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Image by François-Hubert Drouais

The Duke of Berry and the Count of Provence as Children

The Duke of Berry and the Count of Provence as Children, oil on canvas by François-Hubert Drouais, 1757. The painting depicts the future kings of France, Louis XVI and Louis XVIII, respectively. São Paulo Museum of Art.

Image by Zunkir

Ashurbanipal as High Priest

Stone stela of Ashurbanipal, the king is shown with a ritual basket of earth on his head as the royal builder for the accession of Shamash-shum-ukin and the restoration of Esagil, the sanctuary of Marduk in Babylon. Cuneiform inscription...

Image by Robert Home

Lord Cornwallis Receives Tipu Sultan's Sons as Hostages

Lord Charles Cornwallis receives two of Tipu Sultan's sons as hostages in the aftermath of the Third Anglo-Mysore War (1790-1792), oil on canvas painting by Robert Home, circa 1793. National Army Museum, London.

Image by Théodore Chassériau

Leo Africanus as Shakespeare's Othello

Many scholars, without concrete evidence, believe that Leo Africanus 1485-1554 was the inspiration behind William Shakespeare’s Othello, shown here with Desdemona in an 1849 painting by Théodore Chassériau, currently in the Louvre Museum...

Image by Carole Raddato

Antinous as Asclepius from Eleusis

Statue of the deified Antinous represented as Asclepius, found in the outer court of the sanctuary of Demeter and Kore at Eleusis (Greece) which it apparently adorned, 2nd century CE. (Archaeological Museum of Eleusis)

Image by Ary Scheffer

Talleyrand as an Old Man, 1828

A portrait of Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord in his twilight years, oil on canvas by Ary Scheffer, 1828. Musée Condé, Chantilly.

Image by Leonieke Aalders

Prince Shotoku as a Youth

A statue of Prince Shotoku as a youth, the legendary Japanese ruler and founder of Japanese Buddhism (r. 594-622 CE). Wood, 1200-1350 CE. (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam)

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A. Hogh Anderson as Ivar the Boneless

Image by Metropolitan Museum of Art

Vase Fragment Portraying Berenike II as Isis-Aphrodite

This fragment came from a wine jug (referred to as "oinochoai") that was used for pouring libations during festivals of the Ptolemaic dynastic cult. This particular jug was crafted around 246-221 BCE. Berenike II is portrayed on this fragment...

Image by Starz

Luke Roberts as Woodes Rogers

Luke Roberts as Woodes Rogers in the TV series Black Sails. Rogers (l. 1679-1732) was a former privateer and navigator who served twice as the governor of the Bahamas. He was charged with stamping out piracy in the area and particularly the...