This painting, attributed to an anonymous artist from the workshop of Filippino Lippi (c. 1457-1504), depicts two Muses—patron goddesses of arts, sciences and creativity—from...
Emperor Constantine V was the son of Emperor Leo III of Constantinople (r. 717-741), a ruler who brought much-needed stability to the Byzantine Empire...
In 1892, a short man named Engelbert Dollfuss (later belittlingly nicknamed Millimetternich) was born in the town of Texing, Austria. His young adulthood was...
This painting, attributed to an anonymous artist from the workshop of Filippino Lippi (c. 1457-1504), depicts two Muses—patron goddesses of arts, sciences and creativity—from...
This illustration, labeled “Runokuvitus, Der Zauberlehrling” in the Finnish National Gallery, was created by the German artist Johann Baptist Sonderland (c. 1805-1878). Sonderland’s artwork...
This pencil and watercolor illustration, by the Finnish artist Albert Edelfelt (c. 1854-1905), was a preparatory work for a later painting he produced featuring...
King Harald II "Hardrada" Sigurdsson (c. 1015-1066)
"We never kneel in battle
Before the storm of weapons
And crouch behind our shields;
So the noble lady told me.
She...
This painting, by the French artist Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (1780 - 1867), re-creates the story of the arrest and martyrdom of Saint Symphorien (also spelled...
