Faces of Ancient Europe
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Cattle die, and kinsmen die, and so must one die oneself. But there is one thing I know which never dies, and that is the fame of a dead man's deeds.
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Once Upon a Time in Paris.
Paris (France) - Hubert Sattler (1866).
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Caesar van Everdingen, Trompe l'Oeil with a Bust of Venus, 1665. (Mauritshuis, The Hague ). #art#
The Vintage Festival - Lawrence Alma-Tadema, 1871.
The festival is set in the villa of Marcus Holconius Rufus, a prominent citizen of Pompeii at the time of that city’s destruction in AD 79. (National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne).
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Marble relief depicting Antinous as Silvanus (god of woods and fields) harvesting grapes. He is accompanied by a hound and carries a pruning hook in his raised right hand. 130-138 AD. (Rome, Roman National Museum, Palazzo Massimo alle Terme). #ancient#
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The Eclipse of the Sun in Venice, July 6, 1842 - Ippolito Caffi (Italian, 1809–1866). #art#
Seated statue of Zeus from Soluntum.
2nd—1st century BC. (Palermo, Regional Archaeological Museum “Antonino Salinas”). #ancient#
The Abduction of Hylas by the Nymphs.
Fresco from Herculaneum, 1st century AD. (Naples, National Archaeological Museum).
Aurora and Cephalus - French Neoclassical School, c. 1810. This painting depicts Cephalus, son of Hermes and Herse, who in Greek mythology was beloved by the goddess of Dawn (Eos or Aurora), and was carried off by her to live on Mount Olympus.
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Herm with a male portrait bust.
Early Severan period, 200—210 AD. (Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki)
Joan of Arc - Sir John Everett Millais, 1865. (Private collection).
Athena Promachos (First in Battle).
Marble. Roman, first century BC–first century AD. (National Archaeological Museum, Naples).
