Antiquity


Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, Imperial Roman Period, Ancient Middle East.



6 subcategories
Ancient Egypt

ANCIENT EGYPT

Ancient Greece

ANCIENT GREECE

Ancient Israel

ANCIENT ISRAEL

Ancient Jordan

ANCIENT JORDAN

Ancient Middle East

ANCIENT MIDDLE EAST

Imperial Roman Period

IMPERIAL ROMAN PERIOD

7,457 photos
Alexander the Great and his knights battling dragons, early 15th. The dragons have emeralds set into their foreheads. One of the dragons seems to have been killed. From "Le Livre et la vraye hystoire du bon roy Alixandre"
ID: Roy 20 B XX fol. 73
#32010632

Alexander the Great and his knights battling dragons, early 15th. The dragons ha...

Wilhelm (Guglielmo) Plueschow (1852-1930)specialized   
in male nudes in "antique" settings.Sentenced to eight 
months for "common pandering and the seduction of      
minors" in a famous trial in Rome,in which Alfred Krupp
was also involved.Pompeii.
#33010555

Wilhelm (Guglielmo) Plueschow (1852-1930)specialized in male nudes in "antiqu...

Egyptian mural decoration for the Caffee degli Inglesi, Piazza di Spagna, Rome, 1769.
From "Diverse manieri di adornare i cammini".
ID: 744.f.7
#33010943

Egyptian mural decoration for the Caffee degli Inglesi, Piazza di Spagna, Rome,...

Spartan Othriades,dying, ca.1778                               
RF 1768                                                
23,5 x 35 x 26 cm
#391501 9

Spartan Othriades,dying, ca.1778 RF 1768...

Egyptienne au Naos - Egyptian woman with naos, ca.1780.                                    Terracotta,48 x 19 x 13 cm                                     
RF 2548
#39150129

Egyptienne au Naos - Egyptian woman with naos, ca.1780....

Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43BCE) discovers the tomb of Archimedes
Canvas
#39150944

Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43BCE) discovers the tomb of Archimedes Canvas

Kampf auf einer Bruecke - The Fight on the Bridge,1892      
Canvas on wood,100 x 141 cm
#39160554

Kampf auf einer Bruecke - The Fight on the Bridge,1892 Canvas on wood,100...

The Death of Cleopatra
1897
Canvas
#39160647

The Death of Cleopatra 1897 Canvas

Vienna Burgtheatre (Court Theatre), staircase (left):
Drawing of the fresco "Theatre in Taormina",1884-87.
See also 40-17-06/64-65
#39170250

Vienna Burgtheatre (Court Theatre), staircase (left): Drawing of the fresco "Th...

Pygmalion et Galatée
Salon de 1819
Canvas; 253 x 202cm
R.F. 2002-4
#39180142

Pygmalion et Galatée Salon de 1819 Canvas; 253 x 202cm R.F. 2002-4

Heinrich Schliemann (1822–1890) was a German classical archaeologist, an advocate of the historical reality of places mentioned in the works of Homer, and an important excavator of Mycenaean sites, such as Troy, Mycenae and Tiryns. Photography from the 1891 publication of "Schliemann's Excarvations".
#39180170

Heinrich Schliemann (1822–1890) was a German classical archaeologist, an advocat...

Godesses and nymphs after a bath
Canvas and wood; 131 x 127cm
Cat. 1548
#39190351

Godesses and nymphs after a bath Canvas and wood; 131 x 127cm Cat. 1548