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Selected Works Kings, Queens and Emperors

The Musée du Louvre boasts a number of artworks illustrating royal power in all its forms. From objects associated with the Coronation to statues and portraits, kings, queens and emperors succeeded in imposing their image on the people through the arts.

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Decorative Arts

Equestrian statuette of...

Horse: Late Byzantine Empire (or possibly 9th century),...

Provenance: Metz Cathedral
Decorative Arts

Gilded parade helmet of Charles VI

Before 1411
Near Eastern Antiquities

Gudea, prince of Lagash, seated...

C. 2120 BC

Tello (ancient Girsu)
Prints and Drawings

Antoine Caron (Beauvais, 1521-Paris, 1599)

Henry II (1519-1559) and Catherine...

Between 1561-62 and 1572
Sculptures

François-Joseph BOSIO

Henry IV of France as a Child

1824
Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Antiquities

Juba I

Around the Christian era

Provenance: Cherchell, Algeria (ancient...
Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Antiquities

Juba II (King of Mauretania, 25...

Circa the Christian era

Cherchell, ancient Caesarea (Algeria)
Sculptures

Ile-de-France

King Childebert I (died 558),...

Second quarter of the 13th century

Trumeau figure from the refectory door of the...
Near Eastern Antiquities

Law Code of Hammurabi, king of...

1792–1750 BC

Susa, Iran
Decorative Arts

Constantinople

Leaf of a diptych: The Emperor...