Pair of Flintlock Pistols by Samuel Brunn, Arms and Armor
Purchase, Harris Brisbane Dick Fund and Gift of George D. Pratt, by exchange, 1992 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Medium: Steel, wood (walnut), silver, gold
Detail of the Venus de Milo, an ancient Greek statue of the goddess Aphrodite, dated to 130-100 BCE and found on the island of Milos. The statue is attributed to Alexandros of Antioch, a Hellenistic sculptor who lived between the 2nd and 1st centuries BCE. Currently located in the Louvre. Full photo taken by Ilya Shurygin in 2014. Source: AncientRome.ru.
A scene from the Holy Saturday procession of the Madonna of Desolation in Canosa di Puglia, Italy.
“In you was the sea.”— Max Hölzer, tr. by Beth Bjorklund, from “The Summer’s Cold,” c. 1962
(via violentwavesofemotion)