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Selected Works Blue
Come discover a kaleidoscope of artworks through the prism of the color blue. Used discreetly in antiquity, blue established itself as a new color in the twelfth century for its associations with divine light and the aristocracy. After 1789, it became the national color and an exemplary symbol of romance.
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Decorative Arts
Bowl bearing the coat of arms of...
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Decorative Arts
Conques
Casket medallion
Provenance: Treasury of Conques
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Egyptian Antiquities
Chair
18e - 19e dynastie, 1550 - 1186 avant J.-C.
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Egyptian Antiquities
Figurine of a naked woman
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Egyptian Antiquities
Four vases with the name of...
1279 - 1213 avant J.-C. (19e dynastie)
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Egyptian Antiquities
Hippopotamus figurine
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Decorative Arts
Lapis lazuli nef (centerpiece)
16th century
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Paintings
Jacques-Louis DAVID
Madame Charles-Louis Trudaine
1791- 1792
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Decorative Arts
Master of the Triptych of Louis XII
Medallion: The Coronation of the...
C. 1500
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Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Antiquities
Mosaic of the Judgment of Paris
115 - 150 après J.-C.
Antioche sur l'Oronte (actuelle...