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A posthumous portrait of Cleopatra VII. The portrait dates to the 1st century CE and was found at Herculaneum, preserved from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. It is housed at the National Archaeological Museum of Naples.

A self-portrait by the Italian Renaissance painter Tintoretto (1518-1594 CE). c. 1547 CE. (Philadelphia Museum of Art)

Saint George and the Dragon by the Italian Renaissance painter Tintoretto (1518-1594 CE). c. 1570 CE. (National Gallery, London)

The Last Supper by the Italian Renaissance painter Tintoretto (1518-1594 CE), commissioned for Venice’s Scuola di S Rocco. Completed by 1588 CE.

The Paradise by the Italian Renaissance painter Tintoretto (1518-1594 CE), commissioned for the Doge's Palace n Venice. Completed 1588 CE.

A portrait of Federico da Montefeltro, Duke of Urbino (l. 1422-82 CE) by the Italian Renaissance artist Piero della Francesca (d. 1492 CE). c. 1470 CE. (Uffizi, Florence)

The original wooden models submitted by Filippo Brunelleschi (1377-1446 CE) for the dome of Florence's cathedral, completed in 1436 CE. (Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Florence)

Saint Augustine in His Cell by Sandro Botticelli, 1490-1494 CE. Uffizi Gallery, Florence.

Pottery pillar figurine found at Lachish

Found in the northeast part of the Sinai Peninsula, the 8th-century BCE Kuntillet Ajrud inscriptions are written in Hebrew and translate as ‘Yahweh and his Asherah’.