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Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun was the favored artist of the Queen Marie-Antoinette. In this royal family portrait inspired by depictions of the Holy Family, Vigée Le Brun captures the Queen's maternal role

Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun painted this portrait of the Queen after she was asked to remove a portrait of Marie-Antoinette in a chemise dress from Salon. Although the two portraits are very similar, this one features the Queen in a formal, lace-trimmed…

A bronze statue that has been restored multiple times in marble. The statue originally depicted a female figure, likely the physical manifestation of Rome, however the figure was misidentified and instead restored to be a seated Apollo.

A marble statue sculpted during the Hellenistic era, which was orignally done as a copy of a Greek statue. The work was lost for many years but rediscovered, heavily damaged, in a Roman basement in 1907. The piece was aquired by the Metropolitan…

A marble statue sculpted during the Hellenistic era, which was orignally done as a copy of a Greek statue. The work was lost for many years but rediscovered, heavily damaged, in a Roman basement in 1907. The piece was aquired by the Metropolitan…