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Deux meres ( Two Mothers ), 1888. Artist: Leon-Maxime Faivre
Deux meres ( Two Mothers ), 1888. From the Musee d Orsay, Paris

The Kitchen-God, 1922. Creator: Unknown
The Kitchen-God, 1922. The Kitchen God is the most important of Chinese domestic gods who protect the hearth and family, recognised in Chinese folk religion, Chinese mythology, and Taoism

The Door-God - Military, 1922. Creator: Unknown
The Door-God - Military, 1922. Menshen are divine guardians of doors and gates in Chinese folk religions, used to protect against evil or encourage the entrance of positive energies

A gorgon and panthers from the pediment of the temple of Artemis on Corfu
The archaic west pediment of the temple of Artemis on Corfu, showing Medusa in the centre fleeing from Perseus. On the left side is Pegasus, and on the right is Chyrisppus

The Door-God - Civil, 1922. Creator: Unknown
The Door-God - Civil, 1922. Menshen are divine guardians of doors and gates in Chinese folk religions, used to protect against evil or encourage the entrance of positive energies at thresholds

The Road to the Pyramids at Giza, c1873. Artist: Edward Lear
The Road to the Pyramids at Giza, c1873. The road passes through an avenue of trees forming a tunnel and giving shade to the travellers upon it

Roman soldiers making a tortoise with their shields, 1605. This tactic of the Roman infantry was intended to protect the soldiers from projectiles

The Briars, St Helena, early 19th century (1851). After his voyage into exile on St Helena in 1815, Longwood, the house Napoleon was to occupy, was not ready for him

German Protection against gas bombs, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
German Protection against gas bombs, between c1910 and c1915. German soldier wearing a face mask to protect against gas attacks during World War I.

Russian Barricade, between c1915 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Russian Barricade, between c1915 and 1918. A soldier behind a metal Russian barricade during World War I. The barricade has holes, through which the soldier can shoot.

Respirator for British soldiers, between 1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Respirator for British soldiers, between 1914 and c1915. A British soldier wearing a face mask to protect against poison gas, standing with a woman holding another face mask, during World War I.

Altar Panel with a Portrait of a Donor in Scarlet under the Protection of St Anthony, 1448-1451

Man Holding a jug, 1679. Creator: Jacob Toorenvliet
Man Holding a jug, 1679

Figurine of Standing Cat Headed Goddess with Sistrum, Probably Ptolemaic Period (332-30 BCE). Creator: Unknown
Figurine of Standing Cat Headed Goddess with Sistrum, Probably Ptolemaic Period (332-30 BCE)

Standing Bes Figurine with Hathor Headdress, Probably Late Period-Ptolemaic Period (380-30 BCE). Creator: Unknown
Standing Bes Figurine with Hathor Headdress, Probably Late Period-Ptolemaic Period (380-30 BCE)

Pantheistic Winged Deity with Bes Face, Probably Late Period-early Ptolemaic Period (664-200 B.C.). Creator: Unknown
Pantheistic Winged Deity with Bes Face, Probably Late Period-early Ptolemaic Period (664-200 B.C.)

Figurine of the Goddess Bastet as a Cat, 712-332 B.C.. Creator: Unknown
Figurine of the Goddess Bastet as a Cat, 712-332 B.C

Figurine of the God Bes, 711-657 B.C.. Creator: Unknown
Figurine of the God Bes, 711-657 B.C

Dog Headed Bird Figurine Protecting a Female Lioness Deity, Late Period-Ptolemaic Period, 664-30 BCE Creator: Unknown
Dog Headed Bird Figurine Protecting a Female Lioness Deity (image 2 of 2), Late Period-Ptolemaic Period (664-30 BCE)

Two Boys in a Landscape, 1650-1655. Creator: Herman Mijnerts Doncker
Two Boys in a Landscape, 1650-1655. The body language of the older boy with his hand on hip is more assertive than that of the younger one, surely his little brother

Babhruvahana Resumes his Fight with Vrishaketu (verso)... c1850. Creator: Unknown
Babhruvahana Resumes his Fight with Vrishaketu (verso), Scenes from the Story of Babhruvahana, Folio from a Mahabharata ([War of the] Great Bharatas) (image 1 of 2), c1850

Yantra of the Goddess Pratyangira (recto), Symbol (verso), between c1700 and c1750. Creator: Unknown
Yantra of the Goddess Pratyangira (recto), Symbol (verso), between c1700 and c1750

