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Bust of Marie de France, ca. 1381, Jean de Liège (Franco-Netherlandish, Île-de-France, Saint-Denis, Abbey Church of Saint-Denis, Chapel of Notre-Dame-la-Blanche, Marble, lead insets, traces of polychromy (41.100.132) |
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Head of Constans, ca. 337–340, Early Byzantine (Eastern Roman Empire), Marble (67.107) |
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Aureus of Septimius Severus, with a portrait of Julia Domna, ca. 193–96 A.D.; Severan, Roman, Gold (99.35.218) |
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Box with Aristotle and Phyllis, 14th century, French; Made in Paris ca. 1310-30, Ivory (1988.1.6) |
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Bust of Francis I, 1529, Girolamo della Robbia (Italian), Glazed terracotta (41.100.245) |
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Bust of Napoleon III, 1873,
Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (French), Marble (1974.297) |
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Bust of Patroclus, 1843, William Henry Fox Talbot (British), Salted paper print from paper negative (1988.1159) |
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Cameo portrait of the emperor Augustus, 41–54; Julio-Claudian, Roman, Sardonyx (42.11.30) |
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Cameo: Silhouette portrait of Grand Duchess Maria Feodorovna and Grand Duke Paul, dated 1791, Russian; Saint Petersburg, Cut glass (1999.525) |
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Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1771, Jean-Baptiste Nini (French); Chaumont-sur-Loire, Cast terracotta (terre de Chaumont) (52.189.11) |
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Coins of Titus, Trajan, and Hadrian, 80–81, 105–7, 134–38 A.D.; Flavian, Trajanic, Hadrianic, Roman, Bronze and gold (99.35.177) |
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Column Figure of a King, ca. 1150–1170, French; From the abbey of Saint-Denis, Limestone (20.157) |
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Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1642–1723), ca. 1683–85, Giovanni Battista Foggini (Italian), Italian (Florence), Marble (1993.332.1); Grand Prince Ferdinando de' Medici (1663–1713), ca. 1683–85, Giovanni Battista Foggini (Italian), Italian (Florence), Marble (1993.332.2) |
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Dream and Lie of Franco,
Pablo Picasso (Spanish),
Etching and aquatint (1986.1224.1[2]) |
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Emperor Gaius Julius Caesar Germanicus, known as Caligula, 37–42; Julio-Claudian, Roman, Marble (14.37) |
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Empress Eugénie, 1856, Gustave Le Gray (French), Albumen silver print from glass negative (2005.100.258) |
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Enthroned King, ca. 1230–1235, North Italian; Made in Lombardy or the Veneto, Limestone (pietra di Aurisina, province of Trieste) (22.31.2) |
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Figure of Augustus the Strong, ca. 1713, Stoneware, German; Meissen, Stoneware (1982.60.318) |
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Filippo Archinto (born ca. 1500, died 1558), Archbishop of Milan, mid-1550s, Titian (Tiziano Vecellio) (Italian, Venetian), Oil on canvas (14.40.650) |
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Florinda, 1853, Franz Xaver Winterhalter (German), Oil on canvas (01.21) |
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Frederick III (1463–1525), the Wise, Elector of Saxony, 1533, Attributed to Lucas Cranach the Elder (German), Oil on wood, printed first on paper and then laid down on wood (46.179.1) |
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Head of a Ptolemaic queen, Hellenistic, ca. 270–250 B.C.,
Greek,
Marble (2002.66) |
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Head of Augustus, Roman Period, 27–20 B.C.,
Egyptian,
Blue-green (glassy?) faience (26.7.1428) |
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Head of King David, ca. 1145, France, Paris, Cathedral of Notre-Dame, south portal of west facade (Saint Anne Portal), Limestone (38.180) |
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Henri d'Albret (1503–1555), King of Navarre, Plaque, mid-16th century, Léonard Limosin (French), Made in Limoges, France, Enamel, painted on copper and partly gilded (49.7.108) |
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Henry Frederick (1594–1612), Prince of Wales, and Sir John Harington (1592–1614), 1603, Robert Peake the Elder (British), Oil on canvas (44.27) |
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Henry II Between France and Fame, ca. 1548, Jean Duvet (French), Etching (25.2.93) |
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Hiawatha, 1871–72; carved 1874, Augustus Saint-Gaudens (American), Marble (2001.641) |
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Intaglio portrait of a young woman, 1st century B.C.–1st century A.D.; Augustan, Roman, Sard (74.51.4236) |
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Intaglio with a portrait of the empress Julia Domna, ca. 205–210; Severan, Roman, Beryl (25.78.90) |
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John I (1468–1532), the Steadfast, Elector of Saxony, 1533, Workshop of Lucas Cranach the Elder (German), Oil on wood, printed first on paper and then laid down on wood (46.179.2) |
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John, Duke of Saxony, ca. 1537, Lucas Cranach the Elder (German), Oil on wood (08.19) |
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Leaf from a Manuscript of Valerius Maximus, ca. 1380, French, Made in Paris,, Parchment, tempera, ink, gold leaf (31.134.8) |
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Mary of Burgundy, Tyrol(?), 1528, Master H.A or A.H, Oil on conifer panel (1975.1.137) |
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Minerva Protecting the Young King of Rome, 1811,
Joseph-Antoine Romagnési (French),
Plaster, painted to resemble yellowish stone; green marbleized wood (frame only) (27.191.2) |
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Nine Heroes Tapestries, ca. 1400–1410, South Netherlandish, Wool warp and wefts (47.101.3) |
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Otto, Count of Nassau and His Wife Adelheid van Vianen, 1530–35, Bernaert van Orley (Flemish), Pen and brown ink, watercolor over traces of black chalk (1995.12) |
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Philippe VI, Jeanne de Bourgogne, and Jean de France in Prayer, ca. 1340–1350, French, Marble (17.190.387,388,392) |
