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A wide black clay vase with a short narrow neck and handles, features a scene carved in white clay on its side. Several nude figures, a snake, and a tree stand out against the black. A woman with a ...

Under a bower of twining flowered branches, a woman and a man sit naked, side by side in a garden, sharing a kiss. A long, pale orange serpent is coiled along the ground at their feet, its head rising ...

An ink and watercolor drawing of two figures using a plank of wood and the base of an ancient column as a seesaw. One figure sits at the bottom of the seesaw, while the other is raised in the air with ...

This is a figure made out of dark metal with mottled green discoloration on the surface. The upper half of the figure is a human male, with both arms straight up above the figures head. The arms are ...

The shallow rim and symmetrical handles are black and there are geometric floral and swirling designs on the neck and body of the vessel. There is a central figure who is nude and wrestling a lion, ...

A resident of Utrecht, one of the cultural capitals of the Dutch Republic, Wtewael specialized in pictures of biblical and mythological subjects. Whether executed on large canvases or small copper ...

In a lavish room with ornate tapestries, a young woman with fair skin and long light brown hair lies against cushions on the floor, with only a silk sheet wrapped around her legs. A hookah and a fan ...

A floral vase containing large round cluster of small rust-colored flowers, reminiscent of hydrangeas, with a few green leaves poking out on left and right, rests on the edge of a table. The vase is ...

Hatoum, a Palestinian born in Beirut, uses everyday objects and personal artifacts to examine the effects of exile and alienation. For this work she collected strands of her own hair and painstakingly ...

At center is a nude male figure with his back to the viewer. In his right hand, he lifts an over sized key, while a large metal chain is draped over his shoulder. He bends down at the waist, gripping ...