Images

Photorealistic reconstruction of Roman statesman Mark Antony (l. 83-30 BCE). This reconstruction is based on archaeological evidence including busts, coin portraits and statuary This reconstruction was made using Artbreeder, an AI neural...

Atalanta wrestling Peleus. A detail from a c. 530 BCE black-figure Chalcidian hydria from Vulci. The two wrestlers have a boar skin in the background, undoubtedly the prize for the victor and a clear link between this event and the Calydonian...

Bear Baiting, painting by Abraham Hondius (1631-1691). Private collection.

Five of Lord Rockingham's hounds in a landscape, oil on canvas painting by George Stubbs, 1762. Calouste Gulbenkian Museum, Lisbon, Portugal.

A Stirling Head ceiling decoration from the Palace inner hall at Stirling Castle, Scotland showing Mary of Guise (1515-1560). The original heads were created c. 1540 and are on display in the castle.

An 1805 oil-on-canvas painting by the English artist Philip Reinagle (1749-1833) known as Portrait of an Extraordinary Musical Dog. The purpose of the portrait is debated since it could be the artist's sense of humour on show , a mere desire...

"Prisoners from the Front" by American painter Winslow Homer (1836–1910 CE) depicts the aftermath of a battle during the American Civil War. It portrays Union officer Brigadier General Francis Channing Barlow (1834–1896 CE) capturing several...

Self-Portrait by English artist George Stubbs (l. 1724-1806 CE). Stubbs was a self-trained, independent artist who is best known for his depictions of horses. His shift to a focus on dogs in his work elevated their status by depicting them...

An oil painting of Mary of Guise (l. 1515-1560 CE), Queen of Scotland (r. 1538-1542) as the second wife of James V of Scotland (r. 1513-1542 CE). Attributed to Corneille de Lyon (1500/1510–1575). (Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh...

The Painter and His Pug, self-portrait by the English artist William Hogarth (l. 1697-1764) featuring the artist and his Pug, Trump, 1745. The work exemplifies the art of the time which increasingly included, or focused exclusively on, dogs...