GUERCINO Sketch for Aurora 1621 Red chalk on paper, 271 x 248 mm Courtauld Gallery, London
FRANCESCHINI, Marcantonio Aurora Abducting Cephalus 1706-08 Oil on canvas Liechtenstein Museum, Vienna
ELSHEIMER, Adam Aurora 1606-07 Oil on copper, 17 x 22,5 cm Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum, Braunschweig
DORIGNY, Louis Corridor ceiling (detail) 1695-98 Fresco Palazzo Zenobio, Venice
CARLONE, Giovanni Andrea Aurora (The Dawn) c. 1678 Oil on canvas, 97.5 x 129 cm Narodna galerija Slovenije, Ljubljana
Aurora Taking Leave of Tithonus 1704 Francesco Solimena (Italian, 1657 - 1747) On view at Getty Center, Museum East Pavilion, Gallery E103
Danaë and the Shower of Gold 1621–1623 Orazio Gentileschi (Italian, 1563 - 1639) On view at Getty Center, Museum East Pavilion, Gallery E201
Gnathia Red-Figure Bell Krater Fragment about 325 B.C. Attributed to the Painter of Lecce 1075 (Greek (South Italian, Apulian), active 325 - 300 B.C.)
Hypatia 1867 Julia Margaret Cameron (British, born India, 1815 - 1879) Not currently on view the getty
Cutting from an Antiphonal about 1465 Bartolomeo Rigossi da Gallarate (Italian, active about 1460 - 1480)
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Mary Magdalene Borne Aloft about 1469 Taddeo Crivelli (Italian, died about 1479, active about 1451 - 1479) Not currently on view
According to The Golden Legend , a popular medieval compilation of saints' lives, the former sinner repented of her ways and retired to the wilderness outside of Marseilles in France after Jesus' Crucifixion. While living as a hermit there, "every day at the seven canonical hours she was carried aloft by angels and with her bodily ears heard the glorious chants of the celestial hosts."
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Mary Magdalene about 1430–1440 Master of Sir John Fastolf (French, active before about 1420 - about 1450) Not currently on view the getty
The Sacrifice of Isaac about 1480–1490 Unknown artist/maker Not currently on view the getty
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Stele of Ur-Nammu of Ur (2112-2095BC)
The solar blaze is the sun-god, Shamash, placed within the crescent of the moon-god, Nanna.
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Lionness Headed Usekh, So Called "Aegis"
Egyptian, 1290-664 BCE (Late New Kingdom-Third Intermediate Period)
Silver was not easily obtainable in Egypt and was probably more costly for ancient Egyptians to acquire than gold.
Source: art.thewalters.org
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'The Kingscote Cube', 2nd Century CE Roman Engraved Seal Stamp, Corinium Museum, Cirencester
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Unknown, A Dervish about 1565 Iran Paper; Album leaf; painting and calligraphy on paper