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CRUSADES

French Revolution 1789

FRENCH REVOLUTION 1789

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NAPOLEON BONAPARTE

4,327 photos
The creation of Adam, the creation of Eve from Adam's  
rib, the expulsion from Paradise, detail from the      
second set of bronze doors Ghiberti sculpted for the   
Baptistery in Florence.                                
1424-1452
#40070943

The creation of Adam, the creation of Eve from Adam's rib, the expulsion from...

Adam's labours after the Fall, Cain slays Abel; detail 
from the second set of bronze doors Ghiberti sculpted  
for the Baptistery of the Cathedral of Florence.       
1424-1452
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Adam's labours after the Fall, Cain slays Abel; detail from the second set of b...

The battle against the Philistines; David kills        
Goliath. Detail from the second set of bronze doors    
sculpted by Ghiberti for the Baptistery of the         
Cathedral of Florence.                                 
1424-1452
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The battle against the Philistines; David kills Goliath. Detail from th...

Dance of the angels and the Just in Paradise.          
Detail from the Last Judgement.                        
See 40-07-09/55-58                                     
Wood (around 1431), 105 x 210 cm                       
Inv. 8509
#40070958

Dance of the angels and the Just in Paradise. Detail from the Last Jud...

The Annunciation. Fresco in the former dormitory       
of the Dominican monastery San Marco, Florence.        
See 40-07-09/59-62 (Around 1450)                       
230 x 297 cm
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The Annunciation. Fresco in the former dormitory of the Dominican monaste...

The Annunciation. Fresco in the former dormitory       
of the Dominican monastery San Marco, Florence         
Detail: the angel.     See 40-07-09/59-62              
Around 1450                                            
230 x 297 cm
#40070961

The Annunciation. Fresco in the former dormitory of the Dominican monaste...

Annunciation and Adoration of the Magi; on the         
predella Saint Mary and Saints. From one of four       
tabernacle reliquaries ordered for the Dominican       
Church Santa Maria Novella in Florence in 1434.        
See 40-07-09/63+65, 66      Wood, 84 x 51 cm
#40070964

Annunciation and Adoration of the Magi; on the predella Saint Mary and...

Tobias and the Angel (Tobias, son of the blind Tobit,  
is led by archangels Raphael, Michael and Gabriel)     
Tempera on wood, 153 x 154 cm                          
Inv. 8359
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Tobias and the Angel (Tobias, son of the blind Tobit, is led by archangels Rap...

Lucretia and Tarquinius. Lucretia was a Roman          
noble-woman, married to Tarquinius Collatinus. A       
faithful wife, she killed herself after being raped by 
the son of Tarquinius Superbus, the last King of Rome. 
Wood, 82,5 x 68,5 cm   Inv. 67
#40071036

Lucretia and Tarquinius. Lucretia was a Roman noble-woman, married to...

The prophet Elisha and the widow of Sarepta            
(II Kings 4,1-7).                                      
Oil on canvas (around 1640)                            
106 x 138 cm
#40071059

The prophet Elisha and the widow of Sarepta (II Kings 4,1-7)....

Judith shows the head of Holofernes to the people.     
Oil on canvas (around 1730)                            
105 x 130 cm                                           
Inv. 6915
#40071062

Judith shows the head of Holofernes to the people. Oil on canvas (around 17...

Louis XV, as Dauphin, wearing the Order of
the Saint Esprit, also called "the Cordon Bleu".
Paper (1720-1721)
50.5 x 38.5 cm
Inv. P 9
#40071065

Louis XV, as Dauphin, wearing the Order of the Saint Esprit, also called "the Co...