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A large hefty Rhinoceros at side view stands on the ground facing right with head lowered looking straight ahead.

Rhinoceros, 1471 - 1528

Albrecht Dürer

Katar (Punch-Dagger)

Katar (Punch-Dagger)

Indian

Emperor Trajan

Emperor Trajan

Roman

Standing woman surrounded by kneeling and reclining men, battle regalia, and weaponry

Victory Surrounded by Corpses, Prisoners, and Trophies, 1519/20 - 1570

Frans Floris

A young man wielding a sword stands over a snake-haired creature who lies on the ground

Perseus Slaying Medusa, 1652 - 1725

Giovanni Battista Foggini

A rectangular carved scene of men hammering on a shield while a woman and child look on.

Vulcan Forging the Arms of Aeneas

Unidentified Artist

Medieval courtiers on horseback with attendants on foot

Lorenzo de' Medici and Attendants after "The Procession of the Magi," by Benozzo Gozzoli, 1834 - 1917

Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas

Two Striding, Armor-Clad, Bearded Warriors Wearing Helmets with Protective Neck and Ear Flaps, One with Mouth Open, One with Mouth Closed, Their Hands Positioned to Hold Weapons

Two Striding, Armor-Clad, Bearded Warriors Wearing Helmets with Protective Neck and Ear Flaps, One with Mouth Open, One with Mouth Closed, Their Hands Positioned to Hold Weapons

Chinese

The Crucifixion

The Crucifixion, c. 1285 - 1348/49

Ambrogio Lorenzetti

A man uses a complicated instrument in front of several onlookers while warriors run above.

Hydria (water jar): Herakles as Musician

Greek

Many figures fight, run, and ride horses in a hectic scene.

Hydria (water jar): Perseus pursued by Gorgons, active mid 6th century BCE

The Painter of London B76

A king and others looking on at a group of shackled figures sitting on the ground by a tree

By the Waters of Babylon, 1757 - 1827

William Blake

An oil sketch of a group of robed and nude figures, seated on clouds rising in a landscape

The Apotheosis of Aeneas, 1696 - 1770

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

Armor (for the Role of Katō Kiyomasa) on a Chest Belonging to Actor Ichikawa Danjūrō 5th, from the series Scenes Backstage (Gakuga niban tsuzuku)

Armor (for the Role of Katō Kiyomasa) on a Chest Belonging to Actor Ichikawa Danjūrō 5th, from the series Scenes Backstage (Gakuga niban tsuzuku), 1780-1850

Totoya Hokkei 魚屋北渓

Both sides of an irregularly shaped silver-gray coin with relief decoration on each side.

Decadrachm of Syracuse

Greek

Both sides of an irregularly shaped silver-gray coin with relief decoration on each side.　

Decadrachm of Syracuse

Greek

Spearhead or Spear-butt

Spearhead or Spear-butt

Hittite

Denarius of M. Nonius Sufenas, Rome

Denarius of M. Nonius Sufenas, Rome

Moneyer: M. Nonius Sufenas

Both sides of an irregularly shaped silver-gray coin with relief decoration on each side.　

Antoninianus of Gordian III, r. 238 - 244 CE

Gordian III

A playing card with a hand printed motif of king holding a baton

Playing Card: King of Batons

Unidentified Artist

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