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Engravings depicting significant events from ancient history and mythology, characterized by dynamic compositions and emotive figure interactions.

Platonic Banquet. (Anselm Feuerbach; 829-188; 1873; Oil on Canvas)
Platonic Banquet. (Anselm Feuerbach; 829-188; 1873; Oil on Canvas)
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Achilles and Chiron. 45 - 79. Detail. Roman art. Early Empire. Fresco. ITALY. CAMPANIA. Naples. National Museum of Archaeology. Proc: ITALY. CAMPANIA. NAPLES. Herculaneum.
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Vatican Museums, Vatican City, Vatican, Rome, Lazio, Italy, Philosophers gathered in a classical building discuss together, Vatican, Rome, Lazio, Italy, Europe
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From left Wilhelm von Kaulbach, Peter von Cornelius, Christian Daniel Rauch, Gustav Blaeser, Karl Friedrich Schinkel and Friedrich August Stueler, are the figures from the relief friezes by Geyer in the Nationalgalerie Berlin, Germany, digital reproduction of an original 19th century model, original date unknown, Europe
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Offering to Venus, by Amos Cassioli (1832-1891), 1875-1878, oil on canvas, 39.5 x 55 cm.
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Joaquin Sorolla/ Dibujo. Museo de Bellas artes, Valencia.
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Entellus and Dares. Marco Dente (Italy, Ravenna, died 1527)Giulio Romano (Italy, Rome, circa 1499-1546). Italy, 1520-1525. Prints; engravings. Engraving
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Campania Caserta Caserta Palazzo Reale14. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Post-medieval: Architecture & architectural sculpture, sculpture, statues, paintings, frescoes, stuccoes, furnishings & decorative art General Notes: Discrepancy in number of prints & negatives. Hutzel notes 824 prints & negatives. Negatives for 1-62 of one batch seem to be missing (would make a total of 824) German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until his death. The result of this project, referred to by Hutzel as Foto Arte Minore, is thorough documentation of art historical development in Italy up to the 18th century, including objects of the Etruscans and the Romans, as well as early Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque monuments. Images are organized by geographic region in Italy, then by province, city, site complex and monument.
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Jupiter and Callisto 1537-40 Pierre Milan French. Jupiter and Callisto. Pierre Milan (French, active 1537-40). 1537-40. Engraving. Prints
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The Alexander Procession, Alexander the Great, after the relief by Thorwaldsen, illustration from 1880, historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century
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Traditional scenes from ancient Rome culture, Ancient roman empire. Italy, Europe. Old 19th century engraved illustration, El Mundo Ilustrado 1881
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Tragedies de Racine. Illustration for the frontispiece of the first edition of the Works of Jean Racine (1639-1699); Paris, Jean Ribou, 1676. Drawing by Charles Le Brun (1619-1690), engraving by Sebastien Leclerc (1637-1714). XVIIme siecle: lettres, sciences et arts, France 1590-1700 (17th century: letters, sciences and arts), by Paul Lacroix. Published in Paris by Librairie de Firmin-Didot et Cie, 1882.
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Kleidung der Griechen in der Frühzeit, nach Vasenbildern des 6. und 5. Jahrhunderts v. Chr. links drei Frauen in feinen, dünnen Gewändern und Mantel, ...
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Cartoon (85) An Allegory of Justice - by John Tenniel Jun. prize £200 - from the exhibition in Westminster Hall, 1845. The allegorical figure of Justice stands holding a sword. 'For this fine work Mr. Tenniel received one of the premiums of £200; and we are happy to learn that the Art-Union have since purchased, for the sum of £100, the same artist's coloured sketch of the Cartoon'. From "Illustrated London News", 1845, Vol VII.
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Watercolor illustration board by Vincenzo Brenna showing Bacchus for the Vestigia delle Terme di Tito series, with cover colors, circa 1780.
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Bliżej Kultury Styfi, Jan (1841 1921)
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Tragedies de Racine. Illustration for the frontispiece of the first edition of the Works of Jean Racine (1639-1699); Paris, Jean Ribou, 1676. Drawing by Charles Le Brun (1619-1690), engraving by Sébastien Leclerc (1637-1714). Colorised.
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Blue Azulejos in Sao Filipe castle Chapel, Setubal, Lisbon Coast, Portugal, Europe
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Salon 1868, Satire, the King's favourites, France, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date unknown, Europe
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The Vatican Museums, Musei Vaticani, are the public art and sculpture museums in the Vatican City, which display works from the extensive collection of the Roman Catholic Church. Pope Julius II founded the museums in the 16th century, Rome, Italy, Europe
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Pauline Bonaparte, Princess Borghese (1780-1825), sister of Napoleon I, depicted as a victorious Venus. Marble sculpture by Antonio Canova, historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th-century original.
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interiors of Raphael rooms, Vatican museum, Vatican VATICAN CITY, VATICAN, JUNE 12, 2015 : interiors and architectural details of Raphael rooms in Vatican museum, june 12, 2015, in Vatican city, Vatican Copyright: xZoonar.com/patrickxmichelettix 17112042
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But No Man Laid Hands Upon Him (Les satellites ne prirent point Jésus) James Tissot (French, 1836-1902). But No Man Laid Hands Upon Him (Les satellites ne prirent point Jésus), 1886-1896. Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper, Image: 6 5/16 x 8 1/4 in. (16 x 21 cm). European Art 1886-1896
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FRESCOS DE LA BOVEDA DEL PALACIO DEL MARQUES DE SANTA CRUZ - FERNANDO ALVAREZ TOLEDO GRAN DUQUE DE ALBA. Author: CESARE ARBASIA (1540-1614). Location: PALACIO DEL MARQUES DE SANTA CRUZ. VISO DEL MARQUES. CIUDAD REAL. SPAIN. ALVAREZ DE TOLEDO FERNANDO. ALBA DUQUE DE III. GRAN DUQUE DE ALBA. DUQUE DE ALBA III.
