Phoebus And Boreas (1879) By Gustave Moreau

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Title: Ocean Life Artist: Christian Schussele (American [born France], 1824-1879) Date: 1859 Genre: marine art, zoological art Medium: Watercolor, gouache, graphite, and gum arabic on off-white wove paper Dimensions: 48.3 cm (19 in) high x 69.7 cm (27.4 in) wide Location: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, NY, USA

Maxmilián Pirner (1854–1924) - Homo Homini Lupus, 1901

watercolour, pen and ink, and white paint on paper

Garnet intaglio depicting Hermaphroditos, Ptolemaic Egypt, 2nd century BC

from The Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University

Gilded and gold inlaid iron sword uncovered by archaeologists at the Filipovka Kurgans, Orenburg Oblast, Russia.

Sarmatian, 7th century BC

Ianthe (1889) by John William Godward

Hans Zatzka (Austrian, 1859-1949)

Schönheit mit Blumen

Glauco Cambon

The Blue Veil

1907

Edouard Bisson

Floreal (1892)

Franz von Stuck (1863–1928) - “The Fanaticism”

from ‘Allegorien und Embleme’ by Albert Ilg, 1882

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