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Altar with Hittite inscription,                        
a winged sun disk and the name of                      
the Hittite King Tudhaliya IV.                         
Basalt (Imperial Period, 17th-12th BCE)                
from Emirgazi (near Konya), Turkey
#08020616

Altar with Hittite inscription, a winged sun disk and th...

Marble altar with inscription (8th BCE).               
Gift from the Assyrian King Sargon II                  
(721-705 BCE) to the Sibitti gods,                     
from Mossul, Mesopotamia (Iraq).
#08020656

Marble altar with inscription (8th BCE). Gift from the Assyrian K...

God and landscape with trees.                          
"The Story of Noah's Ark".                             
Detail from the silver altar.                          
Jacob's Chapel, Pistoia, Italy
#15010362

God and landscape with trees. "The Story of Noah's Ark...

"Goldenes Roessl" (Golden Horse). Altar (1404).
King Charles VI adoring Virgin Mary and child, a
stable boy ,wearing 2-colored Burgundian breeches,
holds the king's horse. Limoges enamel and gold
Height: 62 cm
#15010449

"Goldenes Roessl" (Golden Horse). Altar (1404). King Charles VI adoring Virgin...

King Charles VI adoring Virgin Mary and Child.         
Detail from the altar "Goldenes Roessl"                
(Golden Horse), see 15-01-04/49 - 51.                      
Limoges enamel and gold (1404)                         
Height: 62 cm
#15010452

King Charles VI adoring Virgin Mary and Child. Detail from the altar "...

Virgin Mary and Child. Adoration of the Magi.          
Marble antependium from the high altar of              
Cologne Cathedral
#15010460

Virgin Mary and Child. Adoration of the Magi. Marble antependium from...

Carrying of the Cross, Crucifixion, Descent from the   
Cross(top); below: Adoration, Saint Mary and Child.    
Ivory triptych
#15010467

Carrying of the Cross, Crucifixion, Descent from the Cross(top); below: Adora...

Saint George and the Dragon, altar of Weltenburg       
Benedictine abbey church. Saint George rides against   
a painted background; the dragon raises its ugly head  
and the princess hides behind her veil: right and left 
Saints Martin and Maurus.
#15040762

Saint George and the Dragon, altar of Weltenburg Benedictine abbey church...

Retable du Parlement de Paris: Saint Louis, Saint John Baptist, Saint Denis, Charlemagne. In the background Parisian landmarks: the Tour de Nesle, The Seine river, the Louvre, Le Petit Bourbon, 
Le Palais.
Wood,  146 x 226,5 cm
RF 2065
#391802 3

Retable du Parlement de Paris: Saint Louis, Saint John Baptist, Saint Denis, Cha...

Retable du Parlement de Paris: Saint Louis, Saint John Baptist, Saint Denis, Charlemagne. In the background
Parisian landmarks: the Tour de Nesle, The Seine river, the Louvre, Le Petit Bourbon, Le Palais. Detail.
Wood,  146 x 226,5 cm
RF 2065
#391802 4

Retable du Parlement de Paris: Saint Louis, Saint John Baptist, Saint Denis, Cha...

Nativity. Detail                                       
from an altar.                                         
Tempera on wood                                        
75 x 92 cm
#400101 5

Nativity. Detail from an altar....

Altar of the Three Holy Kings with Adoration of        
Jesus. The city patrons of Cologne, Saint Mary,        
the Three Magi, Saint Ursula, and Saint Gereon,
an officer of the Theban Legion.       
Tempera on oakwood (1445)
#40010115

Altar of the Three Holy Kings with Adoration of Jesus. The city patrons...