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Busts of the Apostles Peter and Paul, profiles turned towards each other. Bas-relief (unfinished)
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Busts of the Apostles Peter and Paul, profiles turned towards...

Bust of a young prince; probably Annius Verus, son of Emperor Marc Aurel, who died at an early age, leaving the Empire to his brother Commodus. From the Roman theatre in Arles, around 160 CE Marble, H: 45 cm
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Bust of a young prince; probably Annius Verus, son of Emperor Marc Aurel, who...

A crowned head, a female saint, member of a royal family. Reliquary of embossed copper, gilded, enamel, semi-precious stones (late 13th) Height: 32 cm
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A crowned head, a female saint, member of a royal family. Reliq...

A worker's face. Detail from the panel "The Story of Noah's Ark", silver altar, Jacob's Chapel, Pistoia, Italy
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A worker's face. Detail from the panel "The Story of Noah's Ark...

Cavalier's head from the tomb of a donor Ca. 1300 Church of the Mehrerau monastery, Vorarlberg, Austria
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Cavalier's head from the tomb of a donor Ca. 1300 Church of the Mehrerau monas...

Bust-reliquary of Saint Cornelius, Patron Saint of animal husbandry, wearing the papal Tiara. Gold, silver, and pearls (1350-1360) Height: 78 cm November 8th
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Bust-reliquary of Saint Cornelius, Patron Saint of animal husband...

Bust of Emperor Charlemagne. The reliquary includes part of the emperor's skull and was ordered and donated by Emperor Karl IV. The bust was carried in procession during the imperial coronation ceremonies. Bust reliquary, 1349
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Bust of Emperor Charlemagne. The reliquary includes part of the emperor's sk...

Saint Elisabeth of Thuringia giving to the poor. Detail from the shrine of Saint Elisabeth, Margravine of Thueringen. Gilded copper and enamel (1235-1250) November 19th
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Saint Elisabeth of Thuringia giving to the poor. Detail from the shrine of...

Archbishop Rainald von Dassel (1120-1167) on the triangle of the reverse side. Detail from the Shrine of the Three Magi, high chancel of the cathedral. Gold, enamel, precious stones, antique gems, cameos (begun 1181)
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Archbishop Rainald von Dassel (1120-1167) on the triangle of the reverse...

Eve hands Adam the apple; the snake has a crowned woman's head,(Genesis 3,1-6). Verdun Altar, 51 plaques in champsleve-technique, enamel on gilded copper. 1181, for Prior Wernher of the Augustinian canons of Klosterneuburg, Austria. Total L of the altar: 460 cm
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Eve hands Adam the apple; the snake has a crowned woman's head,(Genesis 3,...

Gerlachus, self-portrait from the Moses and Aaron window,(15-01-05/60). He wears the blue coat of a Saxon Praemonstratensian. The earliest self-portrait of a medieval painter. From the Praemonstratensian monastery in Arnstein a.d.Lahn. Around 1150.
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Gerlachus, self-portrait from the Moses and Aaron window,(15-01-05/60). He...

Emperor Basil II (956-1025). Gilded miniature from a psalter
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Emperor Basil II (956-1025). Gilded miniature from a...