Laurel Collection (page 6)

Vases (soft-paste porcelain with paint & gilt)
877754 Vases (soft-paste porcelain with paint & gilt) by Boucher, Francois (1703-70) (after); Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, USA; Acquired by Henry Walters; French, out of copyright

A golden crown, illustration from The Works of Hippocrates, 1934 (colour litho)
STC446024 A golden crown, illustration from The Works of Hippocrates, 1934 (colour litho) by Kuhn-Regnier, Joseph (1873-1940); Private Collection; (add.info)

Poetry, The Four Arts, Peduccio, Camera della Fama, 1542 (fresco)
780504 Poetry, The Four Arts, Peduccio, Camera della Fama, 1542 (fresco) by Vasari, Giorgio (1511-74); Museo di Casa Vasari, Arezzo, Tuscany, Italy; Photo eRaffaello Bencini; Italian, out of copyright

Daphne, fleeing from the amorous Apollo, is transformed into a bay laurel tree
779751 Daphne, fleeing from the amorous Apollo, is transformed into a bay laurel tree, 1619 (engraving) by Matheus (Mathieu), Jean (c.1592-1672); Bibliotheque des Arts Decoratifs, Paris

Bust of Napoleon Bonaparte (colour litho)
725679 Bust of Napoleon Bonaparte (colour litho) by Job, pseudonym for Onfray de Breville, Jacques (1858-1931); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bust of Napoleon Bonaparte in profile)

Galba Crowned with Laurel (engraving)
663101 Galba Crowned with Laurel (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Galba Crowned with Laurel)

Daphne into a Laurel or Apollo Incoronasi de Lauro, illustration from Ovid
STC415814 Daphne into a Laurel or Apollo Incoronasi de Lauro, illustration from Ovids Metamorphoses, Florence, 1832 (hand-coloured engraving) by Ademollo

In the hour of glory (colour litho)
2808743 In the hour of glory (colour litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: In the hour of glory)

Medal dedicated to Thomas Dancer, silver prize for cinnamon cultivation, 1790 (silver)
2959955 Medal dedicated to Thomas Dancer, silver prize for cinnamon cultivation, 1790 (silver) by British School, (18th Century); Timothy Millett Collection; (add.info.: Royal Society of Arts)

A Poet
3119772 A Poet by Palma, Jacopo (Il Vecchio) (c.1480-1528); 83.8 x 63.5 cm cm; (add.info.: Portrait of a Poet, oil on canvas, by Palma il Vecchio (c. 1480 - July 1528)

Photograph of Laurel PH, Tunbridge Wells, Kent. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Left Face on view of the pub

A curious gate called St. John Gate, the oldest house
A curious gate in variegated brickwork called St. John Gate, the oldest house in Stepney. Copperplate engraving by John Thomas Smith after original drawings by members of the Society of Antiquaries

Portrait of Count Georges Buffon inside laurel garland. Copperplate from William Smellies translation of Count Georges Buffons History of the Earth and Animated Nature, Thomas Kelly, London, 1829

Lion, Tigress and Cubs
Lion, Pantera leo, Tigress, Panthera tigris, and hybrid cubs in the Gardens of the Zoological Society. Handcoloured copperplate engraved by I. W. Cook after W

Lares house gods from a shrine found in Herculaneum
Lares house gods depicted in a Lararium shrine found in Herculaneum. Crowned genii pour libations and bring a boar to sacrfice

Roman noblemen in laurel wreaths and toga at a sacrificial rite. The lack of beards dates the scene to Hadrians or Neros reign. Pompa Sacra. From a bas-relief in the Pio Clementino Museum

Emperor Titus in a quadriga after his victory over Jerusalem
Emperor Titus in a quadriga or four-horse chariot crowned by the personification of Victory on the Arch for TItus. The goddess Roma leads the horses, while Roman citizens and senators watch

Etruscan mural from the necropolis at Tarquinia
Wall painting from the necropolis at Tarquinia. Etruscans tormented by spirits with torches and hammer in the next world 1, and bas-relief of mythical monsters, griffons 2, 3

Roman lictors in toga and laurel wreath
Roman lictors, bodyguards to magistrates, in toga and laurel wreath, with their ceremonial fasces or bipennis. Littori. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Corsi from Giulio Ferrarios Costumes

The Emperor Caracalla (colour litho)
STC255243 The Emperor Caracalla (colour litho) by French School; Private Collection; (add.info.: late Renaissance prints of Caesars, Holy Roman Emperors)

The Emperor Galba (colour litho)
STC255239 The Emperor Galba (colour litho) by French School; Private Collection; (add.info.: late Renaissance prints of Caesars, Holy Roman Emperors)

The Emperor Hadrian (colour litho)
STC255230 The Emperor Hadrian (colour litho) by French School; Private Collection; (add.info.: late Renaissance prints of Caesars, Holy Roman Emperors)

Wreath, Greek, late 4th century BC (gold)
REV116591 Wreath, Greek, late 4th century BC (gold) by Greek School, (4th century BC); diameter: 18.5 cm; Thessalonika Museum, Greece; Greek, out of copyright

School girls after the prize-giving ceremony, fashion plate advertising the
CHT177250 School girls after the prize-giving ceremony, fashion plate advertising the Magasin des Demoiselles, 1869 (coloured engraving) by French School

Scene from antiquity, Aubusson (tapestry)
MMT217578 Scene from antiquity, Aubusson (tapestry) by French School, (17th century); Musee Marmottan Monet, Paris, France; French, out of copyright

