Images Dated 4th June 2010

Sophonisba, 1640s. Artist: Luca Ferrari

Sophonisba, 1640s. Sophonisba was a Carthaginian noblewoman who was captured by the Romans late in the Second Punic War. She committed suicide by drinking poison in order to avoid the humiliation of being paraded through Rome as a captive in a triumphal procession. Her story inspired numerous visual, written and musical works of art from the 16th until the 19th century. Found in the collection of the State A Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

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A Young Woman (Mary Magdalene?), late 16th or early 17th century. Artist: Hendrik Goltzius

A Young Woman (Mary Magdalene?), late 16th or early 17th century. Found in the collection of the State A Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

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Portrait of Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford, early 18th century. Artist: French Master

Portrait of Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford, early 18th century. Although the title was never used to refer to him at the time, Walpole (1676-1745) is regarded as Britain's first Prime Minister. His administration lasted from 1721 until he resigned in 1742, longer than that of any Prime Minister since. Found in the collection of the Museum of Private Collections in the A Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

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