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According to Greek mythology and legend, Telemachus was the son of Penelope and Odysseus, a Trojan War hero whose return trip home took 10 years. In the epic, Odyssey, by the Greek poet Homer, Telemachus asked the gods to him find his father. In this 1907 illustration, Odysseus makes himself known to his son after he finally returned home - but he keeps his presence a secret until he rids his palace of the suitors trying to win his wife's hand in marriage.
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According to Greek legend, Rhampsinites (also spelled Rhampsinutus) was a king of Egypt. He so loved wealth and riches that he had his mason build a room with no openings to houses his treasurespictured here in this 1915 illustration by American artist Evelyn Paul. When the mason was dying, he told his sons of a mark he left that would give them access to the treasures. They gained access and gradually took what they wanted. The king tried to catch them and finally, after one brother died getting the treasures, the king thought the robber was so clever he would give him his daughter in marriage - if he confessed. the surviving brother did and was given the princess.
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Tomb of Queen Louise, Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, interior of the mausoleum in Charlottenburg Palace Park, classicism, decorated columns, ornamentation, Prussian kings, coats of arms, tiles, Berlin, Germany, colorful historical illustration 1888
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Ancient Greece. Philosopher. Engraving. Iconographic Encyclopaedia of science, Literature and Art. 19th century. Author: Johan George Heck.
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Syria: 'Queen Zenobia's Last Look Upon Palmyra', Herbert Schmalz (1836-1935)
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Melpomene, Mural, Library of Congress, Washington, D. C. still image. Postcards. 1900 - 1902. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Murals, Washington (D.C.), Muses (Greek deities), Library of Congress, murals , Washington (D.C.)
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Iberian Peninsula. Ancient History. From left to right; figures 1 to 6: Phoenicians, figures 7 to 11: Celtiberians. Chromolithography. Historia General de España, by Modesto Lafuente. Volume I. Published in Barcelona, 1877.
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Chest of drawers, by Appiani Andrea,Maggiolini Giuseppe,Albertolli Giocondo, 18th Century, wood,
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'It is the east and Juliet is the sun', 1856-1858 Artist: Unknown
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Franciszek Smuglewicz (1745-1807). Polish-Lithuanian painter. Scythian Envoys before Darius, Persian King. Vilnius Picture Gallery. Lithuania.
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Greek god Apollo seated in a winged chariot. He holds a patera to receive a libation offering from a queen at right, while a priestess pronounces the oracle. Copperplate engraving by Thomas Kirk (1765-1797) from Sir William Hamiltons Outlines from the Figures and Compositions upon the Greek, Roman and Etruscan Vases of the Late Sir Hamilton, T. MLean, London, 1834.
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May Morning on Magdalen College, Oxford, Ancient Annual Ceremony. Date/Period: 1888/1893. Painting. Oil on canvas. Width: 489 mm. Height: 388 mm. Author: William Holman Hunt.
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Apollo dancing with his nine Olympian Muses: Calliope, Clio, Erato, Euterpe, Melpomene, Polyhymnia, Terpsichore, Thalia, and Urania. After an engraving by Henry Marais from a painting by Giulio Roma
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Staircase, ceiling painting by Tiepolo: Balthasar Neumann
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History. Europe. Witch hunt. Women convicted of being witches. Engraving. (Later colouration). Iconographic Enclyclopaedia of science, Literature and Art. 19th century. Author: Johan George Heck.
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The School of Athens, La scuola di Atene, Stanza della Segnatura, Stanzas of Raphael, Stanze di Raffaelo, Fresco by Faffaelo Santi, 1509- 1511, Vatican Museums, Vatican, Rome, Lazio, Lazio, Italy, Europe
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Picture series In Ancient Rome, digitally restored reproduction of a collective picture from c. 1900, in the public domain, exact date unknown
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Saint Genevieve promises to save Lutece, Middle Ages. 19th Century. Artist: Eugène Delacroix
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The heroes of Troy. After a work by an unidentified artist in A Pictorial History of the World's Great Nations, published circa 1882
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Image of Pallas Athens, the University of Applied Sciences, and the Utrecht city virgin on the center panel of the fireworks placement on Vredenburg in Utrecht, which was founded on the occasion of the lustrum of the Hogeschool in 1861.
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Ancient Greek. Women at home. Engraving, 19th century. Colored.
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Roman Senate. Catiline. Detail. 1st century. Colored engraving.
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Madrid 03-21-2012 report on the Congress of Deputies photo Jaime Garcia Archdc in the image detail of a fresco from the chamber.
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Honoré Daumier (French, 1808 - 1879), J'ai vu Seigneur votre malheureux fils, 1841, lithograph
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SATIRA - REVISTA LA FLACA - 16 DE MAYO DE 1869. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN. ROBERTO IL DIAVOLO.