Water Spaniel Surprising a Swan on its Nest, 1740. Creator: Jean-Baptiste Oudry
Water Spaniel Surprising a Swan on its Nest, 1740

Buddha Mucalinda, 19th Century. Creator: Unknown
Buddha Mucalinda, 19th Century

The Dark Hours of Italy; Detachment of infantry, exhausted, resting under protection... 1917. Creator: Unknown
The Dark Hours of Italy; Detachment of infantry, exhausted, resting under protection from cavalry patrols, 1917. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" [L'Illustration

The Dark Hours of Italy; Armored car and cavalry protecting the retreat of a column.. 1917. Creator: Unknown
The Dark Hours of Italy; Armored car and cavalry protecting the retreat of a column, 1917. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924]

Madonna Adoring the Child, c. 1585-1605. Creator: Barbara Longhi
Madonna Adoring the Child, c. 1585-1605

Virgin of the Deliverance, after 1872. Creator: Antoine Auguste Ernest Hebert
Virgin of the Deliverance, after 1872. Hebert was yet another of the artists working in the orbit of Paul Delaroche whose name fell into relative obscurity in the last century

Bes, Greco-Roman Period (332 BCE-337 CE). Creator: Unknown
Bes, Greco-Roman Period (332 BCE-337 CE)

Four Sons of Horus, 26th dynasty (c.664-525 B.C.). Creator: Unknown
Four Sons of Horus, 26th dynasty (c.664-525 B.C.)

Scarab with Protective Inscription (image 2 of 2), 18th-26th Dynasty (1569-525 BCE). Creator: Unknown
Scarab with Protective Inscription (image 2 of 2), 18th-26th Dynasty (1569-525 BCE)

Scarab Inscribed with a Protective Inscription including the Underworld Deity Maahis...1569-711 BCE. Creator: Unknown
Scarab Inscribed with a Protective Inscription including the Underworld Deity Maahis (image 2 of 2), 18th-24th Dynasty (1569-711 BCE)

Temple Guardian, 18th-19th century. Creator: Unknown
Temple Guardian, 18th-19th century

Figurine of the God Bes, Third Intermediate Period (1081-711 B.C.). Creator: Unknown
Figurine of the God Bes, Third Intermediate Period (1081-711 B.C.)

A Woman Saving the Nation: A Chronicle of Great Peace, 1886. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
A Woman Saving the Nation: A Chronicle of Great Peace, 1886

Female martyr saint, c14th century. Creator: Unknown
Female martyr saint, c14th century

Costumes de Différents Pays, Sauvagesse de la Nouvelle Zelande, c1797. Creators: Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur
Costumes de Differents Pays, Sauvagesse de la Nouvelle Zelande, c1797

Saint Agnes Protected by an Angel, c1620. Creator: Alessandro Turchi
Saint Agnes Protected by an Angel, c1620

Bos taurus: Cape cow and calf, 1778. Creator: Robert Jacob Gordon
Bos taurus: Cape cow and calf, 1778

Temple Guardian, 18th century. Creator: Unknown
Temple Guardian, 18th century

Nimf, 1886. Creator: L Nicolas
Nimf, 1886

Allegory of the union of King Karl XI and Queen Ulrika Eleonora, 1692. Creator: David Klocker Ehrenstrahl
Allegory of the union of King Karl XI and Queen Ulrika Eleonora, 1692

Yantra of Panchanguli, c1425. Creator: Unknown
Yantra of Panchanguli, c1425

Pteroclurus namaqua (Namaqua sandgrouse), c.1778. Creator: Robert Jacob Gordon
Pteroclurus namaqua (Namaqua sandgrouse), c.1778

Falco biarmicus (Lanner falcon), 1777-1786. Creator: Robert Jacob Gordon
Falco biarmicus (Lanner falcon), 1777-1786

A Cow with her Calf in a Meadow, 1879. Creator: Jan Vrolijk
A Cow with her Calf in a Meadow, 1879

Chinese Lion and Young, 18th century. Creator: Tomotada
Chinese Lion and Young, 18th century

Willem Hendrik van Nieuwerkerke is wrapped in a sheet on his bed... 1778. Creator: Louis Ducros
Willem Hendrik van Nieuwerkerke is wrapped in a sheet on his bed to protect himself against mosquitoes and fleas, 1778. Drawing from the album Voyage to Italy, Sicily and Malta

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