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| Roman Empire Torso of Aphrodite 1st century AD marble Princeton University Art Museum |
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| Roman Empire Youth with Downturned Torch 3rd century AD marble Princeton University Art Museum |
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| Giovanni Battista Caccini Emperor Hadrian as a Young Man ca. 1590 marble Minneapolis Institute of Art |
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| Anonymous European Maker Arrotino (Knife-Grinder) 18th century cast of antique original in the Uffizi Gemäldegalerie, Dresden |
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| Anonymous European Maker Arrotino (Knife-Grinder) 18th century cast of antique original in the Uffizi Gemäldegalerie, Dresden |
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| William Henry Rinehart Leander ca. 1870 marble, carved in Rome Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia |
Amorous Leander, beautiful and young
(Whose tragedy divine Musaeus sung),
Dwelt at Abydos; since him dwelt there none
For whom succeeding times make greater moan.
At Sestos Hero dwelt; Hero the fair,
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| William Henry Rinehart Hero 1874 marble, carved in Rome Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia |
At Sestos Hero dwelt; Hero the fair,
Whom young Apollo courted for her hair,
And offered as a dower his burning throne,
Where she could sit for men to gaze upon.
"A physician by trade, Sir Hans Sloane was also a collector of objects from around the world. By his death in 1753 he had collected more than 71,000 items. Sloane bequeathed his collection to the nation in his will and it became the founding collection of the British Museum."
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| Harriet Goodhue Hosmer Sleeping Faun 1870 marble, carved in Rome Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio |
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| Ancient Greek Culture Torso of Kouros 575-550 BC marble Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio |
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| Roman Empire Satyr in Motion 1st century AD marble Gemäldegalerie, Dresden |
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| Meissen Manufactory (Dresden) Figure pouring Water 1783 porcelain Gemäldegalerie, Dresden |
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| Roman Empire Athlete 1st century AD marble Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio |
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| Roman Empire River God 1st-2nd century AD marble Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia |
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| Thomas Crawford Paris presenting the Golden Apple to Venus 1837 marble, carved in Rome Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia |
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| Clodion Pair of Bacchic Groups with Nymph, Satyr and Infant ca. 1775 terracotta statuettes Milwaukee Art Museum |
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| Anonymous Dutch Maker Mercury ca. 1600-1650 boxwood statuette (formerly owned by Sir Hans Sloane) British Museum |
"A physician by trade, Sir Hans Sloane was also a collector of objects from around the world. By his death in 1753 he had collected more than 71,000 items. Sloane bequeathed his collection to the nation in his will and it became the founding collection of the British Museum."