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The Goddess Fortuna, Rome, c. 50 AD, marble, Braccio Nuovo Museum, Vatican.
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Katherine Seney Simpson, Auguste Rodin, 1902, marble, National Gallery, Washington DC.
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Annunciation, England, c. 1430-1440, alabaster, Cluny Museum, Paris.
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Girl with a shell, Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, 1863-1867, marble, National Gallery, Washington DC.
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The Rape of Proserpina, Gian Lorenzo Bernini, 1621-1622, marble, Galleria Borghese, Rome.
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Owl, Attic workshop, ca. 500 BC, marble, Acropolis Museum, Athens.
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Athena, Attic workshop, c. 500 BC, marble, Acropolis Museum, Athens.
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Athena Promachtos, Greece, 475-470 BC, bronze, Acropolis Museum, Athens.
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Paris, Antico (Pier Jacopo Alari Bonacolsi), c. 1518-1524, bronze, partially fire-gilt, silver inlay, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
#sculpture#art history#renaissance#paris#mythology#greek mythology#metropolitan museum of art#mythological art#statuette#bronze
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Stork on a turtle, Antoine Louis Barye, cast before 1902 after a 1845 model, gilded bronze, Louvre Museum, Paris.
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Hamadryad with child, Antoine Coysevox, 1707-1709, marble, Louvre Museum, Paris.
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The Egg of Helen, made in the region of Metaponto, 5th century AD, limestone, Museo Archelogico Nazionale di Metaponto, Italy.
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Allegory of Transience, Michel Erhart or Jörg Syrlin der Älter, ca. 1470-180, linden wood, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Wien.
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Harlequina, Franz Anton Bustelli, Nymphenburg Porcelain Manufactory, ca. 1763, hard-paste porcelain, MET.
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Young Brunette with dog and child, Nicolas Cordier, 16th-17th century, marble, Galleria Borghese, Rome.
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Fata Morgana (Morgan le Fay), Giambologna, 1572, marble, private collection.
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Angel from a Crucifixion group, Antonio Begarelli, ca. 1534, marble, Berlin, Bode Museum.
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