Dido, Queen of Carthage

Glass and bronze flask, Roman Syria, 1st-2nd century AD

from The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

Eros playing the panpipes. Hellenistic period / Place of discovery : Episcopi / Molded clay, terracotta; vent hole on back; white glaze partly missing, 10.2 cm. .

Winged Eros, seated on a rock, legs crossed, wearing a short chiton and a large crown. He is holding a panpipes (syrinx), which he is about to play. According to the style, this casting is from a Greek prototype, but the workmanship indicates that it was made in a local workshop.

Skeleton of a Scythian queen and her jewelry, found in the Chertomlyk barrow, near Nikopol, Katerynoslavsk Governorate (today Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine)

Headdress and ornaments of the clothes of the priestess Dimitra / Demeter, found in the tomb.

Vasily A. Prokhorov, 1881

Sextus Pompeius Consulting Erichtho before the Battle of Pharsalus by John Hamilton Mortimer 

British, 18th century

oil on canvas

private collection

Detail from Athéna by François-Louis Schmied, with Laurent Monnier and the  Baudin enamel workshop 

French, c. 1931

enameled and gilt metal, comprising thirteen panels

private collection x

C’est Moi Qui Suis Ulysse (Odyssée) by François-Louis Schmied, created to illustrate an edition of Homer’s Odyssey

French, c. 1925

watercolor and pencil on paper

private collection x

Illustration by François-Louis Schmied for an edition of Aeschylus’ Prométhée Enchaîné (translated by Paul Mazon)

French, 1941

private collection x 

Illustrations by Henri Matisse for Henri de Montherlant’s Pasiphaé, Chant de Minos (Les crétois) [Pasiphaé, Song of Minos (The Cretans)]. Published in 1944 by Martin Fabiani. National Gallery of Australia: 17a, 18b, 24a, 25a. 

Illustrations by Henri Matisse for Henri de Montherlant’s Pasiphaé, Chant de Minos (Les crétois) [Pasiphaé, Song of Minos (The Cretans)]. Published in 1944 by Martin Fabiani. National Gallery of Australia: 7a, 15a, 19a, 28a.

Illustrations by Henri Matisse for Henri de Montherlant’s Pasiphaé, Chant de Minos (Les crétois) [Pasiphaé, Song of Minos (The Cretans)]. Published in 1944 by Martin Fabiani. National Gallery of Australia: 3a, 12b, 14b, 23b, 30a. 

Illustrations by Henri Matisse from the additional suite of twelve linocuts for Pasiphaé, Chant de Minos (Les crétois). Published in 1944 by Martin Fabiani. National Gallery of Australia: V, VIII, X, XI, XII. 

Wrapper, title page, and colophon of Henri de Montherlant’s Pasiphaé, Chant de Minos (Les crétois) [Pasiphaé, Song of Minos (The Cretans)]. Illustrations by Henri Matisse. Published in 1944 by Martin Fabiani. National Gallery of Australia.

Series of three illustrations of Ithaque (Ithaca) by Henri Matisse, for James Joyce’s Ulysses. Published in 1935 by the Limited Editions Club. National Gallery of Australia.

Series of six illustrations of  Polyphème (Polyphemus) by Henri Matisse, for James Joyce’s Ulysses. Published in 1935 by the Limited Editions Club. National Gallery of Australia.

Series of four illustrations of Circé (Circe) by Henri Matisse, for James Joyce’s Ulysses. Published in 1935 by the Limited Editions Club. National Gallery of Australia.

Series of six illustrations of Ulysse et Nausicaa (Ulysses and Nausicaa) by Henri Matisse, for James Joyce’s Ulysses. Published in 1935 by the Limited Editions Club. National Gallery of Australia.