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Fine Arts


Painting, Watercolour, Plastic Arts, Woodcuts, Etching, Drawing.



22 subcategories
Altars

ALTARS

Armours

ARMOURS

Book Illumination

BOOK ILLUMINATION

Carvings

CARVINGS

Ceramic

CERAMIC

Drawing

DRAWING

Enamel

ENAMEL

Engravings

ENGRAVINGS

Fresco and Wallpainting

FRESCO AND WALLPAINTING

Goldsmith Works

GOLDSMITH WORKS

Handicraft

HANDICRAFT

Jewelry

JEWELRY

Mosaics

MOSAICS

Painting

PAINTING

Plastic Arts

PLASTIC ARTS

Posters

POSTERS

Prints

PRINTS

Relief

RELIEF

Sculpture

SCULPTURE

Silverwork

SILVERWORK

Textile Works

TEXTILE WORKS

Watercolour

WATERCOLOUR

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Emperor Vespasian. Porphyry,Sicilian jaspis,alabaster. The two busts (54 and 55) belong to a series of twelve from the collection of Mazarin;they were bought by Colbert for Louis XIV and stood in the Galerie des Glaces in Versailles. MV 7111
#03050258

Emperor Vespasian. Porphyry,Sicilian jaspis,alabaster....

The muse Clio. Porphyry MR 1584
#03050261

The muse Clio. Porphyry...

Limestone statue of a female worshipper playing a lyre, Cyprus, 300-280 BCE. She wears a chiton girded jyst below her breast, and a himation draped around her lower body and up ovr her head. This is the typical dress of the Ptolemaic period in Cyprus. GR 1917.7-1.171
#03050312

Limestone statue of a female worshipper playing a lyre, Cyprus, 300-280 BCE. She...

Head of a bearded worshipper, around 570-550 BCE. Head from a colossal statue; with its helmet, long beard and Cypriot facial expression it may have been carved locally. The limestone is of Cypriot origin, although the head was found in Byblos (Lebanon). GR 1885.10-13.4
#03050313

Head of a bearded worshipper, around 570-550 BCE. Head from a colossal statue; w...

Limestone figure of a "temple boy" from the sanctuary of Apollo at Idalion (Dhali), Cyprus; Hellenistic, 300 BCE. Statuettes of crouching children were reglarly dedicated in Cypriot sanctuaries from about 450 BCE into the Hellenistic period. Their meaning is not obvious; the boy wears earrings and a band of amulets across his chest.The amulets comprise a demonic head, perhaps of the Egyptian god Besh, (used as an apotropaic figure - driving evil away), four pendant rings and four tubular beads. GR 1917.7 - 1.125
#03050318

Limestone figure of a "temple boy" from the sanctuary of Apollo at Idalion (Dhal...

Fragment of a marble shield, Roman, 200 - 300 CE. This is a reduced copy of the goddess Athena's shield from her statue on the Parthenon (built 447-438 BCE). The statue, by Phidias, made of gold and ivory, has not survived; Athena was shown resting one hand on a shield carved with battle scenes between Greeks and Amazons. Gr 1864.2-2018
#03050324

Fragment of a marble shield, Roman, 200 - 300 CE. This is a reduced copy of the...

Detail of a fallen warrior from the East Pediment of the Temple of Aphaia, Aegina, Greece, 500-480 BCE.
#03050331

Detail of a fallen warrior from the East Pediment of the Temple of Aphaia, Aegin...

Reconstruction of part of the East Pediment of the Temple of Aphaia, Aegina, Greece, 500-480 BCE.
#03050332

Reconstruction of part of the East Pediment of the Temple of Aphaia, Aegina, Gre...

Reconstruction of part of the East Pediment of the Temple of Aphaia, Aegina, Greece, 500-480 BCE. An archer.
#03050333

Reconstruction of part of the East Pediment of the Temple of Aphaia, Aegina, Gre...

Reconstruction of part of the East Pediment of the Temple of Aphaia, Aegina, Greece, 500-480 BCE. Runner and archer.
#03050334

Reconstruction of part of the East Pediment of the Temple of Aphaia, Aegina, Gre...

Reconstruction of part of the East Pediment of the Temple of Aphaia, Aegina, Greece, 500-480 BCE. Athena in the centre of the pediment.
#03050335

Reconstruction of part of the East Pediment of the Temple of Aphaia, Aegina, Gre...

Reconstruction of part of the East Pediment of the Temple of Aphaia, Aegina, Greece, 500-480 BCE. A fallen warrior.
#03050336

Reconstruction of part of the East Pediment of the Temple of Aphaia, Aegina, Gre...