Sistine Madonna (1513 – 1514) by Raphael Santi, ordered by pope Julius II. (4000 x 6016)March 26, 2026
A writing cabinet made by Pietro Piffetti in 1738 CE, and now housed at the Quirinale Palace in Rome. Made of gilded bronze, walnut wood paved with rosewood and boxwood, and inlaid with ivory and tortoiseshell [1734×4252]March 26, 2026
An amethyst jar from Egypt, circa 3000 BCE, now housed at the Egyptian Museum of Berlin [846×1017]March 26, 2026
Two ceramic seated figures engaged in animated conversation, from Guerrero in Mexico, 400 BCE–500 CE, now housed at the Princeton University Art Museum in New Jersey [2000×1415]March 26, 2026
Ancient Roman Fresco discovered in 2018 in what appears to have been a bedroom of a house in Pompeii.The “Leda e il cigno” (Leda and the swan) depicts the god Jupiter in the guise of a Swan, impregnating Leda a legendary Queen of Sparta.[1284×1588]March 26, 2026
Japanese woodblock print “Kidomaru seated cross-legged on the head of a giant python, learning magic from the tengu”, made by Utagawa Kuniyoshi in 1840 CE. Now housed at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston [1080×1350]March 26, 2026
Emaciated Buddha. Thailand, 19th–early 20th c. Copper alloy, lacquer (urushi), gold leaf, core material (possibly sand or clay). Brooklyn Museum collection [3000×4000] [OC]March 26, 2026
Sarmatians. Ring 1st century ADFrom the Sokolova Mohyla mound near the village of Kovalivka, Mykolaiv region, Ukraine. [1200×850]March 26, 2026
Sculpture showing Cupid with the helmet of Mars. The object dates back to the 3rd century CE. The artifact is located in Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek in Copenhagen (Denmark). [1200×1667]March 26, 2026
Ceiling of Wontongbojeon Hall at Beopjusa Temple, with gilded statue of Avalokitesvara below. Korea, Joseon period, 1624 [945×948]March 26, 2026
The Bay Tree Fabergé Egg, decorated with nephrite and precious stones, with a little bird inside. Given to empress dowager Maria Feodorovna on Easter by her son, emperor Nicholas II. Saint Petersburg, Russia, 1911 [3180×2752]March 26, 2026
