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The Immortal Alexander the Great @ Hermitage Amsterdam

Head of Alexander (fragment of a figure). Asia Minor, Bithynia (?), Roman copy, 1st century BC, after Greek original. 175-150 BC. Fine-grained marble, h 6 cm ©State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg No other king from antiquity has such a powerful appeal...

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Tags: Alexander the Great, Sebastiano Ricci, Hermitage Amsterdam, Charles Le Brun, Nizami Ghanjavi, Pietro Antonio Rotari

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23 juillet 2010

'Wicked Portraits' by Mark Summers

Alexander the Great Hannival Julius Caesar Bismarck Atilla the Hun Henry VIII Leopold II Drake Genkis Khan Vlad Catherine the Great Robespierre George III Torquemada Napoleon Mary Tudor Rasputin Pizzarro Edward VII Cixi (source www.behance.net)

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Tags: Napoléon 1er, Alexander the Great, Catherine the Great, George III, Atilla the Hun, Bismarck, Genkis Khan, Hannival, Julius Caesar

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1 novembre 2009

Travel Back in Time with Heroes: Mortals and Myths in Ancient Greece, an Exhibition This Fall at The Walters Art Museum

Herakles as a Youth. Marble. Roman copy after a Hellenistic original; height 64 cm. Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Antikensammlung, Sk 188; Bildarchiv Preussischer Kulterbesitz / Art Resources, NY (Johannes Laurentius) Baltimore—From ancient times to present...

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Tags: Herakles, Attic, red-figure, black-figure, Helmet, Alexander the Great, Walters Art Museum, Odysseus, Polyphemos, mastos

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20 janvier 2009

Circle of Giovanni Paolo Panini, Architectural capriccio with Alexander at the Tomb of Achilles

Circle of Giovanni Paolo Panini, Architectural capriccio with Alexander at the Tomb of Achilles oil on canvas. 61 by 63 3/8 in.; 155 by 161 cm. Estimate 70,000—90,000 USD NOTE: Though a fine painter of real views of Rome, it was Panini's fanciful capricci...

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Tags: Alexander the Great, Achille, Architectural capriccio, Giovanni Paolo Panini

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19 janvier 2009

An Italian Glazed Terracotta Bust of Alexander the Great, Attributed to Girolamo della Robbia (1488-1566), Between 1526 and 1535

An Italian Glazed Terracotta Bust of Alexander the Great, Attributed to Girolamo della Robbia (1488-1566), Between 1526 and 1535 his head turned slightly to the right, with large curls falling about his forehead and ears, the irises painted blue with...

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Tags: Italian, Alexander the Great, Girolamo della Robbia, Glazed Terracotta

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1 décembre 2008

"The State Museums of Berlin and the Legacy of James Simon" @ The Legion of Honor, San Francisco

Luca Giordano, Italian, (1634–1705) St. Michael, ca. 1663. Oil on canvas. 198 (H) x 147 (W) cm. Gemäldegallerie Berlin. SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- An outstanding collection of the treasures of the State Museums of Berlin that honors the contributions of patron...

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Tags: Nefertiti, Avalokiteshvara, Andrea Mantegna, Thomas Gainsborough, Babylone, Alexander the Great, James Simon, Luca Giordano

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21 novembre 2008

"Gandharan art in Germany" @ The Art and Exhibition Hall

Restored stucco head of a woman, stucco, Museum Lahore, Pakistan BONN.- To the Western viewer the Buddhist art of Gandhara seems strangely familiar; its rootedness in Western traditions is strikingly obvious. Gandhara is the name of a region in present-day...

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Tags: Buddha, Alexander the Great, Gandhara, Silk Road

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