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A c. 1878-9 oils, gouache, and pastels on card painting, Jockeys before the Race, by Edgar Degas (1834-1917), the French impressionist painter. Degas was particularly interested in capturing horses, usually in the tense moments before a race...

An 1867-8 oils on canvas, Portrait of James Tissot, by Edgar Degas (1834-1917), the French impressionist painter. Tissot (1836-1902) was a fellow artist and friend of Degas. Here the subject is shown in his studio and, in a typical Degas...

Reenactor at Hadrian's Cavalry Turma! Bitts Park, Carlisle, 2017.

Reenactors at Hadrian's Cavalry Turma! Bitts Park, 2017.

An 1879 gouache and pastels on linen, Portrait of Edmond Duranty, by Edgar Degas (1834-1917), the French impressionist painter. A good friend of the artist and the impressionists in general, Duranty was an art critic and novelist. (Burrell...

An 1865 oil on canvas painting, Medieval War Scene, by Edgar Degas (1834-1917), the French impressionist painter. The subject is not known precisely, despite the later association of Orléans with the work. Typical of Degas' early career and...

A c. 1858-60 oil on canvas painting, The Bellelli Family, by Edgar Degas (1834-1917), the French impressionist painter. Laura Belleli was the artist's aunt and the family lived in Florence which Degas visited in 1858. The painting is perhaps...

A c. 1857 oil on canvas self-portrait by Edgar Degas (1834-1917), the French impressionist painter. This was part of a series of very similar self-portraits, all of which present Degas as rather introverted and melancholic. (Private Collection...

Coronation of Malik-Shah I (1055-1092 CE), sultan of the Seljuk Empire. This miniature is from the Jami' al-Tawarikh (Compendium of Chronicles), a world history book by Rashid al-Din, completed in Tabriz circa 1307 CE. Edinburgh University...

Hexagonal tile ensemble with sphinx (c. 1160-1170 CE), taken from a fallen citadel-palace in Konya, the capital of the Seljuk Sultanate of Rum. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)