Les Petits chemins

English Ceramics from the Starr Collection - Sotheby’s

Starr Collection / Sotheby’s

Oscar Graf Gallery

The Phillips Collection

Title: Black Bull Artist: Mochizuki Gyokusen (Japanese, 1834-1913) Date: second half of 19th century Genre: animal study Medium: Two-panel folding screen, ink, color, and gold on paper Dimensions: 153 cm (60.3 in) high x 170.2 cm (67 in) wide Location: Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN, USA

Cup (gobelet litron). 18th–19th century. Credit line: Gift of Mrs. George Clinton Gênet, in memory of “Citizen” Edmond Charles Gênet, 1909 https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/191147

Sarah Siddons as the Tragic Muse

Flowering Garden (detail) - Vincent van Gogh

Ripple - Genevieve Leavold

Statuette of a man. 3rd–1st century BCE. Credit line: Purchase, 1896 https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/246399

Happy Trilobite Tuesday! For more than a century, the predominantly Eastern European genus Platylichas was recognized almost exclusively from scattered, disassociated parts. However, recent discoveries during the 21st century have uncovered complete Upper Ordovician specimens—like the example pictured here, which measures 2.8 in (7.1 cm) in length.

The Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence; (reverse) Giving Drink to the Thirsty. . Credit line: Gift of The Jack and Belle Linsky Foundation, 1981 https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/436990

TWO GREEK GOLD EARRINGS IN THE FORM OF MAENAD HEADS HELLENISTIC, CIRCA 4TH–3RD CENTURY BC

A GREEK GOLD OLIVE WREATH LATE CLASSICAL TO HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 4TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.

Long honored as a constellation, Pegasus is a subject of very rich iconography, especially through ancient Greek pottery as well as paintings and sculptures of the Renaissance.