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A marble statue sculpted during the Hellenistic era, which was orignally done as a copy of a Greek statue. The work was lost for many years but rediscovered, heavily damaged, in a Roman basement in 1907. The piece was aquired by the Metropolitan…

This painting shows the Jewish heroine Esther appearing before King Ahasuerus, whose prime minister had hatched a plot to execute all the Jews, to plead for her people. According to the Biblical story, Esther fainted in the king’s presence from fear…

This piece by Dutch Renaissance artist Johannes Vermeer depicts an everyday scene in which a young woman prepares for her day, and washes with a pitcher and basin. She looks out the stained glass window at left, while a map of the Dutch Republic…

The Denial of Saint Peter depicts Saint Peter being accused of following Jesus Christ. It is representative of Caravaggio's style near the end of his life through his dramatic use of contrast between light and dark.

Self Portrait with Two Pupils is a painting by Adélaïde Labille-Guiard, showing he p