Ancient Cretan tetradrachma coin depicting the Labyrinth (ΚΝΩΣΙΩΝ), home of the Minotaur. c. 300 BCE
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Theatre mask of a satyr, fresco, Pompeii
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Andrea Mantegna, Self-portrait hidden within frescos in the Ducal Palace, Mantua (the Camera degli Sposi), 1465-74
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Detail of a fresco from the House of the Tragic Poet, Pompeii
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Earliest known surviving figurative sculpture from sub-Saharan Africa
Nok People of Eastern Nigeria, ca. 500 BCE
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'Smiling Figure' from the Remojadas region of Veracruz, Mexico, 7th-8th century CE
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Plaster Mummy Mask, Egypt, 60–70 CE, Roman Period
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Odilon Redon - Homage to Goya, c.1895 (oil on card mounted on canvas)
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Detail of a fresco from the Villa of the Mysteries, Pompeii, 2nd century B.C.E.
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Luca Signorelli, The Antichrist with the Devil, detail from 'Sermon and Deeds of the Antichrist', Orvieto, ca. 1501
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Illustration from M. van Meer, Liber amicorum, 1613-48
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Statues from the Villa of the Papyri in Herculaneum. Naples Museum of Archeology
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'El Greco', An Allegory (Fábula), ca. 1585–95 Oil on canvas
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