The Antonine Dynasty reflects the connections between wealthy provincial and Italian families.
Porphyry support for a water basin Roman 2nd century CE Marble portrait of the
A look at the art created across the world in the years around Year One of the Western calendar reveals an incredible richness and variety of cultures.
Fannius Synistor at Boscoreale Roman ca. 50–40 BCE The Temple of Dendur completed
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its founding, The Metropolitan Museum of Art acquired its first work of art, a Roman
While earlier artists focused on creating an illusion of architectural depth with solid architectural forms, the artists at Boscotrecase presented the idea with whimsical, attenuated, and highly refined elements.
ground: Aedicula with small landscape, from the imperial villa at Boscotrecase Roman
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Accession Number (0-9) Accession Number (9-0) Marble head of a Greek general Roman
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Compote Adams and Company 1870–90 Glass intaglio Roman 1st century BCE–3rd century
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Sasanian ca. 5th century CE Necklace (rope) European 19th–20th century Ring Roman
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Dionysiac Revel Byzantine 300–500 Gold Glass Medallion with a Mother and Child Roman
Few statues from antiquity have survived both in situ and intact, but the evidence suggests an ever-changing and expanding range of contexts for their display.
Greek, Attic ca. 590–580 BCE Marble portrait head of the Emperor Constantine I Roman
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vases—in a panoply of shapes—shares center stage with a gallery of life-like Roman
