Sword with Scabbard. 19th century. Credit line: Bequest of George C. Stone, 1935 https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/31090
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Roman statues of gods in Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli
1: Marble statue of Aphrodite, Dresden-Capitoline style, a Roman copy made 140-160 AD after a Greek original 300-200 BC.
2. Marble statue of Antinous as Bacchus, 2nd century AD.
3. Roman copy of the Athena Parthenos.
4. Roman statue of a river deity (the Nile?), 2nd century AD.
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Chalice adorned with Saints, BIshops and Kings. second half 19th century. Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1960 https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/386710
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I was at an art museum and saw a very intricate and LARGE painting of a rooster looking at a very red apple. I was really intently staring at the texture of the painting and someone came up to me and whispered "the apple of my cock", then walked away.
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