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Le passage du Rubicon par Cesar-Caesar crossing the Rubicon. Au dessous un texte commencant par :"Cy commence Lucain en suivant sa matiere de Cesar." Parchment, 44 x 32,5 cm RF 29493 recto.
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Le passage du Rubicon par Cesar-Caesar crossing the Rubicon. Au dessous un text...

The Fall of Phaeton, 1533. Jupiter,above,sits on his eagle and hurls a thunderbolt at Phaeton,son of Apollo,who had asked to drive the chariot of the sun. To save the earth, Jupiter destroyed Phaeton. Underneath,his sisters the Heliades,weeping, are changed into poplar trees. The river god Eridanus (the river Po) into whose river Phaeton fell, lies underneath. From Ovid's Metamorphoses. PD.1895-9-15-517.
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The Fall of Phaeton, 1533. Jupiter,above,sits on his eagle and hurls a thunderbo...

The wolf,costume sketch for Tchaikowski's ballet "La Belle au bois dormant",performed during the 1921 season of the Ballets Russes in Paris. Watercolour,gouache and gold on paper.
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The wolf,costume sketch for Tchaikowski's ballet "La Belle au bois dormant",perf...

Peacock,sketch of a mechanical costume for Maurice Ravel's ballet "Histoire Naturelle",1916 Watercolour and stencil on paper
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Peacock,sketch of a mechanical costume for Maurice Ravel's ballet "Histoire Natu...

Japanese festival.
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Japanese festival.

From the Illustrations to 100 poems by 100 poets: Sarumaaru Tayu,8th CE:Autumn,farmwomen return from collecting mushrooms.A stag and deer.
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From the Illustrations to 100 poems by 100 poets: Sarumaaru Tayu,8th CE:Au...

From the Illustrations to 100 poems by 100 poets: Chunagon Yakomochi,8th CE:Chinese fishermen in their boats;three magpies fly over them.
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From the Illustrations to 100 poems by 100 poets: Chunagon Yakomochi,8th C...

From the Illustrations to 100 poems by 100 poets: Kisen Hoshi,9th CE:Two porters carry a palanquin; the man inside may be Seiwa Tenno, an Emperor who abdicated and turned monk.Two farmers cross his path.
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From the Illustrations to 100 poems by 100 poets: Kisen Hoshi,9th CE:Two p...

From the Illustrations to 100 poems by 100 poets: Workday in a small town:a man cleans the street,women dye cloth,another woman washes clothes,a birdcatcher with his net and a man ploughing in a flooded rice- paddy.
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From the Illustrations to 100 poems by 100 poets: Workday in a small town:...

From the Illustrations to 100 poems by 100 poets: Motoyoshi Shinno,890-943,an imperial prince:The Bay of Naniwa,in the background a harbour with ships.A lady and her servant,waiting for a lover perhaps hidden under the straw on the back of the ox.
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From the Illustrations to 100 poems by 100 poets: Motoyoshi Shinno,890-943...

From the Illustrations to 100 poems by 100 poets: Harumichi no Tsuraki,around 920:Woodworkers sawing wood,preparing planks;on the bridge a mother with her child and the child's turtle;a fisher with his net; sycamore leaves in the river.
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From the Illustrations to 100 poems by 100 poets: Harumichi no Tsuraki,aro...

From the Illustrations to 100 poems by 100 poets: Fujiwara no Yoshitaka,954-974:Four men and two women enjoy bath and rest;two cormorants swim in the pond.
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From the Illustrations to 100 poems by 100 poets: Fujiwara no Yoshitaka,95...