1128550
March 31, 2022
Francesco Hayez: Bad der Nymphen
Date 1831
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions height: 92 cm (36.2 in); width: 119 cm (46.8 in)
1128544
March 31, 2022
Francesco Hayez: Portrait of Carolina Zucchi
Date 1825
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions height: 60 cm (23.6 in); width: 53 cm (20.8 in)
1123802
March 23, 2022
The highly decorated reverse side of a Celtic bronze mirror (obverse is the reflecting surface with green patination) from Desborough, Northamptonshire, England, showing the development of the spiral ... View MoreThe highly decorated reverse side of a Celtic bronze mirror (obverse is the reflecting surface with green patination) from Desborough, Northamptonshire, England, showing the development of the spiral and trumpet decorative theme of the Early Celtic La Tène style in Britain. The complex symmetrical clover-leaf pattern, outlined in the form of a lyre with flanking coils, was possibly laid out using a pair of compasses or string. Parts of the decoration are engraved, using a graver, with a basket-weave pattern and hatched texturing to make the pattern stand out. The mirror is made from three pieces - a cast handle, the main mirror plate and a tubular binding strip around the edge.with a basket-weave pattern and hatched texturing.
Curator's comments: The plate was highly polished on one side to produce a reflective surface. A mirror would have been a powerful object in a world where reflections could only be glimpsed in water. A person using a mirror would control how they looked using the mirror in combination with tweezers or shears. Decorated mirrors of this type are uniquely British, very few are found on the continent. The majority are from graves dating between 100BC and AD 100 (Joy, J, Iron Age Mirrors: A biographical approach, Oxford, British Archeological Reports, 2010).
1123792
March 23, 2022
Carnyx forgé en bronze daté du début du IIe siècle av. J.-C., découvert sur l'oppidum d'Epomanduodurum, conservé au musée archéologique du château de Montbéliard.
1123762
March 23, 2022
Battersea Shield
Material Bronze
Size Length: 77.7 cm
Width: 34.1–35.7 cm
Weight: 3.4 kg
Created Iron Age, c.350–50 BC
Place River Thames, London
1128548
March 31, 2022
Francesco Hayez: Venus playing with two doves
Date 1830
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions height: 137 cm (53.9 in); width: 183 cm (72 in)
1128540
March 31, 2022
Bust of Helen of Troy by Antonio Canova at Victoria and Albert Museum.
1123799
March 23, 2022
Celtic sword and scabbard circa 60 BCE
1123764
March 23, 2022
Applique en Bronze gaulois ornant à l'origine le joug d'un char, dénommé Dôme au dragon, retrouvé à La Fosse Cotheret, commune de Roissy en France (Val d'Oise).
1123761
March 23, 2022
The Great Torc, Snettisham, buried around 100 BC. The torc is one of the most elaborate golden objects from the ancient world. It is made from gold mixed with silver and weighs over 1 kg. Torcs are ma... View MoreThe Great Torc, Snettisham, buried around 100 BC. The torc is one of the most elaborate golden objects from the ancient world. It is made from gold mixed with silver and weighs over 1 kg. Torcs are made from complex threads of metal, grouped into ropes and twisted around each other. The ends of the torc were cast in moulds and welded onto the metal ropes
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