:the stages of life,ending under God's tent.
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"Scivias"(Know the ways of the Lord) by the German nun and mystic Hildegard von...

Caryatids representing old men flank the stairs to the upper gallery of the library at Fuerstenzell monastery. After 1733
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Caryatids representing old men flank the stairs to the upper gallery of...