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Maenad,Roman copies (120-149 CE) of Greek reliefs of the end of the 5th century BCE,meant to adorn a monument to Dionysos or used in a theatrical production Often copied,the Greek originals are attributed to Calimachos, creator of the Corinthian capital. E 45
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Maenad,Roman copies (120-149 CE) of Greek reliefs of the end of the 5th centu...

Maenad,Roman copies (120-149 CE) of Greek reliefs of the end of the 5th century BCE,meant to adorn a monument to Dionysos or used in a theatrical production Often copied,the Greek originals are attributed to Calimachos, creator of the Corinthian capital. E 46
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Maenad,Roman copies (120-149 CE) of Greek reliefs of the end of the 5th centu...

Sculpture d'homme assis - Seated elderly man. Marble MA 80
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Sculpture d'homme assis - Seated elderly man. Marble MA 80

Artemis a la biche, dite "Diane de Versailles" - Artemis with deer, called "Diana of Versailles". Roman work from the Imperial period, 1st-2nd CE. Marble,from Nemi,Italy(? ) Almost certainly a replica of a Greek original of the 4th BCE. H:200cm Ma 589 Gift of Pope Paul IV to Henry II,1556.
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Artemis a la biche, dite "Diane de Versailles" - Artemis with deer, called "Di...

Aphrodite, called "Venus Genetrix". Roman copy of an original of the 5th BCE, late 1st or early 2nd. Paros Marble,H:164 cm MA 525
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Aphrodite, called "Venus Genetrix". Roman copy of an original of the 5th...

Fragment of the Ara Pacis, the temple of Peace, 13-9 BCE, consecrated in Rome by Augustus to celebrate his victories in Spain. Marble,114 x 147 cm Ma 1088
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Fragment of the Ara Pacis, the temple of Peace, 13-9 BCE, consecrated i...

Offering a bull for sacrifice Fresco from Pompeii; 1st century CE
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Offering a bull for sacrifice Fresco from Pompeii; 1st century CE

Red-figured cup,made in Athens,Greece, 490-480 BCE. Scenes of symposia were a popular subject for painted pottery vessels used on such occasions. Here, a young man reclines on a couch while a girl dances before him. The young man holds a pair of flutes,perhaps removed from the spotted skin-case hanging behind him. GR 1848.6-19.7
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Red-figured cup,made in Athens,Greece, 490-480 BCE. Scenes of symposia were a p...

Athena's robes(the Medusa pectoral missing),from the metope Athena and Enkelados the giant. Metope from Temple E,Selinunte,Sicily,Italy.
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Athena's robes(the Medusa pectoral missing),from the metope Athena and Enkela...

68-69 was the year of four emperors: Galba, Otho,Vitellius and Vespasian.Galba was killed by the pretorians, Otho and Vitellius committed suicide and the senate conferred the imperial authority upon Vespasian (reigned 69 - 79 CE) Porphyry,Sicilian jaspis,alabaster. MV 7101
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68-69 was the year of four emperors: Galba, Otho,Vitellius and Vespasian.Galba w...

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

Central scene of the east frieze of the Parthenon,the Acropolis,Athens. 438-432 BCE. Above the porch an unusually long block of stone is carved with a scene showing a folded cloth. This sacred robe or peplos of Athena was escorted to the Acropolis by the procession of the Great Panathenaic Festival held in Athens every four years. GR, East frieze V, 28-30
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Central scene of the east frieze of the Parthenon,the Acropolis,Athens. 438-432...