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Carved siltstone figure inlaid with beads, from Naqada in Egypt. Date: c. 3600-3500 BC, now housed at the Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology It was excavated at Naqada by Egyptologist Flinders Petrie.

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2023-06-15

Numerosi sono i disegni di Raffaello la maggior parte dei quali è conservata nell’Ashmolean Museum di Oxford.

Raffaello, Studio di nudi, 1515 – Collezione Albertina, Vienna.

Raffaello, Ritratto di adolescente (forse autoritratto) 1499, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

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2023-03-16

🖼️ Los lujuriosos
👨‍🎨 William Blake
📆 1824 – 27
🎨 Romanticismo
📍 Ashmolean Museum, Oxford



https://t.co/nxSF4zW0Yy

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2023-03-16

🖼️Landscape with Ascanius Shooting the Stag of Sylvia, Claude Lorrain 1682

🎨Style: Classicism
Genre: mythological painting
Media: oil,canvas
📍 Location: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK


Source: https://t.co/lXprOuKyEr

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2023-01-21

Still life with peaches and figs. Paul. Cezanne. late 19th century. The Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.
‘Zelten’ is a rich fruit cake made with dried figs and nuts that is traditionally made in Trentino Alto Adige for Christmas. Recipe on https://t.co/um1EJ6OkRR

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2022-11-30

Come to the Ashmolean next Thursday (or sign up for Zoom) and hear about Ruskin's own beautiful watercolours, and the contradictions between his love for Turner and his role as self-appointed champion of the Pre-Raphaelites

https://t.co/HxqUDGHrHt

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2022-07-29

Casque béotien découvert au fond du Tigre, dans l’actuelle Irak. Ces casques étaient portés par les Compagnons de la cavalerie macédonienne et les Thessaliens. On peut voir des ouvertures sur les côtés pour une pièce rapportée, une couronne ?

Ashmolean Museum.

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2022-05-24

William Holman Hunt’s atmospheric painting of Waterloo bridge at night, during the celebrations for the wedding of the Prince of wales- later Edward VII . A truly pre-raphaelite attention to detail. Ashmolean museum

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2022-02-19

St Anne between St John the Baptist and St Anthony Abbot
(The Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology)

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2022-02-12

We are currently open daily
Mon-Fri 10am-4pm, Sat-Sun 12-4pm
Advance booking recommended - details here -
https://t.co/FC83vWqXqD
New exhibition - Painting Faces: The Art of Flattery will open on 5 February - a touring exhibition from the Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford

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2022-01-24

Showcasing 500 years of artists’ fascination with the sky, a new exhibition at the starts 30th Sept, exploring aerial landscapes, expression & escape.
https://t.co/RfLEkzUiyr
📸:  Paul Nash, The Sun Descending, © Ashmolean Museum

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2021-09-10

2/2 The Arundel Marbles, now at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford. He would have approved!

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2021-07-08

Happy Birthday 🎂6th June. Remarkably, established1683!! One of my favourite museums. Diverse, fascinating & visually exciting collection. Lovely gallery environment. Can't wait to get back to

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2021-06-06

☺️ It's been such a treat to talk to families trying out Ashmolean Adventure, our new multimedia guide today. So good to reconnect with our audience IRL!

Excited for Day 2 tomorrow🤪




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2021-06-04

https://t.co/LVyr8UDb9g Landscape near Segonzano in the Cembra Valley. 1495. Watercolor on paper. Albrecht Durer, artist.
The Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

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2021-05-10

Stonehenge during a Thunderstorm by Thomas Girtin (1775 - 1802)
Watercolour over indications in graphite, touched with the reed pen
(Ashmolean Museum)

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2021-05-03

I used to visit this painting in the Ashmolean... a lot. To be honest I think I had a bit of crush on the fella.

Since I'm doing a comic set in an art museum I wanted to have it make a cameo. It's going to be quite small in the background so my version keeps things simple!

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2021-01-14

'St Nicholas of Bari Rebuking the Storm' by Bicci di Lorenzo (1380s-1452). The saint comes to the rescue of sailors caught in a storm - note the fleeing in the bottom left corner. This gem is in the Oxford.

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2020-11-27