~ Circus cup decorated with flowers and birds
Place of origin: Varpelev, Denmark
Period: Roman
(via memories-of-ancients)
Source: samlinger.natmus.dk
Bronze Dagger Blade And Two Axeheads, 1750 to 1550BCE, Gavel Moss, Renfrewshire, Kelvingrove Museum and Gallery, Glasgow
(via memories-of-ancients)
Bronze helmet, Italo-Celtic, 325-200 BC
from The Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
Source: collections.ashmolean.org
The Milton Brooch, an Anglo-Saxon brooch uncovered near Kent, England, dated 600-700 AD
from The Victoria & Albert Museum
Source: collections.vam.ac.uk
The Hesperides
The Hesperides in the garden. Here the apples are on a tree, and the dragon Ladon looks more like a single-headed serpent, Attic red figure hydria, ca. 410/400 B.C.
The British Museum (London), Inv. E 224
(via bagdemagus)
Frescoed bust of crowned Herakles bearing a club, from Herculaneum, c. 45-79
Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli
Photo by Charles Reeza
(via coolancientstuff)
Mummy mask, Roman Egypt, 1st century AD
from The LA County Museum of Art
Source: collections.lacma.org
~ Portrait of Domitia Longina.
Place of origin: Rome
Date: first half of A.D. 2nd century
Medium: Marble
(via memories-of-ancients)
Source: hermitagemuseum.org
‘Cairnholy II’ Prehistoric Chambered Cairn, nr. Creetown, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
Sketch for the mosaic of Minerva by Elihu Vedder
American, c. 1895
graphite and chalk on paper
Library of Congress
Source: loc.gov
Design for Minerva Congressional Library by Elihu Vedder
American, c. 1896
black chalk, pastel, and gilt on paper
Library of Congress
Source: loc.gov
Head of Minerva by Elihu Vedder, preparatory study for the mosaic Minerva in the Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building
American, 1896
oil on canvas
Library of Congress
Source: loc.gov
Mosaic of Minerva by Elihu Vedder within central arched panel leading to the Visitor’s Gallery
American, installed 1897
Located in the Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.
Source: loc.gov
Studies for the figure of Peace in the mural Peace and Prosperity by Elihu Vedder
American, c. 1895
black chalk and pastel on paper
Source: didoofcarthage
Study for the figure of Peace in the mural Peace and Prosperity by Elihu Vedder
American, c. 1895
black chalk and pastel on paper
Library of Congress
Source: loc.gov
