This altarpiece consists of two separate elements: the principal part, which would have hung on the wall above the altar and below and, in front of it, the frontal or antipendium. The former, which is [+]
Panel from an Italian-Etruscan temple. This piece would have covered the temple’s horizontal wooden wall. As many as one hundred identical reliefs have been found at some locations in Etruria, where t [+]
The goddess Eirene, bearing an olive branch, personifies Peace. She is surrounded by allegories of her bounty: prosperity, plenty, the progress of all the arts represented and the rejection of arms, t [+]
Probablemente en el siglo XVII, un autor desconocido dividió mediante un corte longitudinal el torso de la estatua de un jabalí de tamaño natural en dos partes; luego, las completó y montó cada una de [+]
This relief is similar to a gem (known from an engraving) that was in Cardinal Massimo’s collection and subsequently that of the Marquis of El Carpio. It exemplifies the survival of classical models w [+]
This was part of a series of decorative reliefs with the heads of fauns or maenads. Some wear a wreath with bunches of grapes. Drawings of fifteen of these reliefs appear in the album of the Marquis o [+]
This was part of a series of decorative reliefs with the heads of fauns or maenads. Some wear a wreath with bunches of grapes. Drawings of fifteen of these reliefs appear in the album of the Marquis o [+]
This sort of English painted enamel object was first made around 1725, but little is known of the early production, in part because this was a very modest craft. It reached its zenith between 1753 and [+]
A vessel composed of three pieces of rock crystal and two partially enamelled silver gilt mounts, practically the same as O75, though lacking its handle. The globular body is made up of two pieces ass [+]
An oval piece of agate in the form of a flat brimmed tray with rounded corners. Carved in low relief on the bottom is a cruciform motif with radial arms, a central pearl decoration, and inserted rows [+]
Goblet comprising five pieces of stone and six gold adornments. The body, in chalcedony, possibly ancient, exhibits a ribbed ornamentation carved in relief and could be a repurposed stone. The adornme [+]
This vessel, whose lip has been damaged since 1746, is made up of three pieces of jasper and chalcedony and three enamelled gold mounts. The interior of the bowl is smooth. The exterior has an upper m [+]
Vessel formed by three pieces of rock crystal and two gold mounts. The globular body is carved with gadroons and dart motifs. The short neck is adorned with ova enamelled in blue and a lower spiral mo [+]
The pair of O76, this vessel is composed of three pieces of rock crystal and two partly enamelled silver gilt mounts, both similar to O74. The globular body is made up of two pieces assembled with a m [+]
Wedding chests or cassoni first appeared in the late fourteenth century in the republics of Siena and Florence and were used to store the bride’s dowry received on her marriage. Notably Italianate in [+]
White marble tabletop clock, with ornaments and an eagle in gilt bronze, and two seated allegorical figurines. The figures, a young woman reading and a young man writing, are known as the allegories o [+]
This vessel is one of the few pieces in the Dauphin’s Treasure to be preserved in its original state, and is a magnificent example of the delicate work of the goldsmiths of the Paris school. It is mad [+]