Situated at the crossroads of Mediterranean trade routes, the Etruscans were avid importers of Greek vases with figural decoration. Many of these vessels survive today because they were buried with ...

Having worked as a bank clerk in Paris, Victor Dubreuil moved to the United States in 1882, possibly to escape charges that he had stolen money from his employer. In New York he established himself as ...

The front of this coin portrays the emperor Tiberius, wearing a crown of laurels and facing right. On the back, the empress Livia is portrayed seated and holding a sceptre.

Martin Schongauer conceived the Angel and the Virgin of the Annunciation as two separate engravings, forming a type of diptych. The angel Gabriel and the Virgin Mary often appeared against a dark ...

The front of this coin depicts a palm tree, the back depicts a horse’s head.