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The Capitoline Venus is a type of statue of Venus, specifically one of several Venus Pudica (modest Venus) types (others include the Venus de' Medici type), of which several examples exist. The type ultimately derives from the Aphrodite of Cnidus...

In Greek mythology, Medusa was a gorgon, a chthonic female monster, and a daughter of Phorcys and Ceto; gazing directly upon her would turn onlookers to stone. She was beheaded by the hero Perseus, who thereafter used her head as a weapon until he...

Michelangelo's David is a masterpiece of Renaissance sculpture created from 1501 to 1504. The statue portrays the Biblical hero David at a moment of contemplation. The most widely accepted interpretation is that the statue represents David...

Napoleon Bonaparte (1769 - 1821), was a military and political leader of France and Emperor of the French as Napoleon I, whose actions shaped European politics in the early 19th century. 20Lx10Wx29H (inches) : Please Note this is a Special Order...

Napoleon Bonaparte (1769 - 1821), was a military and political leader of France and Emperor of the French as Napoleon I, whose actions shaped European politics in the early 19th century. 4X3.5X10.5 (inches) : Please Note this is a Special Order...

Venus was a major Roman goddess principally associated with love, beauty and fertility, who played a key role in many Roman religious festivals and myths. From the third century BC, the increasing Hellenization of Roman upper classes identified her...

The Farnese Hercules is an ancient sculpture, probably an enlarged copy made in the early third century AD by Glykon of an original of Lysippos or one of his circle, of the fourth century BC., made for the Baths of Caracalla in Rome (dedicated in...

The Dying Lioness is one of the masterpieces of Assyrian art excavated from the ruins of the great ancient city of Nineveh. The original frieze currently resides in the British Museum. 34.X2X19 (inches) : Please Note this is a Special Order Item...

Napoleon Bonaparte (1769 - 1821), was a military and political leader of France and Emperor of the French as Napoleon I, whose actions shaped European politics in the early 19th century. 7X8X14 (inches) : Please Note this is a Special Order Item...

The David was one of Mercies most popular works. The Biblical hero is depicted naked with the head of Goliath at his feet like Donatello's David, but with a turbanned head and sheathing his long sword. Numerous reproductions exist, most of which...