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Antonio Canova. Wrestlers, terracotta. 1775.

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Epidendrum umbelliferum. Sydenham Edwards. Botanical Register. 1815. London.

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The murals in the #byzantine #church of #VirginMary, #Kalambaka, #Meteora, #Greece https://www.instagram.com/p/B3M3HsJI0vU/?igshid=6o6r0hm14vrp

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Jan Milič of Kromeriž - A Brothel Converted to a Convent. Alfons Mucha. 1916.

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Omphale. Sculptor: Joseph Anton Weinmüller. Omphale was the queen of the kingdom of Lydia in Asia Minor. She was the daughter of Iardanus and the wife of Tmolus, the king of Lydia.  After Tmolus was killed by a bull, she continued to reign on her own. She purchased the hero Heracles after he was sent into servitude for one year by the Delphic Oracle for murdering Iphitos.

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Russian colour taken in the battle of Narva on Nov. 20, 1700. The motif represents the Archangel Michael flanked by two medallions with Jesus and Mary on each side.

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Church of the Agios Neofytos Monastery, Cyprus. Rüdiger Stehn. 1982.

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Mosaics in Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome (completed 1296)

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Virgin and Child with a Rosary. Bartolomé Esteban Murillo. circa 1650-1655.

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Fresco in Church of St. George, Kurbinovo, Prespa, Macedonia.

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Why seek ye the living among the dead? St Luke 24 v5, by John Roddam Spencer Stanhope, 1870-1890s. Oil on canvas.

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Perseus saving Andromeda from the sea-monster by displaying the head of Medusa. Harold Nelson. 1904.

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Perseus Freeing Andromeda. Joseph Chinard. 1791.

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Roland in the battle of Roncesvalles. From Die Gartenlaube (1885).

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“All that was left of them“ 17th Lancers at the Battle of Modderfontein. Richard Caton Woodville Jr. 1902.

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Saint George Killing the Dragon, Bernat Martorell, 1434/35