Plaque with Oba (King) or Chief
ca. 1540-70 · Brass
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, on view in Gallery 342...
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276 artworks
Longcase clock with calendrical, lunar, and tidal indications, also known as the Graves Tompion
ca. 1677-80 · Case
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
The Parthenon Sculptures in the British Museum
c. 447-432 BC, as part of the Parthenon's building programme · Pentelic marble
The British Museum, London, Room 18
The Antikythera Mechanism
c. 150-100 BC on the National Archaeological Museum's own... · Bronze plates and gearing in a wooden case
National Archaeological Museum, Athens
Breguet No. 160, the Marie-Antoinette
Ordered 1783 · Gold
L. A. Mayer Museum for Islamic Art, Jerusalem
Codex Leicester
c. 1504-1508 · Pen and ink on rag paper
Private collection, United States. Owned by Bill Gates since...
Statue of a Victorious Youth
About 300-100 BC · Bronze
J. Paul Getty Museum, Getty Villa, Los Angeles, object number...
The Rothschild Prayerbook
c. 1505-1510, Ghent or Bruges · Tempera
Kerry Stokes Collection, Perth, lent for public display in...
The Sevso Treasure
Late fourth or early fifth century AD · Silver
Hungarian National Museum, Budapest
The Blacas Ewer
Rajab 629 AH / April-May 1232 CE · Sheet brass
British Museum, London
Home of a Rebel Sharpshooter
Early July 1863 · Albumen silver print from a wet collodion...
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division...
Plate 43 from Los Caprichos: The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters (El sueno de la razon produce monstruos)
Designed and etched 1797-1799 · Etching
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York