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| Orazio Mochi Cosimo II de' Medici before an Altar 1624 molded cartapesta, painted by Bianchi Bonavita Victoria & Albert Museum, London |
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| Anonymous Artist, probably Italian, working in India Shah Jahan ca. 1630-50 alabaster Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Anonymous Artist working in Rome Pope Paul V Borghese ca. 1640 bronze Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna |
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| Thomas Rawlins King Charles I ca. 1640-50 silver Victoria & Albert Museum, London |
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| attributed to Alberto Hamerani Queen Christina of Sweden 1654 bronze Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| Artus Quellinus Catharina Hooft 1660 marble Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| attributed to Rombout Verhulst Portrait of a Young Gentleman ca. 1660 ivory Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
I could bring You Jewels – had I a mind to –
But You have enough – of those –
I could bring You Odors from St Domingo –
Colors – from Vera Cruz –
Berries of the Bahamas – have I –
But this little Blaze
Flickering to itself – in the meadow –
Suits me – more than those –
Never a Fellow matched this Topaz –
And his Emerald Swing –
Dower itself – for Bobadilo –
Better – Could I bring?
– Emily Dickinson (1863)
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| Joachim Henne Portrait of a Lady ca. 1666 ivory Victoria & Albert Museum, London |
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| attributed to Francis van Bossuit Nicolas Witzen ca. 1682-85 ivory Victoria & Albert Museum, London |
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| Jean Cavalier Princess Mary, later Queen Mary II 1686 ivory Victoria & Albert Museum, London |
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| Lorenzo Ottoni Pope Alexander VIII Ottoboni ca. 1690-1700 marble Getty Museum, Los Angeles |
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| David Le Marchand David Melville, 3rd Earl of Leven and 2nd Earl of Melville ca. 1696-1700 ivory Victoria & Albert Museum, London |
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| Anonymous British Artist Queen Elizabeth I 17th century sardonyx cameo Hermitage, Saint Petersburg |
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| François Chéron Charles Le Brun, First Painter to Louis XIV ca. 1681 bronze Frick Collection, New York |
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| Michel Mollart Louis XIV, King of France before 1683 ivory relief Victoria & Albert Museum. London |