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Portrait presume de Benvenuto Cellini - Presumed portrait
of Benvenuto Cellini (1500-1571). Florence,mid-16th.
The porphyry on which the portrait is painted,may be the
result of the debate,in Florence of the 16th, about the
difference in  durability of painting and sculpture.
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Portrait presume de Benvenuto Cellini - Presumed portrait of Benvenuto Cellini...

Head of Minerva.This is the head ordered by cardinal Mazarin
for his headless Minerva.
Red marble,granite and gilt bronze.
Inv.Cl 476
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Head of Minerva.This is the head ordered by cardinal Mazarin for his headless M...

Daphne (around 1550), persued by Apollo, her father Peneios changes her into a laurel-tree.
Gilded silver, coral and semi-precious stones
from Nuernberg, Germany
See also:30-01-05/42
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Daphne (around 1550), persued by Apollo, her father Peneios changes her into a l...

Daphne (around 1550), persued by Apollo, her father Peneios changes her into a laurel-tree.
Gilded silver, coral and semi-precious stones
from Nuernberg, Germany
See also:30-01-05/41
#30010542

Daphne (around 1550), persued by Apollo, her father Peneios changes her into a l...