Era
Art from before the Common Era
45,077 works dated before the year 1, from 5 museums and collections.
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24 works shown, in the site's best-first order
Wall painting on black ground: landscape, from the imperial villa at BoscotrecaseRoman, Pompeian (artist unrecorded), last decade of the 1st century BCEThe Metropolitan Museum of Art 
Wall painting from Room H of the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor at BoscorealeRoman (artist unrecorded), ca. 50–40 BCEThe Metropolitan Museum of Art 
Wall painting from the west wall of Room L of the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor at BoscorealeRoman (artist unrecorded), ca. 50–40 BCEThe Metropolitan Museum of Art 
BodhisattvaChina, probably from the Cisheng Si (Cisheng temple), Henan province, Song dynasty (960-1278)Art Institute of Chicago 
Ceiling painting from the palace of Amenhotep IIIUnknown artist, ca. 1390–1352 B.C.The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
Funerary Papyrus of TayuhenutmutAncient Egyptian, Third Intermediate Period, probably Dynasty 21 (about 1069-945 BCE)Art Institute of Chicago 
Detail of a Bull from a Procession of Offering BearersNina de Garis Davies, 1914; original ca. 1390–1352 B.C.The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
Boat Carrying Captives from Nubia, Tomb of HuyCharles K. Wilkinson, A.D. 1922–23; original ca. 1353–1327 B.C.The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
Women at a BanquetNina de Garis Davies, A.D. 1925; original ca. 1479–1425 B.C.The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
Queen Nefertari Playing SenetNina de Garis Davies, ca. 1279–1213 B.C.The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
Ostracon with a Drawing of a KingAncient Egyptian, New Kingdom, mid-Dynasty 19–Dynasty 20, about 1213–1069 BCEArt Institute of Chicago 
Guests at a BanquetNina de Garis Davies, A.D. 1920–21; original ca. 1390–1349 B.C.The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
Building a Catafalque, Tomb of IpuyNorman de Garis Davies, ca. 1279–1213 B.C.The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
Purifying and Mourning the Dead, Tomb of Nebamun and IpukyCharles K. Wilkinson, ca. 1390–1349 B.C.The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
Women at a BanquetNina de Garis Davies, A.D. 1922; original ca. 1400–1390 B.C.The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
Ceiling FragmentHugh R. Hopgood, A.D. 1914–1915; original ca. 1390–1352 B.C.The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
Amenhotep III and Queen Tiye Enthroned Beneath a Kiosk, Tomb of AnenNina de Garis Davies, ca. 1390–1352 B.C.The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
Nebamun Receiving WineNina de Garis Davies, A.D. 1916; original ca. 1390–1349 B.C.The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
Ceiling Pattern, Tomb of QenamunCharles K. Wilkinson, ca. 1479–1400 B.C.The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
Cretans Bringing Gifts, Tomb of RekhmireNina de Garis Davies, ca. 1479–1425 B.C.The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
Wall painting on red ground: candelabrum, from the imperial villa at BoscotrecaseRoman, Pompeian (artist unrecorded), last decade of the 1st century BCEThe Metropolitan Museum of Art 
Osiris and the Four Sons of HorusNina de Garis Davies|Hugh R. Hopgood, A.D. 1915; original ca. 1400–1352 B.C.The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
Wall painting on black ground: supports with entrablature, from the imperial villa at BoscotrecaseRoman, Pompeian (artist unrecorded), last decade of the 1st century BCEThe Metropolitan Museum of Art 
Wall paintingGreek, South Italian, Lucanian (artist unrecorded), mid-4th century BCEThe Metropolitan Museum of Art