
Bust of Cardinal Scipione Borghese, first version
1632 · Carrara marble
Galleria Borghese, Rome
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1632 · Carrara marble
Galleria Borghese, Rome

1904 · Crystal
Musee d'Orsay

1830 · Colour woodblock print
Art Institute of Chicago

1668 · Oil on canvas
Musee du Louvre, Paris

c. 1200-1221 · Brass
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio

23 April 1855 · Salted paper print from a wet collodion...
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c. 1615-17 · Oil on canvas
National Gallery, London

1857 · Woodblock print
Library of Congress

1782 · Letterpress printing on paper
American Bible Society, Philadelphia

8th century AD · Silver
National Museum of Ireland - Archaeology

945-959 · Sycamore wood core covered in fire-gilt...
Diozesanmuseum Limburg

1454 · Printed from movable metal type on vellum
Library of Congress
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