Fishing Party in the Mountains (detail), Thomas Hill, 1872, oil on canvas.

Fishing Party in the Mountains (detail), Thomas Hill, 1872, oil on canvas.

My wife and two daughters at de Young in SF (viewing Tulip Culture, by George Hitchcock, 1889)

My wife and two daughters at de Young in SF (viewing Tulip Culture, by George Hitchcock, 1889)

George Caleb Bingham, The Wood Boat, Oil on canvas mounted on board, 1850

George Caleb Bingham, The Wood Boat, Oil on canvas mounted on board, 1850

A Roman-era bust of Themistocles in "Severe style", based on a Greek original, in the Museo Archeologico Ostiense, Ostia, Rome, Italy

A Roman-era bust of Themistocles in "Severe style", based on a Greek original, in the Museo Archeologico Ostiense, Ostia, Rome, Italy

Boxer at Rest (detail), Hellenistic era bronze, 330-50 BC

Boxer at Rest (detail), Hellenistic era bronze, 330-50 BC