Beethoven kept his hearing loss a secret. He once wrote this letter to his brothers confessing it and explained that people mistakenly thought he was antisocial: he longed for human contact but became a recluse out of shame for his condition and all this made him contemplate suicide [1600×1255]July 21, 2025
Erotic engravings from the novel “La Nouvelle Justine ou Les Malheurs de la vertu”, published in the Netherlands in 1797 CE. This novel was an extended version of the 1791 novel “Justine, ou Les Malheurs de la Vertu” by the French writer and nobleman Marquis de Sade [1014×1655]July 21, 2025
“Venus of Kołobrzeg”, Venus figurine made of limestone, found by a farmer near Kołobrzeg, Poland in December 2022. Created 6,000 years ago during the Neolithic period. Currently in the Museum of Polish Arms. [1711×2560]July 21, 2025
Pendant depicting a deity with a stingray’s body. Peru, Moche civilization, 100-800 AD [1600×1900]July 21, 2025
Jade belt ornament depicting a deer under an oak tree. China, Jin dynasty, 1115-1234 AD [880×880]July 21, 2025
Buffalo headed Yogini Vrishanana (10th-11th Century CE, Pratihara), present day Lokhari, Uttar Pradesh. This was stolen and illegally smuggled to France, and was recovered to India in 2013. A Yogini (feminine of Yogi) is a master practitioner of Yoga or a spiritual teacher [3213 x 5712]July 20, 2025
Parliament Roll of 1406, Catalogue ref: C 65/68 m. 2, kept in the National Archives, London. The most relevant part states that men and women have equall right on education according to their social status [768 × 1120]July 20, 2025
Head of Aphrodite. Hellenistic or Roman, 1st c BC. Silver. Wadsworth Atheneum collection [3000×4000] [OC]July 20, 2025
Asante regional Chief Kwaku Addai’s ornate bracelet and gold finger-ring. Kumasi, Ghana, Africa, ca. 1970 | ©Eliot Elisofon [736X1250]July 20, 2025
The arcade and central courtyard of Casa de Pilatos (Pilate’s House), built c.1483 and modified c.1570, a complex, mixture of Italian Renaissance and Mudejar elements, considered the prototype of the Andalusian palace… [1920×839] [OC]July 20, 2025
