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A mosaic with a blue background. In the center is a human skull balanced on a butterfly and and wheel. Hanging on either side is a set of scales.

This mosaic from Pompeii represents the fragility of life.

A metal sculpture of a man with a beard. In his outstretched right hand he carries a bundle of sticks. his left hand is behind him holding a plow. He wears a short tunic which ties across one shoulder.

Cincinnatus is depicted holding his plow in his left hand. In his right, he carries the fascēs, a bundle of sticks bound together with an axe, which symbolized authority and power. This statue stands in Cincinnati, Ohio.

A rectangular stone relief with letters carved on. It is chipped and damaged.

The epitaph of Publius Cornelius Scipio.

A statue of two men sitting side by side leaning into to each other in conversation. The man on the left is younger and has a long cloak pulled up over his head. The man on the left is older and has a long roll of parchment spread out across his legs. Behind stands a miniature female figure.

This sculpture depicts the Stoic philosopher Seneca (right) tutoring Emperor Nero (left). The figure behind Nero is a statuette of Minerva, the goddess of wisdom. Eduardo Barrón completed this life-size piece in 1904. It is made of plaster and was a preparatory study, although a final version, in bronze or marble, was never produced.

A wall painting of a landscape showing a ship setting sail from a harbor, which has a bridge and a small building. The colors are pale and faded.

This wall painting shows a coastal landscape with a ship sailing away from the harbor. It is from Boscoreale, near Pompeii.

A small metal figure standing on top of a pedestal. He has a beard and a long cloak draped across his left shoulder.

This bronze statuette decorates the top of a lamp stand. Oil lamps would have hung from from the two hooks. The man’s beard, bare chest, loose-hanging cloak, relaxed stance, and age, are all typical of the generic depiction of a philosopher.

An elaborate painting showing three women standing on the edge of a coast. They wear long robes in rich colors and each has a halo around their head. The two women on either side carry swords. The woman in the center holds a young child and above her head two small winged angels hold a crown. The painting is excentuated with gold leaf.

This painted wooden board is almost 7 feet high and is gilded in gold leaf. In the center stands Mary, and on either side of her are Saint Felicity and Saint Perpetua. It is thought to have been painted in around 1520, in Poland.

A scrap of dark parchment on which is written illegible text in black.

This piece of papyrus is a certificate of sacrifice that would have been granted to someone who had been accused of Christianity, but then renounced their faith. It is from ad 250 and was found at the site of Oxyrhynchus, in Egypt.

A photo of a modern monument. A white plinth stands in the center on which is a statue of a man with a laurel wreath on this head who is holding his right hand high. Behind are trees and a blue sky.

This monument to Vergil stands in the Piazza Virgiliana in Mantua, his birthplace.

An old tapestry showing a man with a winged helmet and billlowing cloak descending onto a parapet where a young man is leaning. Around the edge the borders are decorated with an elaborate frame. The colors are faded.

This tapestry, made of silk and wool, is part of a series illustrating the story of Dido and Aeneas. It is about 13 feet high. It was designed by Giovanni Francesco Romanelli and woven by Michael Wauters in the seventeenth century.

An old tapestry showing a man in full armor with a spear. On his right a woman in a flowing blue dress holds her hand to her face.. Around the edge the borders are decorated with an elaborate frame. The colors are faded.

A painting showing four people sitting at a table. The painting is very dark and only a small amount of candlelight illuminates the scene.

Rembrandt van Rijn painted this scene from Ovid’s ‘Metamorphoses’ in 1658. It shows Baucis and Philemon sitting at a table with Jupiter and Mercury.

A painting showing a woodland landscape with a town in the distance. At the front on the left a man reaches inside a horse. Behind a group of mena with sticks stand near a flock of sheep. Two women walk away wearing pink dresses. Above them a man sits in the tree and another figure is visible in the sky behind a cloud.

This sixteenth-century oil painting depicts the legend of the ring of Gyges. It is thought to have been painted by the Italian artist Francesco Rizzi da Santacroce.