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Portrait of a man said to be Christopher Columbus (1446 - 1506). Oil on Canvas. Created in 1519. Christopher Columbus was a Genoese explorer (identified as Italian) who became famous in his own time as the man who discovered the New World...

Herakles is wearing a lion's head with a wide-open muzzle as headgear. It belongs to a large series of Cypriot sculptures in which Herakles is represented holding a club in his right hand. There are traits in the typology of the work which...

From Cyprus (Cypriot workshop). Cypro-Archaic I Period, 7th-century BCE. Made from clay. (Hellenic Museum, Melbourne, Victoria).

This fibula (spiral brooch) is made from a single piece of coiled bronze and would have been used to fasten two halves of a garment at the shoulder. Perhaps from Macedonia. 10th-8th century BCE. (Hellenic Museum, Melbourne, Victoria).

This pitcher is decorated with linear motifs and horses in successive zones. Vases of this class were used as cinerary urns in Attic burials during the Late Geometric Period. Found in an Attic workshop. Late Geometric II Period (735-720 BCE...

This vase is decorated with horses and a host of filling motifs. Most of the subjects derive from the Geometric tradition that continued to influence early Orientalising workshops in the 7th Century BCE. From Skyros, Sporades, 675-650 BCE...

Vessels of this type are counted among those intended exclusively for funerary use during the Early Cycladic Period. Early Cycladic II Period, (2700-2300 BCE). Made from marble. (Hellenic Museum, Melbourne, Victoria).

This vessel is decorated with an incised herring-bone pattern. The pyxis, commonly used in burials of the Early Cycladic I Period, was probably used as a container for jewellery or other small items. Early Cycladic I Period (3200-2700...

The dense incised decoration is infilled with white paste in order to create a chromatic effect. Bowls of this type were probably used for carrying liquids, while their round bases indicate their setting in hollows in the floor. Red polished...

A Cycladic female figurine of the 'folded-arm' type. Early Spedos Variety. Attributed to the Fitzwilliam Master, Early Cycladic II Period (2700-2300 BCE). Made from marble. The red pigment (found on the neck and head) is from cinnabar...