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    517 ms. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Collection API (Open Access)

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Results for "Severed head, said to be that of Maximil"12 records

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Bottle with leaf-nosed bat head by Cupisnique artist(s), The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Bottle with leaf-nosed bat head

Cupisnique artist(s)

1200–800 BCE · Ceramic, post-fire paint (cinnabar)

Cleared · Public Domain

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Colossal head from a Bes-image by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Colossal head from a Bes-image

Unrecorded maker

332–30 BCE · Limestone

Cleared · Public Domain

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Head of Augustus by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Head of Augustus

Unrecorded maker

30–14 BCE · Faience

Cleared · Public Domain

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Marble portrait of a young woman by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Marble portrait of a young woman

Unrecorded maker

ca. 98–117 CE · Marble

Cleared · Public Domain

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Head of a Woman by Giovanni Battista Piva (Biva), The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Head of a Woman

Giovanni Battista Piva (Biva) (d. 1750)

1729–50 · Charcoal, highlighted with white chalk, on gray-blue paper

Cleared · Public Domain

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Severed head, said to be that of Maximilien-François-Marie-Isidore de Robespierre (1758-1794), guillotined July 28, 1794 (10 Thermidor, An II) by Baron Dominique Vivant Denon, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Severed head, said to be that of Maximilien-François-Marie-Isidore de Robespierre (1758-1794), guillotined July 28, 1794 (10 Thermidor, An II)

Baron Dominique Vivant Denon (d. 1825)

1794 · Graphite

Cleared · Public Domain

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Perseus with the Head of Medusa by Antonio Canova, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Perseus with the Head of Medusa

Antonio Canova (d. 1822)

1804–6 · Marble

Cleared · Public Domain

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He went to Tonson, illustration to "The Noble Patron" by Edwin Austin Abbey, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

He went to Tonson, illustration to "The Noble Patron"

Edwin Austin Abbey (d. 1911)

1888 · Pen and ink on cardboard

Cleared · Public Domain

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Kali, the wrathful protector (Shri Shri Kali)  (recto); Kali (verso) by G. C. Dass, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Kali, the wrathful protector (Shri Shri Kali) (recto); Kali (verso)

G. C. Dass

ca. 1880–85 (recto); ca. 1875–85 (verso) · Recto: Lithograph with watercolor on paper; Verso: lithograph, printed in black

Cleared · Public Domain

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No open reproduction

The institution withholds the image for this record, which is itself the answer: the picture on their page is not theirs to give away.

Warrier from an ikoro drum

Mbembe artist

17th–18th century · Wood

In copyright

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No open reproduction

The institution withholds the image for this record, which is itself the answer: the picture on their page is not theirs to give away.

The Climax, for Salomé by Oscar Wilde

Aubrey Vincent Beardsley (d. 1898)

[1907] · Process print from line block

In copyright

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No open reproduction

The institution withholds the image for this record, which is itself the answer: the picture on their page is not theirs to give away.

The Dancer's Reward, for Salomé by Oscar Wilde

Aubrey Vincent Beardsley (d. 1898)

[1907] · Process print from line block

In copyright

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