
Kouros
c. 530 BCE · Dolomitic marble
J. Paul Getty Museum, Getty Villa, Malibu
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c. 530 BCE · Dolomitic marble
J. Paul Getty Museum, Getty Villa, Malibu

About 1650 to 1655 · Oil on canvas
Gemaeldegalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin

c. 1510-15 · Fluted steel with leather straps and a mail...
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio

c. 1883 · Maple
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1585-1600 · Soft-paste
Musee du Louvre, Paris

1687 · Letterpress printing on laid paper
Bibliotheque nationale et universitaire de...

4th century AD · Dichroic glass containing colloidal gold...
British Museum

c. 350 BCE · Bronze
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio

circa 1810-1820 · Mahogany
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Dated 583 AH / 1187 CE · Stonepaste
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1526 · Letterpress
British Library, London
4th century AD · Silver
British Museum, London
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