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In the Presence of Kings Royal Treasures From the Collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
In the Presence of Kings: Royal Treasures from the Collections of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Nickel, Helmut
1967
44 pages
32 illustrations
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Helmut Nickel
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God Horus Protecting King Nectanebo II
360–343 B.C.
Senwosret III as a Sphinx
ca. 1878–1840 B.C.
Broad Collar
ca. 1479–1425 B.C.
Head of a king
ca. 4th century
Vessel terminating in the forepart of a fantastic leonine creature
ca. 5th century BCE
Figure of a man with an oryx, a monkey, and a leopard skin
ca. 8th century BCE
Head of a ruler
ca. 2300–2000 BCE
Terracotta volute-krater (vase for mixing wine and water)
Capodimonte Painter
ca. 320–310 BCE
Tomb Effigy Bust of Marie de France (1327-41), daughter of Charles IV of France and Jeanne d'Evreux
Jean de Liège
ca. 1381
The Hours of Jeanne d'Evreux, Queen of France
Jean Pucelle
ca. 1324–28
Panel with an Ivory Crucifixion Scene
late 11th century
Courtiers in a Rose Garden: A Lady and Two Gentlemen
ca. 1440–50
Reliquary Shrine
Jean de Touyl
ca. 1325–50
Double Virginal
Hans Ruckers the Elder
1581
Burgonet
Filippo Negroli
dated 1543
Shield of Henry II of France (reigned 1547–59)
ca. 1555
Armor Garniture of George Clifford (1558–1605), Third Earl of Cumberland
Jacob Halder
1586
Louis XV (1710–1774), King of France
Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne the Younger
1757
Drop-front secretary (Secrétaire en armoire)
Jean Henri Riesener
1783
Celestial globe with clockwork
Gerhard Emmoser
1579
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