Franz Von Stuck, The Kiss Of Sphinx Detail

Aryballos (Rhodian black-figure ware). Greek, from Rhodes (600 BCE-590 BCE). National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne

The Finished Portrait. Fortunino Matania (Italian, 1881-1963). 

After the First World War, Matania switched to scenes of ancient high life for the British woman’s magazine, Britannia and Eve. He filled his London studio with reproductions of Roman furniture, pored over history books for suitably lively subjects.

Manlius Torquatus Sentences His Son to Death. 1799. Auguste Alphonse Gaudar de la Verdine. French 1780-1804. oil/canvas. winner Prix de Rome 1799.   http://hadrian6.tumblr.com

Ms. Codex 273 - Liber ethicorum Aristotelis

This manuscript features a compendium of Aristotle’s Ethics (both the Nicomachean and the Eudemian, or Great Ethics) in the translation made by the Italian doctor and scholar Taddeo Alderotti in the 13th century, followed by a list of the electors of the Holy Roman Empire. It was written in Italy, before 1356 CE, in Italian.

Click here for additional information, or here for the facsimile.

Crack chicken and rice soup with mushrooms and bacon

Antonio Garduno. The painter and model Nahui Olin (Carmen Mondragon) 1920s

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Mummy of a Monkey

This sad-looking young baboon is seated with its knees drawn up to its chest, and its tail curving around the right side of its body.

The monkey appears to have been mummified through an enlarged cut in the anal area rather than evisceration through enema; radiographs show that a series of large packets that appear to contain soil were inserted into the animal’s torso to help hold its original shape. Traces of resin, natron, and exterior bandages are still visible on the animal.

Excavated by Mr. Theodore M. Davis in 1906 from Tomb (KV51) nearby the Tomb of Amenhotep II (KV35), Valley of the Kings, West Thebes. Now in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo. JE 38747; CG 29837

Ancient Roman carnelian intaglio, perhaps depicting Achilles, dated to the 1st century BCE. The intaglio has been set in a gold ring dated to the 19th century. Source: Fabian de Montjoye. 

i would die for kiioritori honestly

Didon Brought to the Underworld. 19th.century. Georges Moreau de Tours. French 1848-1901. oil/canvas.     http://hadrian6.tumblr.com