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"Only the Best": Masterpieces of the Calouste Gulbenkian Museum, Lisbon
Portrait of a Young Woman, ca. 1485
Domenico Ghirlandaio (Italian [Florentine], 14491494)
Tempera on wood; 17 3/8 x 12 5/8 in. (44 x 32 cm)
Calouste Gulbenkian Museum, Lisbon (Inv. no. 282)
Aboukir Medallion: Head of Alexander the Great (obverse), 3rd century A.D.
Roman
Gold; Diam. 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm), wt. 3.4 oz. (96.3 g)
Calouste Gulbenkian Museum, Lisbon (Inv. no. 2428)
Printing Instructions
Tile Tympanum, ca. 1573
Turkish (Iznik)
Underglaze-painted composite body; 27 1/2 x 53 1/2 in. (70 x 136 cm)
Calouste Gulbenkian Museum, Lisbon (Inv. no. 1598B)
Bible (in Armenian), 1623
Constantinople
Ink, colors, and gold on parchment; 8 7/8 x 6 1/2 in. (22.4 x 16.5 cm)
Calouste Gulbenkian Museum, Lisbon (Inv. no. L. A. 152)
The FÍte at Rambouillet or The Island of Love, ca. 1770
Jean-Honoré Fragonard (French, 17321806)
Oil on canvas; 28 x 35 3/8 in. (71 x 90 cm)
Calouste Gulbenkian Museum, Lisbon (Inv. no. 436)
The Feast of the Ascension in Piazza San Marco, ca. 1775
Francesco Guardi (Italian [Venetian], 17121793)
Oil on canvas; 24 x 35 7/8 in. (61 x 91 cm)
Calouste Gulbenkian Museum, Lisbon (Inv. no. 390)
Centerpiece (detail), 176266
French (Paris)
FranÁois-Thomas Germain (French, 17261791, master 1748)
Cast and engraved silver; A: 20 7/8 x 35 3/8 x 26 3/8 in. (53 x 90 x 67 cm), wt. 80.7 lb. (36.6 kg); B: 15 3/4 x 16 3/8 x 14 1/8 in. (40 x 41.5 x 36.5 cm), wt. 20.2 lb. (9.14 kg); C: 15 3/4 x 16 1/8 x 13 3/4 in. (40 x 41 x 35 cm), wt. 18.7 lb. (8.5 kg)
Calouste Gulbenkian Museum, Lisbon (Inv. no. 1085
Boy Blowing Bubbles, 1867
douard Manet (French, 18321883)
Oil on canvas; 39 3/8 x 31 7/8 in. (100 x 81 cm)
Calouste Gulbenkian Museum, Lisbon (Inv. no. 2361)
Torso of King Pedubast; Third Intermediate period (Dynasty 23, reign of Pedubast, 818793 B.C.)
Egyptian
Bronze with gold and copper inlay; H. 10 1/4 in. (26 cm)
Calouste Gulbenkian Museum, Lisbon (Inv. no. 52)
Four-Case Inro, 18th19th century
Japanese
Hara Yoyusai (17721845)
Lacquer, mother-of-pearl, and ivory; 3 x 2 1/8 x 1 in. (7.5 x 5.5 x 2.5 cm)
Calouste Gulbenkian Museum, Lisbon (Inv. no. 1364)
Plaque for the Eagles and Pines Choker, ca. 18991901
René Lalique (French, 18601945)
Gold, opal, and enamel; 2 1/8 x 4 1/8 in. (5.3 x 10.6 cm)
Calouste Gulbenkian Museum, Lisbon (Inv. no. 1151)