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Home>Collection & Louvre Palace>Selected Works>Remarkable Enigmas
Selected Works Remarkable Enigmas
This selection features artworks that hold secrets or are enigmatic for curators. “What was the purpose of that object?”, “Who was it for?” and “What really lies behind this painting?” are just a few of the questions their peculiarities raise. And what do you think?
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Decorative Arts
Sèvres ManufactoryJean-Claude Duplessis (circa...
"Vessel" Pot Pourri
Circa 1760
Bed chamber of Madame de Pompadour, Hôtel...
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Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Antiquities
Attis
1st-2nd century AD
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Near Eastern Antiquities
Capital of a column from the...
Achaeminid Period, reign of Darius I, c. 510 BC
Tell of the Apadana, Susa, Iran
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Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Antiquities
Cup of Phineus Group
Chalcidian black-figure cup
Archaic period, c. 530 BC
Etruria (?)
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Egyptian Antiquities
Cubit rod (rule) of Maya,...
New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, reign of Tutankhamun...
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Egyptian Antiquities
Detachable headrest
New Kingdom, 1550-1069 BC
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Decorative Arts
Diamond, known as the...
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Decorative Arts
Florence
Dwarf with Snail
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Near Eastern Antiquities
Eye Idol
Chalcolithic (3300-3000 BC)
Northern Syria
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Egyptian Antiquities
Foundation deposit from the temple...
18th Dynasty, 1479-1457 BC, reign of Hatshepsut
Luxor, West Thebes, temple of Deir el-Bahri
