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C'è una diffusa #malinconia nei dipinti più tardi di Sandro #Botticelli. Osservate ad esempio questa splendida "Madonna con Bambino e San Giovannino" di #PalazzoPitti dipinta nei primi anni del #Cinquecento.

#SarcophagusSaturday takes us into #palazzoBarberini in #Rome to see this beautiful tub #sarcophagus in white marble surrounded by continuous #strigillation. This is an elegant #Dionysiac coffin: here the wave forms represent wine as well as the circular nature of time, and more.

🔙 #NapoliInter 😱 Philip Billing!

Vince il Napoli al Maradona! 🌟🩵 #NapoliInter

⏹️ Full time: #NapoliInter 3-1 💙 #ForzaNapoliSempre

Cosa. Ha. Fatto. McTominay. 🤯 #NapoliInter 2-0

Spectacular googly-eyed octopus does battle with a lobster in this 2,000 year-old Roman mosaic from Pompeii 🐙 🦞 Fantastic fishy onlookers too! 👀 From the House of the Geometric Mosaics. Now at the Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples. 📷 by me #MosaicMonday #Archaeology

A #Roman dodecahedron, found in the Netherlands; they look so cool - if only we knew what they were for!

Silver figurine depicting either a dragon or a tiger, 18th century China. Written on the back is a the Chinese idiom that literally means "to flaunt military might" and is used to describe someone who is arrogant, boastful, or tries to intimidate others by showing off their

Nel 1523 Andrea del Sarto si trova in Mugello per sfuggire alla peste e dipinge per il convento di Luco questa magnifica pala d'altare, oggi a #PalazzoPitti. Pietro Leopoldo di Lorena la compra nel 1782, la espone nella Tribuna degli #Uffizi e lascia alle monache una copia.

#MosaicMonday once again draws us back to the #MuseodelleCiviltà in the #EUR in the south of #Rome to marvel at the #domus of #PortaMarina from #OstiaAntica, where a central alcove imitates humble brick and #tufo, complete with shadows, in costly #opussectile.

At almost 2,000 years old, this child’s wooden toy sword is a remarkable survival from Roman times! Found in the living quarters of the cavalry barracks at Vindolanda fort in 2017. Dated c. 120 AD. Chesterholm Museum 📷 by me #Archaeology

For #EpigraphyTuesday we're diving into the archaic past to find an #inscription from well outside #Rome that may be primary- source evidence of one of the two consuls who founded the #Roman Republic. The Latin might be Volscian and the #epigraphy is unclear. So buckle up, y'all.

Hidria ática de figuras rojas con Artemisa, Apolo y Leto, 460-450 a.C. Villa Giulia Painter Benaki Museum, Athens

Rock Crystal Hippopotamus Amulet. Culture: Egypt, Middle Kingdom, c. 2050–1650 BC. Medium: rock crystal (quartz) with a gold suspension ring.

The Great Hunt Mosaic, unearthed at the Villa Romana del Casale in Sicily 🇮🇹, offers a breathtaking window into the world of late Roman aristocracy. This sprawling and intricate artwork vividly depicts the elaborate preparations, perilous pursuits, and triumphant captures of

The bronze head of the goddess Sulis Minerva which was discovered in 1727 during the construction of sewer under Stall Street in Bath. Now part of the museum collections at The Roman Baths in Bath. 📸 My own. #FindsFriday #RomanBritain #Bath

Paolo di Bernardo del Signoraccio, detto Fra Paolino da Pistoia, prima metà del XVI secolo. Olio su tavola. Modena, Galleria Estense.

Portrait of a Flavian woman, Roman, late 1st–early 2nd century AD, Capitoline Museums.

The tombstone of a #Roman gladiator named Apollonios; the portrait identifies him as a retiarius, armed with a trident & fishing net. He was obviously good at what he did, with the inscription - dedicated by his wife Zosime - revealing that he won 48 combats in his career.