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"Les Bronzes de la Couronne" comprise bronze sculptures mainly collected by and presented to Louis XIVth. Hercules and the dragon,the figure of Hercules after a model by Giambologna.H:Hercules 42,5 cm,dragon 25,7 cm. No.58 of the original royal inventory.
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"Les Bronzes de la Couronne" comprise bronze sculptures mainly collected by and...

"Les Bronzes de la Couronne" comprise bronze sculptures mainly collected by and presented to Louis XIVth. Jason and the dragon. H: 36 cm. Probably from Augsburg, Germany, end 16th. No. 224 of the original royal inventory.
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"Les Bronzes de la Couronne" comprise bronze sculptures mainly collected by and...

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Barberini Diptych,showing the triumph of an Emperor,probably Justinian (482-565). Ivory from Constantinople,1st half 6th. 24,2 x 26,8 cm OA 9063
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Barberini Diptych,showing the triumph of an Emperor,probably Justinian (4...

Comb, with Samson or David killing the lion. From Metz,third quarter 9th.
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Comb, with Samson or David killing the lion. From Metz,third quarter...

So-called "Earthly Paradise" ivory plaque,from the court of French King Charles le Chauve.The persons, animals and monsters illustrate Isidore de Suille's "Etymologies".They are carved on the reverse side of the Diptyche of Consul Aerobindus (5th).870-75.OA 9064
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So-called "Earthly Paradise" ivory plaque,from the court of French King Cha...

Fragment of a polyptych of originally five panels: Annunciation, Drinking the "Bitter Water"(an ordeal over Mary's virginity) and the Flight to Egypt. From the Eastern Mediterranean,second half 6th Polychrome ivory, OA 11149
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Fragment of a polyptych of originally five panels: Annunciation, Drinking...

Ivory diptych:Circenses - Fights in a circus: Men against bears,bear against bear,bear against serpent. A royal or imperial personage in his box. Painted ivory,around 400. OA 9062
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Ivory diptych:Circenses - Fights in a circus: Men against bears,bear again...

Antique patera (flat dish for the Host), serpentine, 1st BCE - 1st CE,from Alexandria. Mounting Carolingian, from the court of Charles le Chauve 2nd half 9th. Serpentine, precious stones, glass-paste. From the treasury of the Abbey of St.Denis. MR 415
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Antique patera (flat dish for the Host), serpentine, 1st BCE - 1st CE,from Alex...

Bishop Saint Wolfgang and the devil:To appease the devil who disturbs Saint Wolfgang during the building of his church, the Saint promises to give the devil the first living being that enters the church.He sends a dog,depriving the devil of the human soul he craved.
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Bishop Saint Wolfgang and the devil:To appease the devil who disturbs Saint...

Saint George fighting the dragon, 1509-1510. For the altar of the high-chapel of Gaillon castle. Marble,128 x 182 x 17 cm MR 1645
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Saint George fighting the dragon, 1509-1510. For the altar of the hi...

Bacchus, Ceres and Amor. Canvas, 163 x 113 cm Inv. 1098
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Bacchus, Ceres and Amor. Canvas, 163 x 113 cm...