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French (Fontainebleau) Painter – The Nymph of Fontainebleau – The Metropolitan Museum of Art

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/436410

Inscription: Inscribed: (bottom) O PHIDIAS O APELLES QVIDQVAM NE ORNATIVS VESTRIS TEMPORIBVS EXCOGITARI POTVIT EA SCVLPTVRA CVIVS HIC PICTVRAM CERNITIS QVAM / FRANCISCVS PRIMVS FRANCORVM REX POTENTISS BONARVM ARTIVM AC LITERARVM PATER SVB DIANÆ A VENATV COQVIESCETIS / ATQVE VRNAM FONTISBELLAQVÆ EFFVNDENTIS STATVA DOMI SVÆ INCHOATAM RELIQVIT– (O Phidias, O Apelles, could anything more excellent have been devised in your times than that sculpture, of which you see here a picture, that Francis I, king of the Franks, the most mighty father of fine arts and literature, left unfinished in his home, surrounding a figure of Diana resting from the chase and emptying the urn of the Fountain of Beautiful Water); (below central medallion) F with a crown encircling the stem, within a wreath (this and the flaming salamander above the central medallion are devices of Francis I)
„A Souvenir of Fountainebleau.“

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Netsuke: From Fashion Fobs to Coveted Collectibles – The Metropolitan Museum of Art

https://www.metmuseum.org/essays/netsuke-from-fashion-fobs-to-coveted-collectibles

Inrô and netsuke, often made of expensive, rare materials and bearing the signature and seal of the carver, were designed not only for their functional ability to carry things, but also as markers of wealth.
Most netsuke can be held in the palm of one’s hand, rendering it a perfect souvenir

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Antoine-Louis Barye – Tiger in Repose – The Metropolitan Museum of Art

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/678013

Barye was the preeminent sculptor in the nineteenth century specializing in animal subjects and a major figure of the Romantic movement. His work is imbued with a naturalism anchored in close observation of anatomy and a remarkable ability to portray an animal’s cast of mind, whether at rest or in motion, alone or in groups
6 7/8 x 9 3/8 in. (17.5 x 24 cm), signed and inscribed „à Monsieur Gaucher, en souvenir

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