Images

The connection between Pergamon city and the sacred area of Asklepieion was provided through a sacred road of 1 km built during the Roman Empire period. The sacred road had arches and was covered with vaults.

Juno, Iris, and Flora, oil on canvas by François Lemoyne, 1720s. Louvre, Paris.

Morpheus Awakening as Iris Draws Near, oil on canvas by René-Antoine Houasse, 1690. Palace of Versailles.

Iris as the goddess of the rainbow, marble sculpture by Italian sculptor Gaetano Matteo Monti, 1841. Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna.

Iris and Jupiter, oil on canvas by Michel Corneille the Younger, 1701. Palace of Versailles.

Iris on an Attic lekythos, attributed to the Diosphos Painter, found in Tanagra, c. 500-490 BCE. Louvre, Paris.

Gypsies on the Road, oil on panel painting by Lorrainian painter Jacques Callot (1592-1635). 16.5 cm (6.4 in) x 47.4 cm (18.6 in). National Museum, Warsaw.

Spanish Gypsies, painting by Evgraf Sorokin (1821-1892), 1853.

Detail of Gathering of Gypsies in the Wood, oil on panel painting by Flemish painter Jan Brueghel the Elder (1568-1625). Museo Del Prado, Madrid.

The Visit of the Gypsies, a Franco-Flemish tapestry depicting a group of European nobles hunting, while a procession of gypsies (Romani) arrive from the left of the scene, made c. 1510. Wool and silk, 350.52 cm (138 in) x 487.68 cm (192 in...