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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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Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Antiquities

Livia

Circa 31 BC

Unknown
Paintings

Hyacinthe RIGAUD

Louis XIV (1638-1715)

1701
Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Antiquities

Marcus Aurelius (Emperor from AD...

Between AD 180 and 183

Provenance: villa of Marcus Aurelius...
Decorative Arts

Attributed to Jean LIMOSIN

Mirror with Inner Compartment

C. 1615
Near Eastern Antiquities

Mural painting

Early 2nd millennium BC

Mari (Syria), Amorite palace
Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Antiquities

Portrait of Alexander the Great...

Roman, Imperial (1st-2nd century AD)

Provenance: Tivoli (east of Rome), Italy
Paintings

Jean CLOUET

Portrait of François I, king of...

c. 1530
Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Antiquities

Portrait of the Emperor Gallienus

C. AD 261
Egyptian Antiquities

Queen Tiye

1391-1353 BC
Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Antiquities

Septimius Severus

Between AD 205 and 211

Provenance: Markuna, near Lambaesis (Algeria)
Decorative Arts

Set of jewellery

Early and third quarter of 19th century

Paris
Decorative Arts

Pierre Redon

Shield

c. 1572

Formerly in the Crown collection
Paintings

Jacques-Louis DAVID

The Consecration of the Emperor...

1806-07
Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Antiquities

The Emperor Trajan (AD 98-117)

Circa AD 100

Rome, Italy (?)
Egyptian Antiquities

The goddess Hathor welcomes Sethos...

New Kingdom, 19th Dynasty, reign of Sethos I (1290-1279...

Thebes, Valley of the Kings, tomb of Sethos I
Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Antiquities

Theodosius II (Emperor from AD 408...
Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Antiquities

Tiberius (Emperor from AD 14 to 37)

Circa AD 13

Philomelium, Phrygia (modern Turkey)