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Roman fresco depicting a nereid reclining on a sea-panther. From Villa Arianna at Stabiae. Naples National Archaeological Museum. 1st century CE.

This statuette depicts a nude female holding a large two-handed jar on her head; the jar appears to replace her head from the upper neck. 3600-3100 BCE. From the Dead Sea area. (The Jordan Museum, Amman, Jordan...

A fragment of a Roman wall painting depicting sea fauna. From Rome, 125-150 CE. (Palazzo Massimo, Rome)

A fragment of a gilded silver wine jug from southern Spain (10.5 cm in height; ca. 1st cent. BCE; APM inv. no. 15.375). The image is “rolled” out to compensate for the curvature of the vase neck. The scene illustrates a...

A miniature of Henry I of England (r. 1100 - 1135 CE) caught in a storm at sea. Made c. 1138 - 1140 CE. MS 157, fol 383r. at Corpus Christi College, Oxford.

A c. 1869 pastel work, Houses Beside the Sea, by Edgar Degas (1834-1917), the French impressionist painter. Less-known for his landscapes, Degas often uses them almost as an exercise in presenting a harmony of tonal...

The Sea of Silvery Sand (Ginsha-nada) which replicates the outline of the West Lake in China and the small lunar viewing platform (Kogetsudai) made of sand. The Zen temple complex Ginkaku-ji, Kyoto, Japan. Late 15th...

The c. 1490 CE engraving 'Battle of the Sea Gods' by the Italian Renaissance artist Andrea Mantegna (c. 1431-1506 CE). (Devonshire Collection, Chatsworth House, England)

This bronze helmet has a crest with detachable horns shaped like horse-headed sea-monsters. The origin is unclear, it is perhaps a Messapian helmet from southern Italy. Circa 325-275 BCE. Castellani Collection, Bronze 2824...

A 1902 oil on canvas, A Walk by the Sea (aka Bathers), by Paul Gauguin (1848-1903), the French post-impressionist painter. Painted in the Marquesas near the artist's hut. A work that shows Gauguin's slightly different...