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Lion of Lucerne Plaque - Item #6928. 25 Inches High x 10. 75 Inches Wide x 1 Inches Deep A former Swiss Guardsman, Karl Pfyffer von Altishofen, convinced Danish artist Bertel Thorvaldsen in 1818 to create a model for the controversial monument he desired to commission. The monument would memorialize the men of the Swiss Guard regiment who died protecting the French king Louis XVIs palace known as the Tuileries during the French Revolution. Between then and the time of the commission,

"Diana of Versailles

1911 Catalog ID # - 6270

first offered casts of this work in their 1922 catalog

Richard Wagner was a 19th-century German conductor and composer

The original is made of sandstone and is found in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts

Museum/Location: Académie de France

Please see individual listings for more information on the plaques: Spring #496

Tufts University

5 Inches High x 4

The painted limestone sculpture shows Nefertiti in her blue crown with a patterned band wrapped around it and the remnants of the uraeus (the upright cobra symbolizing royalty) on the front

Uffizi: The Ancient Sculptures – The Official Guide

11 Inches High x 10

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