Boat Shaped Pendent
[Louvre] Enameled gold, pearls, painting under rock crystal Italy 16th Century
aperture=f2.8 focal length: 50.0 mm exposure 1/25 sec ISO: 2500
Breguet Pocketwatch
[Louvre]
aperture=f5.6 focal length: 50.0 mm exposure 1/250 sec ISO: 2500
Bronze borl stand
[Louvre] Bronze, silver and gold Beginning of the 2nd Millenium BCE, Mesopotamia, Larsa A group of three wild goats standing on a base decorated with two gods carrying a small bowl to catch the offerings
aperture=f2.8 focal length: 50.0 mm exposure 1/60 sec ISO: 800
Duck vase
[Louvre] Painted Terra-cotta, second 1/2 of 4th C, BCE from the "Groupe de Chiusi"
aperture=f3.5 focal length: 50.0 mm exposure 1/100 sec ISO: 800
Dyptich of the Muses
[Louvre] 5th C, Elephant ivory These 2 plaques present, on three registers, the six muses with their attributes; accompanied by men of the sciences and the arts who they inspired, but their identification is uncertian bought in 1836 from the Durand Collection
aperture=f2.8 focal length: 50.0 mm exposure 1/60 sec ISO: 800
Elijah Ascending to Heaven
[Louvre] Two scenes from the Old Testament are illustrated here. The first shows the ascension of Elijah, who rides to heaven in a Quadriga, giving his cloak to his student Elisha. Using Pagan iconography, the river Jordan is reperesented as a helf-dressed man with a vase pouring out water. At the far right, coming out of the clouds, is the hand of G-d, giving the tablets of the Law to Moses who is on Mount Sinai, represented here as a small hill. (Caption from the Louvre, translation by Aaron Macks)
aperture=f2.8 focal length: 28.0 mm exposure 1/40 sec ISO: 800
Gilded Saltceller
[Louvre] France, 15th Century Agate, gold, pearls and opaque enamels
aperture=f4.5 focal length: 50.0 mm exposure 1/160 sec ISO: 2500
Goddess with Geese
[Louvre] Molded terra-cotta, end of the 3rd Millenia BCE Tello, anciently Girsu
aperture=f3.2 focal length: 50.0 mm exposure 1/80 sec ISO: 800
Gold Cup
[Louvre] Cup Alaca HšyŸk, tomb K Gold Early Bronze Age, from 2500-2300 BCE Excivated between 1937-1939. Ankara, Muesum of Anatolian Civilization
aperture=f2.8 focal length: 50.0 mm exposure 1/30 sec ISO: 2500
Gold Openworked Diadem
[Louvre] Diadem Alaca HšyŸk, tomb A Gold Early Bronze Age, from 2500-2300 BCE Excivated between 1937-1939. Ankara, Muesum of Anatolian Civilization
aperture=f2.8 focal length: 50.0 mm exposure 1/20 sec ISO: 800
Goose Rattle
[Louvre] Terra-cotta Mari Beginning of the 2nd millenium BCE
aperture=f5.0 focal length: 50.0 mm exposure 1/200 sec ISO: 2500
Head of Lucius Verus
[Louvre] Coemperor of Marcus Aurelius, 161-169 CE. Villa of his wife, Lucilla at Acqua Traversa, near Rome, from 180-183 CE Marble The only type of portraits of this emperor executed during his reign were here enlarged for a posthumas effigy where the sensibility of the style 'antonin' became increasingly baroque (Caption from the Louvre, translated by Aaron Macks, 2009)
aperture=f3.2 focal length: 50.0 mm exposure 1/80 sec ISO: 800
Liver models for divination
[Louvre] Palace of Mari These inscribed models are part of a cache of 32 livers discovered in room 108 of the Palace. The liver was considered in Mesopotamia the essential organ for the thought and the feelings. The examination of entrails of a sheep or a kid was used to predict the future. Malformation or anomolies of the liver were reproduced in clay and the prediction was inscribed. These copies of the livers served as a reference for the priests and demonstration pieces for students 1. Prediction of Kish concerning Sargon 2. Prediction of imprisonment 3. The country will revold against Ibbi-Sin (last king of the 3rd dynasty of Ur), the liver was correct 4. Prediction of the destruction of a small city
aperture=f3.5 focal length: 50.0 mm exposure 1/100 sec ISO: 2500
Male Chiusi Canoptic
[Louvre] (in reference to 4 similar pieces) [Louvre] This type of ossuary in terra-cotta, improperly called a "Canoptic" due to similarities with the Egyptian Canoptic jars for the vicera of mummies, is a design unique to the region of Chiusi in the 7th and 6th centuries. They were placed in a large vase, set into the ground. Inside the large vase it sat on a seat of terra-cotta that resembled the bronze thrones of the Villanova period. The cover was modeled in the form of a human head, and the later ones have articulated arms attached to humanize the body of the jar, where the ashes of the deceased were placed. (Caption from the Louvre, translated by Aaron Macks, 2009)
aperture=f2.8 focal length: 50.0 mm exposure 1/80 sec ISO: 800
Ninsun
[Louvre] Bas-relief fragment showing the goddess Ninsun, mother of Gilgamesh Steatite Neo-Sumarian
aperture=f2.8 focal length: 50.0 mm exposure 1/15 sec ISO: 800
St Louie Clear King
[Louvre] Chess set called "Saint Louis" Rock crystal, ceder, gilded ailver and gilded bronze
aperture=f4.0 focal length: 50.0 mm exposure 1/125 sec ISO: 2500
St Louis Board
[Louvre]
aperture=f4.0 focal length: 50.0 mm exposure 1/125 sec ISO: 2500
St Louis Brown King
[Louvre] Chess set called "Saint Louis" Rock crystal, ceder, gilded ailver and gilded bronze
aperture=f3.5 focal length: 50.0 mm exposure 1/100 sec ISO: 2500
St Louis Caption and side
[Louvre] Chess set called "Saint Louis" Rock crystal, ceder, gilded ailver and gilded bronze
aperture=f4.5 focal length: 50.0 mm exposure 1/160 sec ISO: 2500
St Louis Chess set overview
[Louvre] Chess set called "Saint Louis" Rock crystal, ceder, gilded ailver and gilded bronze
aperture=f4.0 focal length: 20.0 mm exposure 1/80 sec ISO: 2500
Venitian Crystal Pilgrim's Flask
[Louvre] ˆ dŽcor a reticello Venise, 16th C, 2nd 1/4 Blown crystal, body of lattimo crystal, gilded silver, cork, silk
aperture=f4.5 focal length: 50.0 mm exposure 1/160 sec ISO: 2500