The man looks directly and intensely at us, his face has strong rugged features, a closed mouth, and broad nose, his ears appear slightly uneven on his head. Van Gogh’s ink strokes are similar to his ...

Rome’s first emperor, Augustus (r. 30 BCE–14 CE), wanted his descendants to rule over the Roman Empire, but as his chosen successors died one by one, the power fell to his stepson, Tiberius (r. 14–37 ...

Light shading and faintly sketched lines on cream colored paper depict a woman in profile. She appears to be dancing, arching her back and casting a look above and behind her as she steps forward. Her ...

This subject’s furrowed brow and close-cropped hair, rendered with simple chisel marks, place this portrait in the third century, a time of prolonged political upheaval, when Roman emperors were ...

The monkey steps forward in three-quarter view, bent slightly at the waist, holding a long pole behind his back with left arm, while his right arm is upraised. From his open palm a release of golden ...

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 ...

A somber monochrome watercolor of mayhem and dissent at sea. The depiction of a sinking raft, with one furled and one billowing sail, stretches from one side of the drawing to the other. Great, curved ...

The gilt bronze sculpture is of a person standing upright and facing the viewer. They are standing barefoot on a small pedestal detailed with petals. The person’s right arm is down by their side, palm ...

Following the death of Antoninus Pius in 161 CE, Lucius Verus ruled as co-emperor with his adoptive brother Marcus Aurelius until his own death in 169 CE (see coin 26). As an heir to the emperor, he ...

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 ...

On the side of the coin on the left is the head of a man facing right, wearing a loin skin over his head and tied around his neck. The other side of the coin depicts a man seated on a throne facing ...

This black ink drawing shows a woman, visible from the shoulders up, with black hair wearing a white tunic. She holds up her left hand as two small imp-like creatures with black claws and waist bands ...