Dido, Queen of Carthage

Montefortino Helmet from Italy dated between the 3rd - 2nd Centuries BCE on display at the National Archaeological Museum in Madrid, Spain

Etruscan-Italian helmets like this were thought to be introduced to Spain through traders or mercenaries. The helmet dates to the Punic wars where mercenaries fighting for the Carthaginian Empire and Roman Republic were moving through Spain. Such helmets were especially popular amongst Celtic warriors and the style was adopted by the Roman legions.

Silver coin of Euthydemus II. Reverse with standing Heracles holding club. Greek legend reads: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΕΥΘΥΔΗΜΟΥ, "Of King Euthydemus", c. 185–180 BCE. Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.

Euthydemus II (Greek: Εὐθύδημος, Euthýdēmos) was a Greco-Bactrian ruler who governed Bactria from approximately 185 to 180 BCE.

Euthydemus II was the son of Demetrius I of Bactria. He came to power during the 180s BCE, either following his father's death or possibly while serving as his co-ruler or sub-king. The design of his coins, along with their uncommon nickel alloys, places him in roughly the same period as Agathocles of Bactria, although the exact relationship between the two rulers is unclear. His coins portray him as a child, suggesting that he probably died at a very young age.

Roman glass bottle in the form of Tyche with a little Eros on the side

2nd - 3rd century CE

Woman and Water Buffalo Rhyton. Iran or Afghanistan, 500-700 CE.

Greek terracotta relief plaque with Scylla

ca. 450 BCE

Alabastron pottery decorated in the Six technique on white ground: youths and horses under a tree. Graffito inscriptions in field. Excavated in Eretria, attributed to the Psiax painter, 520BCE-500BCE

Lekythos with Depiction of Eos and Tithonus, Achilles Painter, 450-430 BCE.

Ancient Roman mosaic from a villa bedroom.

Villa Romana del Casale

Orestes by John Singer Sargent 

American, 1922-1925

oil on canvas

Sketches for Apollo and the Muses by John Singer Sargent 

American, 1917-1921

charcoal and graphite pencil on paper

Sketches for Apollo and the Muses by John Singer Sargent

American, 1917-1921

charcoal on paper

Apollo and the Muses (and detail) by John Singer Sargent 

American, 1921

oil on canvas

Daphne by John Singer Sargent 

American, 1910

watercolor over graphite on paper