About 460 results for ‘Nobility’
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Nobility
The nobility is a social class distinguished by high hereditary or honorary rank that possesses privileges, or eminence, and certain rights not granted to members of other classes in a society. The privileges of the nobility often comprise substantial real advantages, including rights of access, that vary from country to country and era to era. Traditional membership in the nobility is highly regulated by monarchist governments, which grant the ranks and titles to members of the elite. However, the noble class is not a closed order, and throughout history, membership has been perpetually renewed. Although recognition of a noble class is most common in monarchies, nobility has historically existed in some republics, such as the Dutch Provinces, Genoa, and Venice, and it remains part of the legal social structure of some non-hereditary regimes, such as San Marino and Vatican City. Special hereditary titles may distinguish nobles from non-nobles, although in many nations, the nobility is untitled, and in others, hereditary titles may not indicate membership in the noble class. The phrase "to be a blue blood" means to have descended from noble or aristocratic ancestors.
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NOTRE DAME DE GRACE, ETOILE DE LA MER, / PROTECTRICE DES ...
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- Field(s):
- Ethnology
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- Portrayed subject:
- Altar
- Angel
- Bishop
- Candlestick
- Crown (headgear)
- Dais
- …
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- Date:
- 19th century
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CONVOI DU DUC DE MARLBROUG (titre inscrit)
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- Field(s):
- Ethnology
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- Portrayed subject:
- Coffin
- Conversation
- Man
- Mourning
- Nobility
- Serviceman
- …
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- Date:
- 18th century
- 19th century
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OFFICIER DE LA COUR D'ESPAGNE GENERALISSIME ESPAGNOL COUR...
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- Field(s):
- Ethnology
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- Portrayed subject:
- Devil
- General officer
- Imp
- Nobility
- Officer (armed forces)
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- Date:
- 19th century
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ARLEQUIN RUSE COLOMBINE.ARLEQUIN DES BOIS (titre inscrit)
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- Field(s):
- Ethnology
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- Portrayed subject:
- Columbina
- Domestic worker
- Don Quixote
- Harlequin
- Man
- Mill (grinding)
- …
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- Date:
- 19th century
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PRINCESSE PERUVIENNE, GENERAL PERUVIEN, GUERRIER PERUVIEN...
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- Field(s):
- Ethnology
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- Portrayed subject:
- Devil
- General officer
- Imp
- Nobility
- Priesthood (Catholic Church)
- Serviceman
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- Date:
- 19th century
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MORT ET CONVOI DE L'INVINCIBLE MALBOROUGH. (titre inscrit)
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- Field(s):
- Ethnology
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- Portrayed subject:
- Armour
- Coffin
- Conversation
- Crown (headgear)
- Drum
- Man
- …
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Field(s):
- Entertainment
- Ethnology
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- Designation:
- marionnette à tringle et à fils
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Histoire de Bretagne : personnages célèbres (projet) [tit...
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Anne of Brittany
- Atlantic Ocean
- Bishop
- Brittany
- City
- English Channel
- …
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- Date:
- 20th century
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Le cercle breton (projet) [titre attribué]
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Anne of Brittany
- Bishop
- Brittany
- City
- Equestrianism
- Horse
- …
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- Date:
- 20th century
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Poussin arrivant de Rome est présente à Louis XIII par le...
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- Portrayed subject:
- Louis XIII of France
- Nobility
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- Date:
- 19th century
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HENRI III A SON LIT DE MORT (1589)
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- Portrayed subject:
- Henry III of France
- Nobility
- Respect
- Sadness
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- Pierre-Nolasque Bergeret
ANNE DE BOLEYN CONDAMNEE A MORT
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- Portrayed subject:
- Anne Boleyn
- Bishop
- Capital punishment
- Domestic worker
- Information
- Nobility
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- Date:
- 19th century
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