Simple and Parade armor of Philip IV when he was about 9. Part of a matching 6 suit set commissioned by Philip II for his 3 sons when they were 9, 7, and 5 respectively: Prince Philip, the future Philip IV; Ferdinand, the future Cardinal-Infante; and Don Carlos. circa 1614 [2240×1920]June 15, 2025
Marble base for a funerary kouros depicting 6 youths playing a game similar to hockey hitting a ball with curved sticks, 510-500 BC, National Archaeological Museum of Athens [2560×1256]June 15, 2025
George Washington’s Recipe “To Make Small Beer” from his 1757 notebook. George Washington Papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library [211×350]June 15, 2025
Silenus cradling an infant Dionysus. Roman copy from late 4th century BC of the bronze Greek original, presumably by Lysippos. Louvre [1125×1500]June 15, 2025
Ball game depicted on an Attic lekythos. A bearded man prepares to throw a large ball. Three mounted youths are ready to catch it. circa 505-485 BC Oxford, Ashmolean Museum [1080×1332]June 15, 2025
An unusual Roman mosaic showing the plan of the building (or rather its fragments in two pieces), probably public or private baths. The mosaic probably dates from the middle of the 3rd century CE. [1200×2054]June 15, 2025
Tea bowl inscribed with Korean poem, Japanese, 17th–18th century Stoneware (Hagi); gold lacquer repairs [770×624]June 15, 2025
The king of Abyssinia faces the Ottoman sultan in a Japanese depiction of the Ottoman–Ethiopian War (1557–1589) based off Portuguese descriptions to a Momoyama period Nanban painter. [1280×963]June 14, 2025
The Devil (Iblis), surrounded by lesser demons. From The Kitāb al-Bulhān or Book of Wonders, a 14th and 15th century Arabic manuscript,compiled by Hassan Esfahani (Abd al-Hasan al-Isfahani) probably bound during the reign of Jalayirid Sultan Ahmad (1382–1410) in Baghdad.[1284×2778]June 14, 2025
The War Diary of the undefeated Korean admiral Yi Sun-sin, famed for his victories against the Japanese navy during the Imjin war (1592-1598 CE), despite having no prior experience in naval combat. In his most famous battle, he commanded 13 ships against the Japanese’s 330 and won [2400×2156]June 14, 2025
