hermitages

Assyrian alabaster relief of an Eagle-Headed Winged Figure from the ancient city of Nimrud, dating back to the 9th century BCE. The Pergamon Museum, Berlin, GERMANY.

Close-up: Piraeus Artemis B, early 3rd century BC.

Archaeological Museum of Piraeus, Greece

Jules–Elie Delaunay (1828 - 1891)

Young Woman with a Sword

A FRAGMENTARY ROMAN BRONZE CAVALRY PARADE HELMET MASK, CIRCA LATE 2ND CENTURY A.D.

Probably depicting an Amazon, with outlined lip and finely incised diagonally striated lower lashes and chevron-patterned upper lashes, fragmentary iris rings in the eye sockets, a tongue pattern framing the forehead and temples and centering a small shell, the hair flowing in two rows of thick wavy curls down the side.

16th century Unknown Italian artist - Louis II of Hungary and Bohemia