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A miniature portrait by Nicholas Hilliard of Elizabeth I of England (r. 1558-1603 CE) playing the lute.

Saint Anthony on the right panel of the Isenheim altarpiece by Matthias Grünewald and Nikolaus of Haguenau. Colmar.

A painting of a 16th-century CE kitchen by Joachim Beuckelaer, c. 1560-1565 CE. (Mauritshuis, The Hague, Netherlands)

A still-life painting by Clara Peeters showing typical dishes of 16-17th century CE northern Europe. In the centre is a pie with a container behind it for salt and a typical low, round bread loaf in the foreground. The olives and orange would...

A still-life of a 16th century CE kitchen by Jacopo Chimenti. (Private Collection)

An Elizabethan trencher (wooden plate) with lid. c. 1600 CE. (British Museum, London)

Qing Dynasty handscroll depicting Chinese philosophers by an unidentified artist, formerly attributed to Gong Kai.

The Isenheim Altarpiece is an altarpiece sculpted and painted by, respectively, the Germans Nikolaus of Haguenau and Matthias Grünewald in 1512–1516 CE. It is on display at the Unterlinden Museum at Colmar, Alsace, in France. It is Grünewald's...

The Fountain of Pollio at Ephesus was built in 97 CE by C. S. Pollio, in memory of Sextillius Pollio, the builder of the famous aqueduct which carried water to all the fountains in the city. In the years following the initial construction...

The Hercules Gate at Ephesus gets its name from the reliefs of Hercules that adorn its columns. Hercules is considered the greatest of Greek heroes, and the epitome of masculinity. In the reliefs, Hercules is depicted wearing the skin of...