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Cinerary statue,called "Pluto", 550-530 BCE. H:160 cm From Chiusi,Collectione Casuccini. NI 8479
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Cinerary statue,called "Pluto", 550-530 BCE. H:160 cm...

Lid of a funeral urn, from Chiusi. H: 45 cm N.I.8480
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Lid of a funeral urn, from Chiusi. H: 45 cm N.I.8480

Colonne avec un buste de Nerva - column with a bust of Emperor Nerva (96-98-CE). The columns were part of a monument of the 2nd CE in Rome. Porphyry. OA 9054
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Colonne avec un buste de Nerva - column with a bust of Emperor Nerva (96-98-CE)....

Colonne avec un buste de Trajan - Column with a bust of Emperor Trajan (98-117 CE). The columns were part of a monument of the 2nd CE in Rome. Porphyry. OA 9054
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Colonne avec un buste de Trajan - Column with a bust of Emperor Trajan (98-117 C...

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...

Minerva,also called Roma. The headless body of the statue was found and restored in Rome in the 17th century.Cardinal Mazarin bought it before it entered the royal collections. In the 18th century Francuccio Francucci added head and arms, to transform the statue into an allegory of Rome. Porphyry,gilt bronze. MR 341
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Minerva,also called Roma. The headless body of the statue was found and restore...

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...

68-69 was the year of four emperors: Galba, Otho,Vitellius and Vespasian.Galba was killed by the pretorians, Otho and Vitellius committed suicide and the senate conferred the imperial authority upon Vespasian (reigned 69 - 79 CE) Porphyry,Sicilian jaspis,alabaster. MV 7101
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68-69 was the year of four emperors: Galba, Otho,Vitellius and Vespasian.Galba w...

Emperor Vespasian. Porphyry,Sicilian jaspis,alabaster. The two busts (54 and 55) belong to a series of twelve from the collection of Mazarin;they were bought by Colbert for Louis XIV and stood in the Galerie des Glaces in Versailles. MV 7111
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Emperor Vespasian. Porphyry,Sicilian jaspis,alabaster....

Portrait statue of Socrates, Greek, ca. 200 BCE - 100 CE. According to both Plato and Xenophon, his pupils, Socrates was portly, pug-nosed with fleshy lips, resembling a satyr. His pursuit of true knowledge brought him into conflict with the piety laws od Athens, where his prosecution led to enforced suicide. The portraits that survive were all produced after his death. GR 1925.11-18.1
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Portrait statue of Socrates, Greek, ca. 200 BCE - 100 CE. According to both Pla...

Bowl with basket-like handles and female heads on the rim, Greek, ca.600 BCE. The message scratched into the rim records its dedication to Aphrodite by a man named Sostratos. The bowl was found in the Sanctuary of Aphrodite at Naukratis, a Greek trading settlement in the Nile Delta, where the Greeks were free to worship their own gods. Gr 1888.6-1.456
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Bowl with basket-like handles and female heads on the rim, Greek, ca.600 BCE. Th...

Cameo of Agrippina the Elder, Roman, probably made in Italy, 37-41 CE. The cameo shows a bust of Agrippina, wife of Germanicus and mother of Emperor Caligula. While the wreath indicates she is a member of the imperial family, her hairstyle is typical for many noble women of her period. GR 1899.7-22.2
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Cameo of Agrippina the Elder, Roman, probably made in Italy, 37-41 CE. The cameo...