Completed between 1647 and 1651, and probably painted during the artist's visit to Italy, the work depicts the goddess Venus in a sensual pose, lying on a bed and looking into a mirror held by the Roman god of physical love, her son Cupid.

Completed during the rule of the Safavid Shah Tahmasp I in the mid-16th century, probably in Tabriz, the carpets are considered some of the best of the classical Persian school of carpet creation.

( Completed in the early ' 70s, Interstate 280 runs west of Emerald Hills, sticking close to the San Andreas Fault.

* Completed a period of time-in-rate ( three years time-in-rate as a second-class petty officer, or two years if the second-class petty officer received a promotion recommendation of " early promote " ( EP ) on their latest periodic performance evaluation and the second-class petty officer's commanding officer authorizes a one year time-in-rate waiver ).

Completed in 1892, it was an early example of a prominent " Flatiron " building.

Completed in 1905 and renovated a century later, the circle was designed by William P. Eno – a businessman who pioneered many early innovations in road safety and traffic control – as part of Frederick Law Olmsted's vision for Central Park, which included a " Grand Circle " at the Merchants ' Gate, its most important Eighth Avenue entrance.

Completed in the early 2000s, it cost £ 80 million and consists of leisure, retail and residential space.

Completed in early April 1921, Jules and Jay Allen's Pompeiian-style theater was sold to Loew's in 1922.

Completed in early 2004, the centre provides, under one roof, an interdisciplinary research environment that combines the development of contemporary, high resolution structural, functional and metabolic mapping techniques, with expertise in the definition, diagnosis and treatment of neurological and psychiatric disorders.

Completed in 1933, it runs from Tai Po Road in Sham Shui Po, Kowloon to the very north of the New Territories, serving south, west and north New Territories, being one of the most distant roads in early Hong Kong.

Completed and opened in early June 2012, the detour roads and the rest of the dirt below them and the bridges was removed during the remainder of the month, and the already-completed portions of the road on either side were quickly connected under the bridges for the July opening.

Completed in 1631, this painting in the Pinacoteca Vaticana recalls an episode in the life of the early Benedictine monk, Saint Romuald, of the Camaldolese Order, who is said to have dreamt that members of his Order wearing white ascended into heaven ( as seen in background ).

Completed in early 2008, MOF 4. 0 integrates community-generated processes ; governance, risk, and compliance activities ; management reviews, and Microsoft Solutions Framework ( MSF ) best practices.

Completed just before most of the railroads in Ohio were built, the canal competed with railroads through much of its useful life.

Completed in April 2004, the merger created the largest life insurer in Canada, second largest in North America, and fifth largest in the world at the time.

Completed in May 2002, the album was widely available on the internet before being released on October 8, 2002.

Completed in 1917, it is the oldest building on campus and was home to Sarah Bates Lawrence and William Van Duzer Lawrence before being given to the College.

Completed in the 1938, the dam retains the waters of the Colorado River into the Imperial Reservoir before desilting and diversion into the All-American Canal, the Gila River, and the Yuma Project aqueduct.

Completed in 1962 only a few months before Place Ville-Marie, CIBC Tower was the tallest building in Canada and the entire Commonwealth of Nations when it was first built, until being surpassed later that year by Place Ville-Marie where a penthouse was added by the competing Royal Bank for that express purpose.

Completed in 1795, Lady James died before hand over.

Completed in 1910 to replace an older station on the same site, the station was Kuala Lumpur's railway hub in the city for the Federated Malay States Railways and Malayan Railway ( Malay: Keretapi Tanah Melayu ), before Kuala Lumpur Sentral assumed much of its role in 2001.

Completed just before the sudden July 1999 death of bass player and lead singer Mark Sandman, the album was released in February 2000.

Completed models can be sprayed so they keep their shape better, and a spray is needed when wet folding.

Completed in 1552, they were issued by Royal Mandate on 19 June 1553.

Completed in 1967 and 2011 respectively, they connect the town of Jarrow on the south bank of the river with North Shields and Howdon on the north.

Completed in 1815, it was the first national-scale geologic map, and by far the most accurate of its time.

Completed in 1892, the Ottoman Central Bank headquarters is the first building at right.

Completed and published in 1953, Childhood's End sold out its first printing and received good reviews, becoming Clarke's first successful novel of his career.

Completed in 1450 and placed in the square facing the Basilica of St. Anthony, his equestrian statue of Erasmo ( better known as the Gattamelata, or " Honey-Cat ") was the first example of such a monument since ancient times.

Completed in 2008, the film tells the story of the first Christmas of a colony set-up on the surface of Mars.

Completed in 1968 by the firm of Roche-Dinkeloo, the Ford Foundation Building was the first large-scale architectural building in the country to devote a substantial portion of its space to horticultural pursuits.

Completed in 1905, Milner Dam and its accompanying canals made commercial irrigation outside the Snake River Canyon practical for the first time.

Completed in 1909, the Virginian Railway ( VGN ) established engine terminal and yard facilities near Mullens which employed hundreds of workers during the first half of the 20th century.

* Completed first dedicated United States Micro-gravity Laboratory flight laying the groundwork for Space Station Freedom science operations.

* Completed longest Space Shuttle mission ( 13 days 19 hours 30 minutes ) and the first Extended Duration Orbiter ( EDO ) flight of the Space Shuttle Program.

Completed the first circumnavigation of the globe in a single expedition after its captain, Magellan, was killed.

Completed in 1928, it was Saarinen's first executed architectural work in the United States.

Completed in 1807-10, the semicircular space on Norrbro's eastern side was first used as a storage space for fisheries, finally removed on the commands of the king in 1821.

* 1981 – Completed first large scale work, ... auf den ersten Blick und ohne zu wissen ...

Completed in 2007, The Koret-Taube Media Suite is the first permanent high-definition broadcast-standard video production facility installed in any American opera house according to the company's website.

Completed nearly two decades after the first designs were published its reception among architectural critics suffered from the fact that the heyday of postmodernism was already over.

Completed in 1860 and still standing today, the Sheerness Boat Store was the world's first multi-storey building with a rigid metal frame.

Completed in 1917, the building is the fifth to serve as the Wisconsin capitol since the first territorial legislature convened during 1836 and the third building since Wisconsin was granted statehood during 1848.

Completed 2006 is the world's first 6 star green rating building features louvered facade, natural and recycled materials, solar panels and thermal mass cooling.

Completed by the end of March, " The Colour Out of Space " was first published in Hugo Gernsback's science fiction magazine Amazing Stories in September 1927.

Completed that year, the first game in the stadium was between Dallas-area high schools in October 1930.

Completed in 1955, PA I was Brazil's first underground power station.

Completed in 2005, its 20 stories are entirely residential, save for some commercial units at ground level, including Sovereign Food and Wine, the Quays ' first grocery store.