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Auguste-Clément Chrétien 

The Education of Achilles by the Centaur Chiron, 1861 

Oil on canvas

Bout Whites . Oil on canvas . Frank Fruzyna

~ Gold finger ring engraved with an image of Hermes. Period: Late Classical Date: late 4th century B.C. Culture: Greek, South Italian, Tarentine Medium: Gold

Raymond Delamarre, (1890-1986), 'Mowgli - The Jungle Book'

Died:   1986

Pascal Dagnan-Bouveret [1852-1929], 'Portrait de Bernard Wolff' (1901), Pierre noire et pastel sur papier, 23.4 x 17.2 cmm.

Dédicacé, signé, et daté en haut à droite: " à Bernard Wolf bien affectueusement Pas Dagnan-B – 1901 "

The God Apollo - detail, from the Black Room at Pompeii

Mikhail Nesterov, 'Portrait of artists P. D. and A. D. Korinykh' (1930), Canvas, oil. 126 x 126 cm., State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow.

 Agnolo Bronzino (1503 - 1572) - “Portrait of a Young Man”, 1530.

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Charles Bargue, Turkish Sentinel, 1877 Boston Museum of Fine Arts

Roy Lichtenstein, 'Eclipse of the sun' (1975) – © Estate of Roy Lichtenstein/DACS 2015

Marco Pino

Prometheus Brings Fire by Heinrich Friedrich Füger. Prometheus brings fire to mankind as told by Hesiod,

Resurrection of Christ

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Rosso Fiorentino (Giovanni Battista di Jacopo) [Italian (Florentine), 1494–1540], 'The Dead Christ with Angels' (c. 1524–27), Boston Museum of Fine Arts.

Jean-Victor Schnetz, 'Soldat espagnol blessé, étude pour La Bataille de Cérisoles' / 'Spanish soldier wounded, study for The Battle of Cerisoles'

Scenes from the Life of Christ: 10. Entry into Jerusalem, Giotto, between 1304 and 1306

Marble tombstone. Delos, 375 BC. British Museum, London

Michel Martin Drolling [French 1786-1851], Study for the 'Head of Christ'

Giulio Cesare Procaccini [Bologna 1574-1625 Milan], 'Christ carrying the Cross' - Private collection.

-The Poet and the Saint-

Guido Reni, 'San Francesco consolato da un angelo musicante' (c. 1606-07), Pinacoteca Nazionale di Bologna.

-Saint Francis deadened with an angel musician-

Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, KG, GCB, GCH, PC, FRS [1 May 1769 – 14 September 1852], Portrait of His Grace the Duke of Wellington by Sir Thomas Lawrence PRA FRS [13 April 1769 – 7 January 1830]

After Waterloo, the Duke of Wellington attended a ball in Vienna. Upon his arrival, some French officers turned their backs on the conqueror of their emperor.

When a woman apologized to the Duke for their rudeness, he replied:

‘’Tis of no matter, Your Highness; I have seen their backs before.’