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18th century portrait artist Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun painted this self portrait in 1790. Vigée Le Brun aimed to show her prestige as the portraitist of the king of France by painting herself in an elegant black dress.

This krater, or funerary vase, was built as a grave monument ca. 750-735 B.C.E. The krater uses traditional Geometric patterns like meanders and checkerboard designs, in addition to two rows of illustrated scenes. The bottom row shows chariots and…

Peasants harvesting wheat
Peasants lounging on their break
A path through the wheat reveals a wheat field
A farm in the background
A town in the background as well
A bay further in the background
Rolling hills

Formerly a portion of the base/predella of the Colonna Altarpiece. This is an Oil on Wood painting characterized by soft brush strokes.

Marble portrait head of the boy-god Antinoos, beloved of the emperor Hadrian. One of about a hundred iterations of the Antinoos still extant, depicts him as the god Dionysus.

Paris, Prince of Troy, determines which goddess - Juno, Minerva, or Aphrodite - is the most beautiful. Each goddess offered Paris an immense gift in exchange for choosing her. Juno offered power, Minerva offered all human knowledge, and Venus offered…

A Portrait of a 17th century Spanish King. It shows him standing alone with only a desk next to him.

This portrait of Marie Charlotte Louise Perrette Aglaé Bontemps, the wife of the comte de la Châtre, was painted by French portrait artist Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun in 1789. Bontemps is wearing a simple, classic white muslin dress, popularized…

In this portrait, Manuel María is depicted wearing a bright red play costume with his pet cats, finches, and magpie holding the Goya's calling card. The boy was about 3 or 4 years old when it was painted, but after its completion, the boy died at age…