Images

An 1891 colour print, Woman Bathing, by Mary Cassatt (1844-1926), the American impressionist painter. Cassatt, along with several other impressionists, took a keen interest in colour printing. This work is a combination of drypoint, soft-ground...

A map illustrating the interconnectivity and extent of the global trade networks at the onset of the 13th century after the centuries of decline and isolation following the collapse of the Western Roman Empire. The conditions were beginning...

A c. 1879 work combining pastel, gouache, and metallic paint on tan wove paper titled At the Theatre, by Mary Cassatt (1844-1926), the American impressionist painter. This painting was acquired by the artist's friend Paul Gauguin (1848-1903...

A c. 1883 oil on canvas, Susan on a Balcony Holding a Dog, by Mary Cassatt (1844-1926), the American impressionist painter. (National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.)

An 1880 oil on canvas, Mrs Cassatt Reading to her Grandchildren, by Mary Cassatt (1844-1926), the American impressionist painter. The Mrs Cassatt here is the artist's mother. This painting found a buyer, but the Cassatt family was so against...

An 1885 oil on canvas, Children on the Shore, by Mary Cassatt (1844-1926), the American impressionist painter. (National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.)

A portrait of Richard Sibbes, an English preacher of the Reformation. By Gustavus Ellinthorpe Sintzenich

A c. 1890 pastel on paper, Mother and Child, by Mary Cassatt (1844-1926), the American impressionist painter. Here the artist captures the tender hold of the mother and inattention of the child in a bold use of pastel. (Pushkin Museum, Moscow...

Scythian belt buckle, Southern Siberia, 3rd century BCE. Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg.

Celtic belt buckle, 5th century BCE. Rheinisches Landesmuseum Trier, Germany.