Images Dated 20th February 2008

Neo-Sumerian. Statue of Gudea. Girsu, Iraq. 2120 BC. Cuneifo

Mesopotamia. Neo-Sumerian. Ruler Gudea of state of Lagash. Diorita statue. From Girsu (modern Telloh). Iraq. 2120 BC. Cuneiform inscription. Detail. Museum of Louvre. Paris. France

© Thaliastock / Mary Evans

2120, 2144 2124, 3rd, Age, Ancient, Antique, Antiquity, Architect, Art, Bc, Calligraphy, Carved, Cuneiform, Diorite, East, Eningu, Ensi, France, Girsu, Governor, Gudea, History, Inscription, Iraq, Lagash, Letter, Louvre, Mesopotamia, Mesopotamian, Millenium, Museum, Near, Neo Sumerian, Ningirsu, Old, Paris, Plan, Prince, Ruler, Script, Scripture, Sculpture, Sitting, State, Sumer, Sumerian, Tablet, Telloh, Temple, The, Town King

Baldassare Castiglione (1478-1529). Count of Casatico. Renai

Baldassare Castiglione (1478-1529). Count of Casatico, was an Italian courtier, diplomat, soldier and prominent Renaissance author. Portrait by Raphael (1483-1520). Louvre. Paris. France

© Thaliastock / Mary Evans

15th, Age, Art, Author, Baldassare, Castiglione, Century, Courtier, Da, Diplomat, Europe, France, High, Historical, History, Italian, Italy, Literature, Louvre, Modern, Museum, Oil, Painter, Painting, Paris, Portrait, Raffaello, Raphael, Renaissance, Sanzio, Soldier, Urbino, Writer

Sandro Botticelli (1445-1510). Madonna and Child with St. Jo

Sandro Botticelli (1445-1510). Italian painter of the Early Renaissance. Florentine School. Madonna and Child with St. John the Baptist. 1468. Tempera on panel. Louvre Museum. Paris. France

© Thaliastock / Mary Evans

15th, Art, Baby, Baptist, Botticelli, Century, Child, Early, Europe, Florentine, France, Historical, History, Italian, Italy, Jesus, John, Louvre, Madonna, Mary, Museum, Oil, Painter, Painting, Panel, Paris, Religious, Renaissance, Saint, Sandro, School, St, Tempera, Virgin