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Curiosity Collection (page 6)

Background imageCuriosity Collection: Pandoras Box, 1733. Artist: Bernard Picart

Pandoras Box, 1733. Artist: Bernard Picart
Pandoras Box, 1733. A plate from Le Temple des Muses, Amsterdam, 1733. Found in the collection of Jean Claude Carriere

Background imageCuriosity Collection: Destoyed vehicle, Rue de Castiglione, liberation of Paris, August 1944

Destoyed vehicle, Rue de Castiglione, liberation of Paris, August 1944. After just over four years of occupation, the Germans surrendered the city to the French 2nd Armoured Division on 25 August

Background imageCuriosity Collection: Burned out cars, Place de la Concorde, liberation of Paris, August 1944

Burned out cars, Place de la Concorde, liberation of Paris, August 1944. After just over four years of occupation, the Germans surrendered the city to the French 2nd Armoured Division on 25 August

Background imageCuriosity Collection: German occupation of Paris, 14 June 1940

German occupation of Paris, 14 June 1940. Crowds of Parisians line the streets to watch the arrival of the occupying German troops

Background imageCuriosity Collection: Bystanders examining an abandoned tank on the Rue de Medicis, liberation of Paris, August 1944

Bystanders examining an abandoned tank on the Rue de Medicis, liberation of Paris, August 1944

Background imageCuriosity Collection: The Adoration of the Magi, c1567. Artist: Pieter Bruegel the Elder

The Adoration of the Magi, c1567. Artist: Pieter Bruegel the Elder
The Adoration of the Magi, c1567. From the collection of the Museo Correr, Venice, Italy

Background imageCuriosity Collection: The Adoration of the Kings, c1556-1562. Artist: Pieter Bruegel the Elder

The Adoration of the Kings, c1556-1562. Artist: Pieter Bruegel the Elder
The Adoration of the Kings, c1556-1562. The Adoration of Three Kings presenting their gifts are treated as caricatures whilst the Virgin is not idealised

Background imageCuriosity Collection: The Adoration of the Kings, 1564. Artist: Pieter Bruegel the Elder

The Adoration of the Kings, 1564. Artist: Pieter Bruegel the Elder
The Adoration of the Kings, 1564. The Adoration of Three Kings presenting their gifts are treated as caricatures whilst the Virgin is not idealised. From the collection of the National Gallery, London

Background imageCuriosity Collection: The Adoration, c1480s. Artist: Filippino Lippi

The Adoration, c1480s. Artist: Filippino Lippi
The Adoration, c1480s

Background imageCuriosity Collection: The Adoration of the Kings, c1470. Artist: Filippino Lippi

The Adoration of the Kings, c1470. Artist: Filippino Lippi
The Adoration of the Kings, c1470. The three Kings from the East, Melchior, Gaspar and Balthazar, present their gifts of gold, frankincense and myrhh to the infant Jesus

Background imageCuriosity Collection: The Game Dealer, 16th century. Artist: Pieter Aertsen

The Game Dealer, 16th century. Artist: Pieter Aertsen
The Game Dealer, 16th century. From the Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg, Russia

Background imageCuriosity Collection: The Adoration of the Magi, 15th century. Artist: Hugo van der Goes

The Adoration of the Magi, 15th century. Artist: Hugo van der Goes
The Adoration of the Magi, 15th century. The three Kings from the East, Melchior, Gaspar and Balthazar, present their gifts of gold, frankincense and myrhh to the infant Jesus

Background imageCuriosity Collection: St Martins Dream, 14th century. Artist: Simone Martini

St Martins Dream, 14th century. Artist: Simone Martini
St Martins Dream, 14th century. St Martin of Tours (c316-397), Hungarian-born soldier and saint. He gave half his coat to a beggar in Amiens on a winters night

Background imageCuriosity Collection: Doubting Thomas, 1634. Artist: Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn

Doubting Thomas, 1634. Artist: Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn
Doubting Thomas, 1634. Picture illustrating episode related in the in St Johns Gospel (Ch20, vs19-29) where the Apostle Thomas puts his hand in the wound in the risen Saviours side as he doubts what

Background imageCuriosity Collection: Doubting Thomas, c1268. Artist: T oros Roslin

Doubting Thomas, c1268. Artist: T oros Roslin
Doubting Thomas, c1268. The Disciple, Thomas, putting his hand into the lance wound in the side of the risen Jesus to make sure that the Saviour was real

Background imageCuriosity Collection: Playmates, 1868. Artist: George Cochran Lambdin

Playmates, 1868. Artist: George Cochran Lambdin
Playmates, 1868

Background imageCuriosity Collection: Adoration of the Magi, 1380s. Artist: Bartolo di Fredi

Adoration of the Magi, 1380s. Artist: Bartolo di Fredi
Adoration of the Magi, 1380s. From the Pinacoteca Nazionale, Siena, Italy

Background imageCuriosity Collection: Woman with a Child Afraid of a Dog, 17th century. Artist: Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn

Woman with a Child Afraid of a Dog, 17th century. Artist: Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn
Woman with a Child Afraid of a Dog, 17th century. From the Museum of Fine Art, Budapest

Background imageCuriosity Collection: Alexander the Great Restoring the Throne Usurped by Abdolomino, 17th century

Alexander the Great Restoring the Throne Usurped by Abdolomino, 17th century. Artist: Bernardo Strozzi
Alexander the Great Restoring the Throne Usurped by Abdolomino, 17th century. From a private collection

Background imageCuriosity Collection: Herod, 17th century

Herod, 17th century. The King of the Jews with his face and neck composed of the first-born, the Holy Innocents, who he ordered to be massacred as related in the Bible (Matthew Ch2 v16)

Background imageCuriosity Collection: Flora, c1591. Artist: Giuseppe Arcimboldi

Flora, c1591. Artist: Giuseppe Arcimboldi
Flora, c1591. Still life of the head and shoulders of a woman made of flowers. From a private collection

Background imageCuriosity Collection: The Cook, c1570. Artist: Giuseppe Arcimboldi

The Cook, c1570. Artist: Giuseppe Arcimboldi
The Cook, c1570. This image can be interpreted in two ways, either as a cook taking the lid off a dish of sucking pigs or, if turned upside down, as the head of the cook. From a private collection

Background imageCuriosity Collection: The Rest on the Flight into Egypt, 1510 Artist: Albrecht Altdorfer

The Rest on the Flight into Egypt, 1510 Artist: Albrecht Altdorfer
The Rest on the Flight into Egypt, 1510. The Virgin Mary sits in a chair by the side of a fountain. The infant Jesus is fascinated by the putti playing in the bowl of the fountain

Background imageCuriosity Collection: The Epiphany, c1230. Artist: Giotto

The Epiphany, c1230. Artist: Giotto
The Epiphany, c1230. The Magi, the three Kings from the East, Melchior, Gaspar and Balthazar, present their gifts of gold

Background imageCuriosity Collection: A Lady in a Garden taking Coffee with some Children, probably 1742. Artist: Nicolas Lancret

A Lady in a Garden taking Coffee with some Children, probably 1742. Artist: Nicolas Lancret
A Lady in a Garden taking Coffee with some Children, probably 1742. From the National Gallery, London

Background imageCuriosity Collection: Portrait of a Man, 1846. Creator: Elizabeth Murray

Portrait of a Man, 1846. Creator: Elizabeth Murray
Portrait of a Man, 1846



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