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Asklepios and his daughter Hygieia feeding a snake.    
Funerary relief, marble from the Therme of Salonika.   
Classical, last quarter 5th BCE                        
Inv. 109 T
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Asklepios and his daughter Hygieia feeding a snake. Funerary relief, marble...

Doctor bleeding a patient.                             
Red-figured arybalos (5th BCE),                        
called the Peytel Arybalos.                            
Height 8.5 cm                                          
CA 2138
#10010657

Doctor bleeding a patient. Red-figured arybalos (5t...

Asklepios and Hygiea before their faithful followers.  
Votive stone relief (end 4th BCE)                      
from Greece.                                           
Ma 755
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Asklepios and Hygiea before their faithful followers. Votive stone relief (end...

Physician and surgical instruments.                    
Initiation relief (3rd-1st BCE).
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Physician and surgical instruments. Initiation relief (3rd-1...

Bard professional singer) with lyre. Bronze figure (10th-6th BCE)  
Geometric Period.
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Bard professional singer) with lyre. Bronze figure (10th-6th BCE) Geometric P...

Greek musician. Clay statuette                         
(10th-6th BCE, Geometric Period)                       
found in 1924 in the Arcades, Crete.                   
Height 7.5 cm                                          
Inv. 8104
#10020113

Greek musician. Clay statuette (10th-6th BCE, Geometric...

Hippocrates of Kos (often identified with Chrysippos). 
Marble bust                                            
Height 36 cm                                           
MA 326
#10020459

Hippocrates of Kos (often identified with Chrysippos). Marble bust...

The Roman Spa of Pierre Perthuis, Burgundy.
Below-ground saltwater sources in the region have
been used for health cures since Roman times.
#100402 3

The Roman Spa of Pierre Perthuis, Burgundy. Below-ground saltwater sources in th...

A saltwater source in Pierre Perthuis, Burgundy,
used for health cures as early as Roman times.
#100402 4

A saltwater source in Pierre Perthuis, Burgundy, used for health cures as early...

The dying Seneca.Rubens owned a bust of Seneca,a Roman 
marble copy of a Hellenistic bronze of the 2nd century 
BCE which the painter bought in Italy in 1608.The      
Seneca portrait was painted for his friend,the printer 
Moretus.   Wood,65 x 51 cm
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The dying Seneca.Rubens owned a bust of Seneca,a Roman marble copy of a Helleni...

The tomb of Seneca.For his portrait of the philosopher 
and teacher of Emperor Nero,Le Brun could have used a  
drawing or engraving of the bust of the "Pseudo-Seneca"
found at the Villa dei papiri in Herculanum.           
Canvas, 37 x 48 cm             R.F.1998-2
#10040554

The tomb of Seneca.For his portrait of the philosopher and teacher of Emperor N...

Aristotle, Greek philosopher(384-322 BCE)              
Marble                                                 
Inv. I 246
#10040666

Aristotle, Greek philosopher(384-322 BCE) Marble...