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| attributed to Tullio Lombardo Portrait of Gentile Bellini (based on a Bellini self-portrait drawing) ca. 1500 marble Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Jacopo Caraglio Portrait of Bona Sforza, Queen of Poland ca. 1530-40 sardonyx cameo inlaid with gold and silver details Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| Anonymous Italian Sculptor Portrait of Valerio Belli (gem-cutter) ca. 1530-40 marble Victoria & Albert Museum, London |
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| Anonymous Netherlandish Sculptor Portrait of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor ca. 1530-35 alabaster Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna |
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| Leone Leoni Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor ca. 1555 bronze Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna |
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| Anonymous Netherlandish Gem-Cutter Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor ca. 1556-58 onyx cameo Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna |
The Emperor's Garden
Once, in the sultry heats of midsummer,
An emperor caused the miniature mountains in his garden
To be covered with white silk,
That so crowned
They might cool his eyes
With the sparkle of snow.
– Amy Lowell (1917)
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| Anonymous French Gem-Cutter Portrait of Diane de Poitiers (mistress of Henry II, King of France) ca. 1550 sardonyx cameo Hermitage, Saint Petersburg |
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| Baccio Bandinelli Profile Portrait of a Bearded Man ca. 1550-60 marble Victoria & Albert Museum, London |
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| Anonymous French Gem-Cutter Portrait of a Lady ca. 1550-1600 onyx cameo Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna |
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| Giovanni Antonio de' Rossi Portrait of Pope Pius IV ca. 1560 turquoise cameo set in gold finger ring Hermitage, Saint Petersburg |
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| Jacopo da Trezzo Joanna of Austria, Princess of Portugal ca. 1566 onyx cameo Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna |
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| Johann Gregor van der Schardt Portrait Medallion of a Gentleman ca. 1575-80 painted terracotta Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Anonymous French Sculptor Miniature Profile Portrait of a Lady ca. 1575-1600 fruitwood relief Philadelphia Museum of Art |
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| Anonymous Goldsmith working in England Portrait of Queen Elizabeth I (The Heneage Jewel) ca. 1595 gold relief portrait under rock crystal Victoria & Albert Museum, London |
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| Francesco Segala Bust of a Young Knight before 1597 colored-wax relief Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna |