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... Collection , San Francisco . Diameter 27.9 cm . Plate 5 : By courtesy of ( top ) the Museum of Fine Arts , Boston , ( centre ) the Crawford Collection , New York , ( bottom left , bottom right ) the Center of Asian Art and Culture , The ...
... Collection , San Francisco . Diameter 27.9 cm . Plate 5 : By courtesy of ( top ) the Museum of Fine Arts , Boston , ( centre ) the Crawford Collection , New York , ( bottom left , bottom right ) the Center of Asian Art and Culture , The ...
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... collection . A Watteau enthusiast , Crozat invited the painter to take up quarters in his residence , as was the custom among wealthy art lovers . Crozat had a great collection of Italian and Flemish paintings and drawings , including ...
... collection . A Watteau enthusiast , Crozat invited the painter to take up quarters in his residence , as was the custom among wealthy art lovers . Crozat had a great collection of Italian and Flemish paintings and drawings , including ...
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... collections of animals at Versailles . In the New World , Hernando Cortés discovered a mag- nificent zoo in Mexico in 1519. Indeed , the collection , which included birds of prey , mammals , and reptiles , was so large that it needed a ...
... collections of animals at Versailles . In the New World , Hernando Cortés discovered a mag- nificent zoo in Mexico in 1519. Indeed , the collection , which included birds of prey , mammals , and reptiles , was so large that it needed a ...
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