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Automaton, St. George killing the Dragon (1613-1615). By Jakob Miller The Elder. Clock-work: iron, case: silver, partly fire-gilded. From Augsburg H: 40 cm
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Automaton, St. George killing the Dragon (1613-1615). By Jakob Miller The Elde...

Saint George Automaton, silverwork Nuernberg, Germany (around 1600)
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Saint George Automaton, silverwork...

Sea-horse - Amor Two grotesque figures (beginning 18th) Dresden, Germany
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Sea-horse - Amor Two grotesque figures (b...

A child's paper theatre, showing a performance of the Spanish Riding School in Vienna. Paper, hand-painted, around 1790
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A child's paper theatre, showing a performance of the Spanish Riding School in V...

Vase fuseau made for Mme. Mere (Laetitia Bonaparte). H:107x 38 x 34 cm Manufacture de Sevres Painting made by Georget after the painting "Bonaparte franchissant les Alpes" by David
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Vase fuseau made for Mme. Mere (Laetitia Bonaparte). H:1...

Hercules abducting one of the horses of Diomedes. Audenarde, around 1545-65. Tapestry,Linen and silk, 352 x 398 cm OAR 5
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Hercules abducting one of the horses of Diomedes. Audenarde, around 1545-6...

L'Histoire de Scipion: Le combat du Tessin, premiere piece de la tenture,laine et soie, tapisserie.OA 6067 D'apres Giulio Romano,Manufacture des Gobelins pour Louis XIV,1688-1689
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L'Histoire de Scipion: Le combat du Tessin, premiere piece de la ten...

L'Histoire de Scipion: La bataille sur le plateau, quatrieme piece de la tenture,laine et soie, tapisserie.OA 5388 D'apres Giulio Romano,Manufacture des Gobelins pour Louis XIV,1688-1689
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L'Histoire de Scipion: La bataille sur le plateau, quatrieme piece de la te...

Icon of Saint George, Byzantine,from the village of Pskov, Russia. The panel was used as the shutter of a barn window. Overpainted several times, the 14th century icon was finally uncovered by museum custodians. Saint George on a black horse is rare and accounts for the icon's popular name of "Black George". M&ME 1986,6-3,1
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Icon of Saint George, Byzantine,from the village of Pskov, Russia. The panel was...

Silver tetradrachm of Azes I, Scythian, from Gandhara and Taxila, north-west Pakistan, 57-10 BCE. Appropriate for a ruler whose ancestors were nomads from Central Asia, his coin image shows a king with standard and spear, mounted on horseback. CM 1894-5-6-570
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Silver tetradrachm of Azes I, Scythian, from Gandhara and Taxila, north-west Pak...

Copy of a gold stater, Iron Age, 3rd. During the third century, the Celtic people of Continental Europe began to manufacture copies of Greek gold and silver coins. These were the first coins ever made in northrn Europe. The chariot on this coin is a good reproduction of the coin of Phillip of Macedon (359-336 BCE). The Greek inscription "Philippou"- of Phillip, is correct, although writing had not yet been adopted in northern Europe. CM, 1861.5-9.2
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Copy of a gold stater, Iron Age, 3rd. During the third century, the Celtic peopl...

Plate: Henri II, king of France, on horseback Middle of the 16th century; Limoges Enamel on copper; diameter: 28cm N 1247
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Plate: Henri II, king of France, on horseback Middle of the 16th century; Limog...