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Venus and Cupid, Lorenzo Lotto  Italian, Oil on canvas
Lorenzo Lotto
1520s
Glass garland bowl, Glass, Roman
Roman
late 1st century BCE
Bronze plaque of Mithras slaying the bull, Bronze, Roman
Roman
mid-2nd–early 3rd century CE
Marble head of an athlete, Marble, Roman
Roman
ca. 138–192 CE
Bronze portrait of a man, Bronze, Roman
Roman
1st half of 1st century CE
Glass oinochoe (jug), Glass, Roman
Roman
late 1st century BCE–early 1st century CE
Reciting Poetry in a Garden, Stonepaste; polychrome glaze within black wax resist outlines (cuerda seca technique)
first quarter 17th century
Pastoral Landscape: The Roman Campagna, Claude Lorrain (Claude Gellée)  French, Oil on canvas
Claude Lorrain (Claude Gellée)
ca. 1639
Wing Brooch, Silver, gold, and four carnelians, Roman
Roman
100–200
Marble statue of a wounded Amazon, Marble, Roman
Roman
1st–2nd century CE
Porphyry vessel with bearded masks, Porphyry, Roman
Roman
ca. late 1st century BCE‒early 2nd century CE
Bronze forceps or tweezers, Bronze, Roman
Roman
ca. 1st century CE
Portrait of a Young Man, Bronzino (Agnolo di Cosimo di Mariano)  Italian, Oil on wood
Bronzino (Agnolo di Cosimo di Mariano)
1530s
Bronze phallic amulet, Bronze, Roman
Roman
1st century CE
Bronze portrait bust of a man, Bronze, Roman
Roman
ca. 50 BCE–54 CE
Ivory statuette of a reclining woman, Ivory, Roman
Roman
3rd–4th century CE
Banded agate ring stone, Agate, banded, Roman
Roman
ca. 1st century BCE–3rd century CE
Glass hexagonal amphoriskos, Glass, Roman
Roman
1st half of 1st century CE