Portrait of Nino Cesarini by Paul Hoecker, 1908.

Countess Jacqueline de Ribes photographed by Richard Avedon.

Delphic Sibyl by Michelangelo, 1509.

Portrait of Mrs M. by Tamara de Lempicka, 1932.

Nino Cesarini photographed by Guglielmo Plüschow, 1890's.

Ruby and diamond insignia of the order of the Golden Fleece. Johann Melchior Dinglinger, 1772.

Glenn Close as Norma Desmond.

Self-portrait of Egon Schiele, 1910.

  "Saint Peter Enthroned" by Roderic d’Osona, 1495.

Yves Saint Laurent at Dior. Paris, 1958.

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Court presentation ensemble by Boué Soeurs. France, 1928.

David Gandy by Mario Testino

King Gustav III of Sweden and his Brothers. Alexander Roslin, 1771.

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Rudolf Nureyev in his apartment on Quai Voltaire, Paris. Architectural Digest, 1985.

  King Ferdinand IV of Naples at age of 9. Detail. Anton Raphael Mengs, 1760.

Marie Antoinette's Cabinet Doré. Palace of Versailles.

The Suicide of Cleopatra. Detail. Giovanni Pedrini Giampietrino,  1525.

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Gabriel Moginot for Dior by Ruven Afanador

Kate Moss by Mert and Marcus for the upcoming January/February 2014 issue of the Playboy magazine.

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Warrior with Lance and Shield. J ean-Eugene-Charles Alberti, 1808.

Queen Mary’s Girls of Great Britain and Ireland Tiara

The Antinous Braschi. Vatican Museum, Sala Rotunda.

"I was a queen, and you took away my crown; a wife, and you killed my husband; a mother, and you deprived me of my children. My bl...

  Djimon Hounsou by Herb Ritts, 1989.

 Pink Topaz Parure

The Red Drawing Room at Belton House. England.

"The Coronation of Mary". Domingos António de Sequeira, 1830. 

Saint Michael the Archangel

Henrietta, Duchess of Bedford. Mark Shaw. 1959.

Jean-Baptiste Regnault,  The Three Graces,  1798.

Kedleston Hall