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Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery, Valerio Belli, c. 1535 or later, Cleveland Museum of Art: European Painting and Sculpture
Size: Overall: 6 x 7.5 cm (2 3/8 x 2 15/16 in.) Medium: gilt bronze (later perforated with a keyhole)
https://clevelandart.org/art/1968.27
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Lew Christensen, Daphne Vane and William Dollar in George Balanchine’s ballet Orpheus and Eurydice performed at the Metropolitan Opera, 1936. Photo by George Platt Lynes
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Swirls and Colors on Jupiter from Juno [3709x2772]
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Motala, a 50-year-old elephant getting a prosthetic leg at the Friends of the Asian Elephant Hospital in Thailand.
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Higher-res image of “Benjamin,” the last known thylacine, meeting a domestic dog through the fence at Hobart Zoo, c.1933. [x]
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Face from a composite statue of king Den
Because ancient wood rarely survives, very little large-scale wooden sculpture remains from any period in Egyptian history. Thus, this remarkably well-preserved face from such an early date is unparalleled. The concave, masklike face was probably attached to a core made of a different material, possibly a less valuable type of wood. The eyes and eyebrows, now missing, were once inlaid with crystal or stone, which would have given the face a lifelike appearance.
Wood, from Abydos. Early Dynastic Period, 1st Dynasty, ca. 3150-2890 BC. Now in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
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Allegory of Wealth by Gerard de Lairesse, Museum of the Netherlands
Opdrachtgever Philips de Flines was een vermogend man. Het onderwerp van deze grisaille paste dus goed bij hem. In het midden staat een vrouwelijke personificatie van de Rijkdom met een appel in de rechterhand. Links staan twee putti – gevleugelde kindjes - bij een ketel vol geldstukken.
https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/nl/collectie/SK-A-4174
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Harp, Musical Instruments
The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY Medium: Wood
http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/505522
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Heem-Jan-Davidsz-de-Vanitas-Still-Life-with-Skull-Book-and-Roses-c1630-oil-on-panel-Nationalmuseum-Stockholm
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Laurence Sterne, alias Tristram Shandy: “And When Death Himself Knocked at My Door” by Thomas Patch, Drawings and Prints
A. Hyatt Mayor Purchase Fund, Marjorie Phelps Starr Bequest, 2013 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY Medium: Etching
http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/428635
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