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Plaque with Otto I presenting the Cathedral of Magdeburg, 962–968, Ottonian; From the Cathedral of Magdeburg, probably made in Milan, northern Italy, Ivory (41.100.157) |
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Portrait head of the Emperor Augustus, ca. 14–37; Julio-Claudian, Roman, Marble (07.286.115) |
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Portrait head of the emperor Constantine I, ca. 324–337; Constantinian; Late Antique period, Roman, Marble (26.229) |
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Portrait head of the emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (called Caracalla), ca. 217–230; Late Severan, Roman, Marble (40.11.1a) |
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Portrait Medals: Empress Maria and Emperor Maximillian II, dated 1575, Monogrammed "AN:AB" for Antonio Abondio (Italian) Silver, uniface (1989.12.2,3) |
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Portrait of Daniel, Archbishop of Mainz, dated 1568, Monogrammed by the Master H.K V.B, South German or Middle-Rhenish, Honestone (17.190.488) |
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Portrait of Margaret of Austria, ca. 1490, Jean Hey (Master of Moulins) (Flemish), Oil on oak panel (1975.1.130) |
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Portrait of Rudolph II, 1603, Aegidius Sadeler (Netherlandish), after Hans von Aachen (German), Engraving (51.501.6469) |
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Portrait of the emperor Antoninus Pius, 138–161; Antonine, Roman, Marble (33.11.3) |
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Princess Elizabeth (1596–1662), Later Queen of Bohemia, ca. 1606, Robert Peake the Elder (British), Oil on canvas (51.194.1) |
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Prophet, ca. 1390–1410, French (Bourges or Burgundy) or South Lowlands, Colorless glass, silver stain, and vitreous paint (1995.301) |
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Queen Victoria, 1838, Thomas Sully (American), Oil on canvas (14.126.1) |
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Queen Victoria, 1838, Thomas Sully (American), Oil on canvas (L.1993.45) |
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Relief Allegory of Virtues and Vices at the Court of Emperor Charles V, dated 1522, Monogrammed "HD" for Hans Daucher (German, Augsburg), Honestone relief, touches of gilding (17.190.745) |
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Relief portrait of the emperor Lucius Verus, ca. 166–170; Antonine, Roman, Marble (13.227.1) |
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Ring with head of Herakles, late 4th–3rd century B.C.; Hellenistic,
Greek,
Gold (10.132.1) |
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Snuffbox, ca. 1764–65, Possibly by Pierre-François-Mathis de Beaulieu (French), French; Paris, Four-color gold, enamel (17.190.1158) |
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Solidus of Constantius II (Sole Emperor, 350–361), 350–361, Byzantine, Gold (04.35.18) |
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Solidus of Justinian I (r. 527–565), 538–565, Byzantine; Minted in Constantinople, Gold (99.35.7406) |
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Stained-Glass Panel, ca. 1245–1248, France, Tours, Ambulatory of the Cathedral of Saint-Gatien, Pot-metal glass and vitreous paint (37.173.3) |
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Stater with head of Alexander the Great, 286–281 B.C.; Hellenistic,
Greek; Lysimachos, Pella,
Gold (52.127.4) |
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Statue of a member of the imperial family shown in heroic semi-nudity, Early Imperial, Augustan or Julio-Claudian, 27 B.C.–68 A.D.,
Roman,
Marble, pigment, gilding (2003.407.9) |
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Study of Queen Victoria's Neckline (Study for Portrait of Queen Victoria), ca. 1838, Thomas Sully (American), Graphite on paper (L.1994.29.1) |
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Study of Queen Victoria's Train (Study for Portrait of Queen Victoria), ca. 1838, Thomas Sully (American), Graphite on paper (L.1994.29.3 recto) |
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Study of the Queen's Robes (Study for Portrait of Queen Victoria), ca. 1838, Thomas Sully (American), Graphite on paper (L.1994.29.4 recto) |
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Study of the Queen's Robes (Study for Portrait of Queen Victoria), ca. 1838, Thomas Sully (American,), Graphite on paper (L.1994.29.2) |
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Tapestry Fragment With King Arthur (with 32.130.3ab), ca. 1400–1410, South Netherlandish, Wool warp, wool wefts (47.101.4) |
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Tapestry: Portrait of Napoleon I, 1808–11, After a painting by Baron François-Pascal-Simon Gérard (French7); Gobelins Royal Manufactory; Workshop of Michel-Henri Cozette (French), High-warp tapestry of wool, silk, and silver-gilt thread (43.99)
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Tea and coffee service, 1773, Johan Henrik Blom (Finnish), Russian; Saint Petersburg, Parcel-gilt silver, enamel, ebonized fruitwood (47.51.1–.5) |
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The Apotheosis of the Spanish Monarchy, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Italian, Venetian), Oil on canvas (37.165.3) |
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The Empress Elizabeth of Russia (1709–1762) on Horseback, Attended by a Page, Georg Christoph Grooth (German), Oil on canvas (1978.554.2) |
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The Mass of Saint Basil, 1746,
Pierre Hubert Subleyras (French),
Oil on canvas (2007.166) |
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The Triumph of Henry IV, sketch, 1627–31, Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish), Oil on wood (42.187) |
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The Yew Tree Ball (detail), 1745, Charles-Nicolas Cochin (French), Engraving (30.22[34/34]) |
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Two portraits of Trebonianus Gallus, 251–53 A.D., Roman, Bronze (05.30, 05.47) |
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[Unique Pair of Personal Travel Albums Made by the Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna Showing Events in the Daily Life of the Russian Imperial Family], 1917, Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna (Russian, born Denmark), Gelatin silver prints; photomechanical reproductions (1996.438ab) |
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