Black-figure column krater depicting a chariot, 520-510 BC (ceramic)
CZA228737 Black-figure column krater depicting a chariot, 520-510 BC (ceramic) by Painter of Tarquinia (fl.6th Century BC); height: 34 cm; Czartoryski Museum, Cracow, Poland; Greek, out of copyright

Women in bikinis, from the Room of the Ten Dancing Girls (mosaic)
BAL61255 Women in bikinis, from the Room of the Ten Dancing Girls (mosaic) by Roman, (4th century AD); Villa Romana del Casale, Piazza Armerina, Sicily

Initiation rites of the cult of Dionysus, fresco from the Villa Dei Mysteri
BAL4999 Initiation rites of the cult of Dionysus, fresco from the Villa Dei Mysteri, 1st century BC (fresco) by Roman, (1st century BC); Museo di Capodimonte, Naples, Campania

Poster Advertising the Gewerbe Museen, Zurich (colour litho)
BAL41411 Poster Advertising the Gewerbe Museen, Zurich (colour litho) by Unknown Artist, (19th century); Art Institute Orell Fussli, Zurich, Switzerland; (add.info.: By artist Abegg (?) or Abeqq ()

Allegory of painting, self portrait, 1658 (oil on canvas)
FIA5327465 Allegory of painting, self portrait, 1658 (oil on canvas) by Sirani, Elisabetta (1638-65); 114x85 cm; Pushkin Museum, Moscow, Russia; (add.info.: Allegorie de la peinture)

Portrait of Marsilio Cassotti and His Bride Faustina - Lotto
FIA5398031 Portrait of Marsilio Cassotti and His Bride Faustina - Lotto, Lorenzo (1480-1556) - 1523 - Oil on wood - 71x84 - Museo del Prado, Madrid by Lotto, Lorenzo (c.1480-1556); Prado, Madrid

Large magnolia tree, big laurel, Magnolia grandiflora (engraving)
5855000 Large magnolia tree, big laurel, Magnolia grandiflora (engraving) by Redoute, Pierre-Joseph (1759-1840); (add.info.: Leaf, cone and flower of the large magnolia tree, big laurel)

Portrait of Francesco Petrarca, called Petrarch (Painting, 17th century)
LRI4670233 Portrait of Francesco Petrarca, called Petrarch (Painting, 17th century) by French School, (17th century); Musee et Domaine National de Versailles et de Trianon, Versailles

The inspiration of the poet Un poete, a lyre in the hand
JLJ4677029 The inspiration of the poet Un poete, a lyre in the hand and headdress of a crown of laurels, is surrounded by Muses and putti. painting by Nicolas Poussin (1594-1665) 17th century Sun

Young Romans engaged in physical exercises. They wear a loincloth around the kidneys
LSE4429408 Young Romans engaged in physical exercises. They wear a loincloth around the kidneys and a strophium (ancetra of the bra) on the chest. A loaf around the kidneys

Representation of the Italian poet Dante Alighieri, 1499-1504 (fresco)
LRI4582652 Representation of the Italian poet Dante Alighieri, 1499-1504 (fresco) by Signorelli, Luca (c.1450-1523); Duomo (Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta), Orvieto, Umbria

Laurier des Iroquois - White sassafras tree, Sassafras albidum, with flower, leaf, fruit and seed
FLO4604410 Laurier des Iroquois - White sassafras tree, Sassafras albidum, with flower, leaf, fruit and seed. Handcoloured stipple copperplate engraving by Lambert Junior from a drawing by Pierre

Amor vincit omnia (called Victorious Cupid or Love Triumphant or Earthly Love) (Painting
LRI4577299 Amor vincit omnia (called Victorious Cupid or Love Triumphant or Earthly Love) (Painting, 1602-1603) by Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da (1571-1610); Staatliche Museen, Berlin

Symbolic figure of the Republic. Allegory representing the republic as a woman wearing a
JLJ4688162 Symbolic figure of the Republic. Allegory representing the republic as a woman wearing a laurel wreath, symbol of peace, holding a balance, symbol of justice and the tricolor flag

Roman art: onyx cameo made by the sculptor Dioscuride (or Dioscorides) on two levels
LRI4660285 Roman art: onyx cameo made by the sculptor Dioscuride (or Dioscorides) on two levels. On top the Emperor Augustus (63 BC-14 AD), surrounded by mythological gods

Daphne transformed into laurel, gold silver and coral, mannerism, Wentzel Jamnitzer
LSE4076664 Daphne transformed into laurel, gold silver and coral, mannerism, Wentzel Jamnitzer, 1534 to 1585 by Jamnitzer, Wenzel I (1508-85); Musee National du Moyen Age et des Thermes de Cluny

Louis XVI month-going mean and solar time mantel regulator with remontoire
3502610 Louis XVI month-going mean and solar time mantel regulator with remontoire, 1778 (ormolu & enamel) by Coteau, Joseph (1740-1801) & Robin

Winter, c. 1864 (pastel on paper)
CH401572 Winter, c.1864 (pastel on paper) by Millet, Jean-Francois (1814-75); Private Collection; (add.info.: L Hiver; ); Photo eChristies Images; French, out of copyright

A Nymph Holding a Laurel Branch, 1900 (oil on canvas)
827060 A Nymph Holding a Laurel Branch, 1900 (oil on canvas) by Bouguereau, William-Adolphe (1825-1905); 160.8x71.1 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: A Nymph Holding a Laurel Branch)

Vertumnus (oil on canvas)
3930880 Vertumnus (oil on canvas) by Romanelli, Giovanni Francesco (Il Viterbese) (1610-62); 110x111 cm; National Museum, Stockholm

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