simurghgeorgie

[history-of-fashion]

1536 Monogrammist H.W. - Portrait of a lady in a red dress with fur cuffs, a cap, and a gold chain

(Private collection)

[pastedpast]

Trundholm Sun Chariot, Early Bronze Age c. 1500 BC, Denmark.

More information here.

[baebeylik]

Folio from a Mu'nis al-ahrar fi daqa'iq al-ash'ar (Free Man's Guide to the Subtleties of Poetry) by Badr al-Din Jajarmi (d. 1287); The Zodiac constellation of Pisces, the moon, and two registers of birds. Iran, Ilkhanid period, 1341.

The Smithsonian Freer Gallery of Art.

[memories-of-ancients]

Earthenware figurine of a dog, China, Eastern Han Dynasty, 25-220 AD

from The Asian Art Museum, San Francisco

[memories-of-ancients]

Bronze buckle, Mongolia, 1st-2nd century AD

from Dumbarton Oaks

[the-art-archive]

Paris Nocturne (1889) by Childe Hassam

[portalibis]

Isis presumably with Serapis, 1stC BC-1stC AD, British Museum

[tridentandtales]

Roman statue of a dancing Maenad

4th - 3rd century BCE

Walters Art Museum 54.968

[didoofcarthage]

Gold ring with engraving of an actor holding a theatrical mask

Greek, Early Hellenistic Period, 325-300 B.C.

Getty Museum

[memories-of-ancients]

Gold beaker with turquoise, Sican culture, Peru, 900-1000 AD

from The MET

[memories-of-ancients]

Gilded silver medallion with bust of Christ, Byzantine, first half of the 11th century

from Dumbarton Oaks

[thatshowthingstarted]

Coiled Rattlesnake, Central Mexico, Aztec, 13th-16th century, c.

Stone, Overall: 30.5 x 24.5 x 10 cm (12 x 9 5/8 x 3 15/16 in.),

Courtesy: The Cleveland Museum Of Art

[timeless-brushstrokes]

The Duchess of Alba (1797) by Francisco Goya

[frostedmagnolias]

Pendant Shaped as a Dove

17th century

Baroque pearls, gold, and enamel

French or Flemish

Art Institute of Chicago

[portalibis]

Hathor, -600 / -475 (Chypro-archaïque II), Louvre

[simurghgeorgie]

Saint Roch and the Angel. Annibale Carracci (Italian, 1560-1609).

[simurghgeorgie]

The Samaritan Woman at the Well. Annibale Carracci (Italian, 1560-1609).