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Title: Roman Antiquities Series. Vol. III, Pl. V. Mattoni quadrati segati e linee diag
Artist: Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Artist Life Dates: Venice, 1720 - 1778, Rome
Century: 18th century
Object Creation Date: 1720-1778
Accession Number: 1955/2.6
Medium and Support: etching on paper
relevance: rank 10.85783
Primary Keywords: roman; ruins

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Title: Vespasian hearing from one of his generals of the taking of Jerusalem by Titus
Artist: Lawrence Alma-Tadema
Physical Description: The Roman emperor Vespasian sits in an interior receiving a document from a standing figure to the right of the composition. The emperor is dressed in a white robe and sits on a red chair to the left of the composition. The interior is largely dark, with the exception of the emperor, whose figure is brightly lit.; The painting is in the original frame, which is constructed to resemble a Roman Temple with base, entablature, and fluted ionic pilasters.
Artist Life Dates: 1836-1912
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 1866
Accession Number: 2004/2.143
Medium and Support: oil on panel
relevance: rank 10.61908
Primary Keywords: interior spaces; roman empire

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Title: Standing Soldier and Woman (Mars and Venus?)
Artist: Artist Unknown, Italy
Physical Description: This ink and chalk drawing on paper depicts two figures in Roman attire embracing. One is a woman and one is a man. They are standing in the right side of the drawing.
Object Creation Date: 16th century
Accession Number: 2009/1.534
Medium and Support: ink, chalk on paper
relevance: rank 10.50360
Primary Keywords: man; roman (style or period); woman

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Title: Equestrian Statuette of Marcus Aurelius
Artist: Anonymous Italian
Accession Number: 1895.10
Medium and Support: bronze on marble base
relevance: rank 10.06575
Primary Keywords: bronzes; emperors; equestrian statues; horses; roman (style or period); sculpture

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Title: Paestum
Artist: Luigi Kasimir
Physical Description: Print depicting the city of Paestum in Rome from the inside of a temple. The etching is in color, and the image was probably colored after the printing process was complete. The perspective is from the ground level, as if the viewer was standing inside the structure and looking towards the outside.
Artist Life Dates: b. 1881, active 1905-1925
Object Creation Date: 1923
Accession Number: 2009/2.97
Medium and Support: etching on paper
relevance: rank 9.66295
Primary Keywords: ancient; etching (printing process); italy (nation); roman (style or period); rome (inhabited place); temples

Title: Crossbow fibula with vegetal ornament on the catchplate
Artist: Anonymous Gallo-Roman
Physical Description: This fibula, a type of brooch used to pin outer garments, features a crossbar that ends in three onion-shaped terminals, which give the fibula a shape reminiscent of a crossbow. An arched bow connects the crossbar to the longer catchplate, which is ornamented with vegetal motifs.
Century: 5th century
Object Creation Date: 450-500
Accession Number: 1966/2.17
Medium and Support: gilt bronze
relevance: rank 9.11590
Primary Keywords: bronze (metal); brooches; early medieval; fashion; gaul (historical region); gilding; roman empire (former nation/state/empire)

Title: Bust of Cicero
Artist: Anonymous Roman
Physical Description: White marble with red marble robe, man with bald head.
Century: 19th century
Object Creation Date: 19th century
Accession Number: before1876.1
Medium and Support: marble
relevance: rank 8.58068
Primary Keywords: bust; bust-length; cicero; figures; half-length; portraits; roman

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