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Charles Gravier, count of Vergennes
A painting portraying Charles Gravier, count of Vergennes, State minister of Foreign Affairs (1717-1787). Oil on canvas painting, by Antoine-François Callet (1741-1823). From the Palace of Versailles collection.
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The Great Fire of London, with Ludgate and Old St. Paul's
A c. 1670 anonymous painting titled The Great Fire of London, with Ludgate and Old St. Paul's. The Great Fire of London ravished the English capital in September 1666 destroying over 13,000 buildings. (Yale Center for British Art, Yale University...
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Scythians Shooting with Bows
Scythians shooting with bows, from Kerch, c. 475-450 BCE.
Photographed at the Louvre, Paris, in 2007.
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Relief of a Scythian Warrior
Relief of a Scythian warrior with an axe, bow, and spear, 4th-2nd century BCE.
Walters Art Museum, Baltimore
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Scythian Warrior
Artist's impression of a 7th-6th-century BCE Scythian warrior.
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Charles II of England as a Child
A 1642 painting by William Dobson of the future Charles II of England (r. 1660-1685 CE). (Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh)
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Charles II of England
A c. 1683 painting by John Riley of Charles II of England (r. 1660-1685 CE) wearing armour and with the new British Crown Jewels. (The Weiss Gallery)
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Banquet of Thyestes
Banquet of Thyestes, fresco by Orlando Parentini, between 1559 and 1565.
Room XX of the Gregorian Etruscan Museum, Vatican City
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT
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Pelops and Hippodamia
Roman terracotta plaque depicting Pelops and Hippodamia, 27 BCE to 68 CE.
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
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Family Tree of the Ptolemaic Dynasty of Egypt (305-30 BCE)
An illustration following the evolution of the Ptolemaic Dynasty (also called Lagides, for Lagos, the father of Ptolemy I Soter) in Egypt during the Hellenistic period. This family tree reveals one of the most important distinguishing features...
