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Ilmatar

Robert Wilhelm Ekman

1860

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16th-century church of Zapyškis, Lithuania

German vintage postcard, mailed in 1919

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Fragment of a limestone throne (?) with the head of a horned lion. ca. 1st–3rd century CE. Credit line: The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76 https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/242189

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Head of Amarna Princess, probably Meritaten

New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, ca. 1353-1336 BC. From studio of sculptor Thutmose at Tell el-Amarna. Now in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo. JE 44870

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Francis Picabia, Fille née sans mère [Girl Born without a Mother], ca. 1916-17

Francis Picabia, Parade amoureuse (Amorous Parade), 1917

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Door Boss. 15th–16th century. Credit line: The Cloisters Collection, 1955 https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/468501

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A watch made by Lambertus Vrythoff with miniature paintings after the artist Simon Vouet. The paintings depict a battle scene and a portrait of Louis Hesselin, the recipient of the watch.

Credit…Jeenah Moon for The New York Times

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An artist’s concept of the extinct Dusicyon avus, or D. avus, a medium-size fox that weighed as much as a small sheepdog and resembled a jackal. D. avus inhabited grasslands across a large swath of Patagonia from the late ice age until around 500 years ago. It was closely related to the Falkland Islands wolf, which was hunted to extinction in 1876.

Credit…Jorge Blanco

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John P. Dessereau

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Helen of Troy, a handmaiden and Paris, along with a dog, were painted on one of the walls of the dining room in Pompeii

Credit…Parco Archeologico di Pompei

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Leda and Zeus, depicted as a swan.

Credit…Parco Archeologico di Pompei

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Cassandra

Credit…Parco Archeologico di Pompei

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The hedgehog. Farm vermin, helpful and hurtful. 1894.

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A total solar eclipse over Egypt, illustrated in a 1911 edition of Astronomy for All by Bruno Hans Bürgel (1875-1948).

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The door to the dining area of the Alcobaça Monastery in Portugal was made narrow so that monks who got too fat were forced to go into fasting. XII century

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Pyramid of the Magician at Uxmal, Yucatan, Mexico

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1908 (June issue) Les Modes - Mlle Barelli Robe du soir par Doucet - photo by Henri Manuel. From gallica.bnf.fr; fixed flaws & spots w Pshop 864X1883.