Caracalla and Geta, sons of the Emperor Septimus Severus, were elected consuls in 205 AD and over the following years were depicted as twins. Their very short hairstyle, which reflected military fashi [+]
The Pseudo-Vitellius was one of the busts most frequently copied and borrowed by Renaissance artists, at a time when it was believed to be a portrait of the Emperor Vitellius, who reigned briefly from [+]
This vessel had a pair, now lost (I1416), which must have been very similar and by the same hand as O37, the work of the silversmith Pierre Ladoyreau or Ladoireau, who made part of the silver furnishi [+]
Goblet comprising three pieces of lapis lazuli and enamelled gold chasing. The oval body has a wide concave moulding in the upper border while the lower part is decorated with a bas-relief of egg-and- [+]
This column of bigio marble and its pair were part of a magnificent group of eighty architectural elements made of ancient and modern coloured marbles that belonged to Queen Christina of Sweden. Phili [+]
This column of bigio marble and its pair were part of a magnificent group of eighty architectural elements made of ancient and modern coloured marbles that belonged to Queen Christina of Sweden. Phili [+]