The Combat of The Bacchae by Alexandre Falguière. Plaster model 1886 now housed in Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris [1249×1198]May 5, 2025
The Aldobrandini Wedding fresco, themed to the universal anxiety experienced by a young bride (center) comforted and supported by Venus, waiting to meet the groom and lose her virginity. Hymen, god of marriage, sits at the foot of the bed [1600×620]May 5, 2025
13th century Crown of Queen Constance of Aragon. Cathedral of Palermo Treasury [1135×1848]May 5, 2025
Egyptian wool textile depicting Aksumite-Sassanid War, 6th century, Musée des Tissus, France [1136×1480].May 5, 2025
A Tlingit chilkat coat made of mountain goat wool, otter fur, and cedar bark. Ca. 1885 CE, now housed at the Portland Art Museum [1000×845]May 5, 2025
A ‘Robin’s egg’ glazed vase made during the reign of the emperor Qianlong (1735-1796 CE). From China, now housed at the Asian Civilisations Museum in Singapore [1050×1840]May 5, 2025
A 19th century CE Japanese netsuke made of ebony with inlays, depicting an owl attacking a bat. Now housed at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art [1735×2100]May 5, 2025
A 1st century CE Roman gold and green chalcedony ring engraved with a parrot. The carving is so detailed, the parrot can be identified as an Indian Ringneck known for its bright green plumage. Such parrots surprised Alexander the Great’s entourage in India by talking like humans [6096×3810]May 5, 2025
1 inch tall hunchbacks; gondolas rowed by grasshoppers; mosquitoes reading from a book: the astonishing 17th century painting “Arrival of the wife”, by Faustino Bocchi [1772×1052]May 5, 2025
