Posted on Thursday, 16 May
Pedro Berruguete - Saint Gregory the Great, Pope; Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain; c.1495
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Posted on Sunday, 12 May
Ancient Greek bronze sculpture of Sleeping Eros, 3rd BC-1st AD.
Courtesy & currently located at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Photo taken by sailko
Posted on Saturday, 11 May
Drawing on a stock of more than 6,000 colors of thread, a nun repairs a tapestry designed by Raphael, in which Peter receives the keys to the church from Christ. —From the National Geographic book Inside the Vatican, 1991
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Posted on Saturday, 11 May
Female Portrait Mask from Egypt, 2nd century (Roman Imperial), made of encaustic (wax, pigments) on wood, cloth.
Hairstyles can be used to date female portrait masks. Here, the braids wound over the top of the head place the mask close to the period of the Roman emperor Trajan (AD 98-117). The painting of a portrait was an occasion for all finery to be displayed, and this woman is seen wearing a pearl and emerald necklace and earrings.
Courtesy & currently located at the Walters Art Museum, USA.
Posted on Friday, 10 May
Ana Mendieta - Untitled (Silueta Series), 1973-1980
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Posted on Friday, 10 May
Rutilio di Lorenzo Manetti, Elijah Reviving the Son of the Widow from Zerephath, c. 1630s
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