Images Dated 11th January 2011

A Knight at the Crossroads, 1898. Artist: Viktor Mihajlovic Vasnecov

A Knight at the Crossroads, 1898. A scene from the Russian fairy tale Tsarevich Ivan, the Fire Bird and the Grey Wolf. Found in the collection of the State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

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Portrait of a youth in a gold wreath, Fayum mummy portrait, Romano-Egyptian, early 2nd century

Portrait of a youth in a gold wreath, Fayum mummy portrait, Romano-Egyptian, early 2nd century. Such portraits were apparently kept at home during the subject's lifetime and added on his death to his mummified corpse. They are often known as Fayum portraits after the place in Egypt where many of them were found. Found in the collection of the State A Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

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