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Roman copy of the head of an Athenian cult statue probably representing a peplos-clad goddess, of the years around c. 430 BCE. The original was perhaps a work by the famous sculptor Agorakritos, a favourite pupil of Pheidias. Parian...

Heracles is depicted in an aggressive pose, holding the club in his right hand and the bow in his left. From the sanctuary of Apollo Ptoios on the Ptoon Mountain, Boeotia. Argeian workshop. 480-460 BCE. (Hellenic Museum, Melbourne...

This vase is a type of drinking vessel. It depicts a pursuit scene between two nude males flanked by himation-clad male figures. From Attica or Boeotia. Attic workshop. Attributed to the Athenian Painter conventionally known as the...

Theseus and the half-human, half-bovine Minotaur are flanked by three maidens and four youths, probably a connotation to the sacrificial victims sent by the people of Athens to King Minos of Crete. The iconographic subjects on the other side...

This black-figure pyxis is decorated with ibexes and felines. This type of vessel was used as a container for cosmetics or jewellery. The decorative subjects, the elongation of the body of the animals and the schematisation of the...

A c. 1879 oil on canvas, Boating on the Seine, by Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) the French impressionist painter. An archetypal impressionist painting which captures the effects of sunlight on the landscape, people, and water. Renoir...

An 1860 oil on canvas, Portrait of Renoir's Mother, by Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) the French impressionist painter. An unfinished work showing the artist's mother Marguerite when she was 53 years old. It is an unusually honest portrait...

An 1881 oil on canvas, The Bay of Naples with Vesuvius, by Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) the French impressionist painter. The artist was greatly impressed with the landscape and art of Italy and brightened his pallette as a result of...

An 1869 oil on canvas, La Grenouillère, by Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919), the French impressionist painter. Renoir and Claude Monet (1840-1926) spent time working together near the Seine at Croissy – a weekend destination for fashionable...

The ribs on the crown were used for affixing the crest. From the area of Olympia, Peloponnese. 600-550 BCE. Made from bronze. (Hellenic Museum, Melbourne, Victoria).