Janus Collection

Figurehead: "Janus", c. 1938. Creator: Ingrid Selmer-Larsen
Figurehead: " Janus", c. 1938

As (Coin) Depicting the God Janus, 225-217 BCE. Creator: Unknown
As (Coin) Depicting the God Janus, 225-217 BCE

Didrachm (Coin) Depicting the God Janus, 225-214 BCE. Creator: Unknown
Didrachm (Coin) Depicting the God Janus, 225-214 BCE

Denarius (Coin) Depicting the God Janus, 119 BCE. Creator: Unknown
Denarius (Coin) Depicting the God Janus, 119 BCE

Bust of Janus surrounded by strapwork, from the series Deorum dearumque, a set of images of deities after coins in the collection of Abraham Ortelius, 1573

Jan Lutma, 1656. 1656. Creator: Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn
Jan Lutma, 1656

January - dinner at New Year, 15th century, (1939). Creator: Robinet Testard
January - dinner at New Year, 15th century, (1939). The old man sitting and drinking from a bowl symbolises Janus, the god of gates and transitions. Two women, one richly dressed, stand at the table

Janus, 1852. Artist: John Leech
Janus, 1852. From The Comic History of Rome, by Gilbert A A Beckett, illustrated by John Leech. [Bradbury, Agnew & Co, London, 1852]

Janus Dousa (1545-1604), Dutch statesman, historian, poet and philologist

Cortege of Janus, 1764. Artist: De Fehrt, A. J. (1723-1774)
Cortege of Janus, 1764. Found in the collection of the State Museum Arkhangelskoye Estate, Moscow

January, early 15th century. The man sitting at the table feasting is Janus, the two-faced Roman god, keeper of the gate of heaven, for whom the month is named

Two-headed Celtic Janus figure, 5th century
Two-headed Celtic Janus figure, at Boa Island, County Fermanagh, Ireland. The form is related to Spanish fiddle-idols, 5th century

Celtic stone Janus-figure, Holzgerlin, Wurttemburg, Germany, 6th - 4th century BC

Pagan Celtic stone Janus-head figure, Boa Island, Co. Fermanagh, Ireland
Pagan Celtic stone Janus-head figure, Boa Island, Co.Fermanagh, Ireland

Bronze Roman republican As, 1st century
A bronze Roman republican As, showing the head of Janus, 1st century

Janus, Roman god and keeper of the gate of heaven, 1798
Janus, two-faced Roman god, keeper of the gate of heaven, 1798. Copperplate engraving

The Grand Old Janus, 1887. Artist: Joseph Swain
The Grand Old Janus, 1887. Gladstone is the statue of Janus, the Roman god of doorways. Janus is usually depicted with two faces looking in different directions

The Double Janus Guard, for Clapham Junction, 1865. Artist: Charles Henry Bennett
The Double Janus Guard, for Clapham Junction, 1865. A Double Janus, with four faces, stands guard at the new Clapham Junction, a complex arrangement of railway lines

The Reform Janus, 1860. Here, Janus has the face(s) of Lord Russell, who had recently introduced an unpopular bill for Parliamentary Reform

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