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Saint Bridget of Sweden
Saint Bridget of Sweden (1303-1373), Saint Bridget on an Altar Piece, Hermann Rode, late 15th century. Taken from "The Swedish people through the ages. Our country's cultural history in descriptions and images. The second volume. The medieval...
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St. Catherine of Siena
St. Catherine of Siena (1347-1380), oil on canvas portrait by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, depicting St. Catherine of Siena wearing a crown of thorns, c. 1746.
The Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria
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Margaret of Anjou
Margaret of Anjou (1430-1482) wife of Henry VI of England (r. 1422 to 1461 and again from 1470 to 1471). Detail from an illuminated manuscript by Talbot Master, c. 1445. From Presentation of the Book of Romances. (British Library, London)
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The Creation of the Cyrillic Alphabet, c. 900
A map illustrating the journeys of the brothers Cyril and Methodius, two 9th-century Christian missionaries, that shaped the cultural and linguistic landscape of Central and Eastern Europe. Commissioned by the Byzantine Emperor Michael III...
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Reflections on the Revolution in France Title Page
The title page of Reflections on the Revolution in France, first published in 1790 and written by Edmund Burke (1729-1797), the Anglo-Irish statesman and political thinker.
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Edmund Burke, 1774
A 1774 oil-on-canvas portrait of Edmund Burke (1729-1797) the Anglo-Irish statesman and political thinker. Painted by Joshua Reynolds. (National Galleries, Scotland)
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Edmund Burke, 1771
A 1771 oil-on-canvas portrait of Edmund Burke (1729-1797) the Anglo-Irish statesman and political thinker. Painted by the studio of Joshua Reynolds. (National Portrait Gallery, London)
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Gold Rhyton in the Shape of a Ram's Head
Gold rhyton (Takuk in Persian), found in the Qaflankuh highlands near Ziwiyeh, late 7th to early 8th century BCE. The extensive collection of precious artefacts from the first millennium BCE, known as the Ziwiyeh Treasure has been...
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Neolithic Clay Figurine from West Iran
Neolithic clay goddess from Tappah Sarab, Kermanshah, 7000-6100 BCE. Clay figurines of female bodies with exaggerated reproductive organs are among the most common features of prehistoric sculpted art. With famous examples from Venus...
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Crown of Saint Wenceslaus
A replica of the Crown of Saint Wenceslaus. The Bohemian Duke Wenceslaus I (r. 921-935) was given the honorary title of king by Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor (r. 962-973) and made a saint. This crown was made in his honour in the mid-14th century...
