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Roman River God Arno
A Roman marble statue depicting the River god Arno (the river which runs through Florence). First half of the 2nd century CE, although the head is a Renaissance replacement. (Vatican Museums, Rome)
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David Hume by Ramsay
A 1754 oil on canvas portrait by Allan Ramsay of the Scottish philosopher David Hume (1711-1776). (National Galleries Scotland)
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau, 1766
A 1766 oil on canvas portrait by Allan Ramsay of the Swiss philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778). (Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh)
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George III by Ramsay
A 1762 portrait of George III of Great Britain (r. 1760-1820) by Allan Ramsay. (Historicalportraits.com)
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David Hume, 1766
A 1766 oil on canvas portrait by Allan Ramsay of the Scottish philosopher David Hume (1711-1776). (Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh)
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George III in Coronation Robes
A c. 1765 portrait by Allan Ramsay of George III of Great Britain (r. 1760-1820) dressed in his coronation robes. (Art Gallery of South Australia)
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Bronze head of Hypnos
Bronze head of Hypnos (god of sleep), 1st - 2nd century CE. Copy of an Hellenistic original, found at Civitella d'Arno (near Perugia, Italy). Now in the British Museum, London. Hypnos was the son of the goddess Nyx (the deity of the Night...
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Adolf Hitler in Paris
A photograph showing Adolf Hitler in Paris after the Fall of France in 1940. On the left is Albert Speer (Hitler's favourite architect and future Armaments Minister) and on the right is Arno Breker (architect and sculptor). Taken on 23 June...
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Bonnie Prince Charlie
A c. 1745 portrait by Allan Ramsay of Charles Edward Stuart (1720-88), also known as 'Bonnie' Prince Charlie or the Young Pretender since he sought and failed to restore the Stuart line to the throne of Britain in the Jacobite rebellion of...
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Grossmunster Interior, Zurich
The interior of Grossmünster (“large cathedral” in German), a Romanesque ex-cathedral situated in the heart of Zürich, Switzerland, which was built over the course of the 11th and 13th centuries CE.