Europäisches Erbe

Duart Castle, Scotland. 13th Century AD.

“Duchess of Savoia” costume by House of Worth worn at the Duchess of Devonshire’s Fancy Dress Ball, 1897.

View of the Gardini Publici on San Giorgione in Venice, 1850/55. Bernard Stange (German, 1807-1880).

Fantastic Hunt, 1890. Franz von Stuck (German, 1863-1928).

Sadko. Ilya Repin (Russian, 1844-1930).

He Was Compelled To Yield. Ferdinand Leeke (German, 1859-1937).

Details of The Wild Hunt of Odin, 1872. Peter Nicolai Arbo (Norwegian, 1831-1892). 

Lofoten, Norway.

Glückliche Mütter (Happy Mothers). Richard Heymann (German, 1896-1961).

Funeral Feast for Oleg, 1899. Viktor Mikhaylovich Vasnetsov (Russian, 1848-1926).

Banquet Scene with a Lute Player, c.1625. Nicolas Tournier (French, 1590-1639).

Landscape with Sportsmen and Game, c. 1661–65. Adam Pynacker (Dutch, 1622-1673).

The Round House at Stanton Drew, England.

Ogham stone at Kilmalkedar, Co Kerry. The incised lines represent Ireland's earliest form of writing. Dating from the 6th century AD, the stone bears this inscription 'Mael-Inbher son of Broccan'.

Mausoleum of Hadrian, Rome, Italy.

The Nebra Sky Disk. The symbols are interpreted generally as the Sun or full moon, a lunar crescent, and stars (including a cluster of seven interpreted as the Pleiades).  The disk is attributed to a site in present-day Germany near Nebra, Saxony-Anhalt. It's dated to c. 1600 BC.