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Case (Inrō) with Design of Dancer, Musicians and Drum

Case (Inrō) with Design of Dancer, Musicians and Drum

Kali Presenting the Heads of Chanda and Munda to Durga: Scene from the Devi Mahatmya (Glory of the Goddess)

Kali Presenting the Heads of Chanda and Munda to Durga: Scene from the Devi Mahatmya (Glory of the Goddess)

Design for a Book Illustration by Franz Sigrist

Design for a Book Illustration

Franz Sigrist, late 18th century

Landscape with a Memorial Scene by Ennemond Alexandre Petitot

Landscape with a Memorial Scene

Ennemond Alexandre Petitot, ca. 1760–80

Le Fontane ne' Palazzi e ne' Giardini di Roma con li Loro Prospetti et Ornamenti by Giovanni Francesco Venturini|Giovanni Giacomo De Rossi|Giovanni Battista Falda

Le Fontane ne' Palazzi e ne' Giardini di Roma con li Loro Prospetti et Ornamenti

Giovanni Francesco Venturini|Giovanni Giacomo De Rossi|Giovanni Battista Falda, 1691 or after

Armorial panel with Stuart coat of arms

Armorial panel with Stuart coat of arms

Allegory of Earth by Charles Le Brun

Allegory of Earth

Charles Le Brun, ca. 1660

The Lion Takes the Advice of the Other Animals for Renard's Punishment from Hendrick van Alcmar's Renard The Fox by Allart van Everdingen

The Lion Takes the Advice of the Other Animals for Renard's Punishment from Hendrick van Alcmar's Renard The Fox

Allart van Everdingen, 1650–75

Renard is Accused by the Animals Before the Lion from Hendrick van Alcmar's Renard The Fox by Allart van Everdingen

Renard is Accused by the Animals Before the Lion from Hendrick van Alcmar's Renard The Fox

Allart van Everdingen, 1650–75

The Four Evangelists by Robert Nanteuil|Eustache Le Sueur

The Four Evangelists

Robert Nanteuil|Eustache Le Sueur, ca. 1653

Declaration of War on Spain by Louis XIII: The King as Hercules by Abraham Bosse|François Langlois

Declaration of War on Spain by Louis XIII: The King as Hercules

Abraham Bosse|François Langlois, ca. 1635

Left Part of the Drawing: Floral Ornaments; Right Part of the Drawing: Half Cartouche Decorated with Leaves, Arms and a Lion by Agostino (Stanzani) Mitelli

Left Part of the Drawing: Floral Ornaments; Right Part of the Drawing: Half Cartouche Decorated with Leaves, Arms and a Lion

Agostino (Stanzani) Mitelli, mid-17th century

St. Jerome seated on the ground and reading an inscribed scroll, a skull next to his right leg and a lion beyond by Jusepe de Ribera (called Lo Spagnoletto)

St. Jerome seated on the ground and reading an inscribed scroll, a skull next to his right leg and a lion beyond

Jusepe de Ribera (called Lo Spagnoletto), ca. 1624

Triumph of Bacchus by Pierre Brebiette

Triumph of Bacchus

Pierre Brebiette, 17th century

Saint Jerome in the Desert by Lucas Kilian|Bartholomeus Spranger

Saint Jerome in the Desert

Lucas Kilian|Bartholomeus Spranger, 1610

Tablecloth

Tablecloth

Lion Hunt, from 'Hunting Scenes IV' by Antonio Tempesta

Lion Hunt, from 'Hunting Scenes IV'

Antonio Tempesta, late 16th century

Saint Jerome by Pieter de Jode I

Saint Jerome

Pieter de Jode I, n.d.

Adam and Eve Lamenting the Death of Abel by Cornelis Cort|Frans Floris I|Adriaen Collaert

Adam and Eve Lamenting the Death of Abel

Cornelis Cort|Frans Floris I|Adriaen Collaert, 1564

La Gloria et l'Honore di Ponti Tagliati, E Ponti in Aere, page 11 (verso) by Matteo Pagano

La Gloria et l'Honore di Ponti Tagliati, E Ponti in Aere, page 11 (verso)

Matteo Pagano, 1556

Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae: Hercules Colossus at Padua (L'Ercole di casa Benavides a Padova) by Antonio Lafreri|Enea Vico|Bartolomeo Ammanati (Ammannati)|Anonymous, Italian, 16th century

Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae: Hercules Colossus at Padua (L'Ercole di casa Benavides a Padova)

Antonio Lafreri|Enea Vico|Bartolomeo Ammanati (Ammannati)|Anonymous, Italian, 16th century, 1553

Tomb of Don Pedro de Toledo in San Gracomo degli Spagnuoli, Naples by Giovanni Marigliano (Giovanni da Nola)

Tomb of Don Pedro de Toledo in San Gracomo degli Spagnuoli, Naples

Giovanni Marigliano (Giovanni da Nola), 1540–1946

Five men fighting beasts, at lower left is a fallen boar by Master of the Die|Giulio Romano

Five men fighting beasts, at lower left is a fallen boar

Master of the Die|Giulio Romano, 1532

Essempio di recammi, page 13 (recto) by Giovanni Antonio di Nicolini da Sabio e i fratelli|Giovanni Antonio Tagliente

Essempio di recammi, page 13 (recto)

Giovanni Antonio di Nicolini da Sabio e i fratelli|Giovanni Antonio Tagliente, 1530

Plate 2: Ops standing in a niche with her hands at her breasts, looking to her left, with animals behind her, from "Mythological Gods and Goddesses" by Giovanni Jacopo Caraglio|Rosso Fiorentino

Plate 2: Ops standing in a niche with her hands at her breasts, looking to her left, with animals behind her, from "Mythological Gods and Goddesses"

Giovanni Jacopo Caraglio|Rosso Fiorentino, 1526

Roundel with Saint Jerome in his Study by Pseudo-Ortkens

Roundel with Saint Jerome in his Study

Pseudo-Ortkens, ca. 1520

Basilard

Basilard

Fame by Battista Angolo del Moro

Fame

Battista Angolo del Moro

Saint Jerome Walking in a Churchyard by Albrecht Altdorfer

Saint Jerome Walking in a Churchyard

Albrecht Altdorfer

Orpheus by Italian

Orpheus

Italian, early 16th century

"Rustam's First Course: Rakhsh Kills a Lion", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings) by Abu'l Qasim Firdausi

"Rustam's First Course: Rakhsh Kills a Lion", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)

Abu'l Qasim Firdausi, ca. 1430–40

Evangelist Saint Mark writing the Gospel with his symbol, the Lion, holding a scroll

Evangelist Saint Mark writing the Gospel with his symbol, the Lion, holding a scroll

Textile Fragment

Textile Fragment

Drum panel depicting a stupa with the Buddha’s descent from Trayastrimsa Heaven

Drum panel depicting a stupa with the Buddha’s descent from Trayastrimsa Heaven

Fragment of a terracotta oinochoe (jug) by Altenburg Painter

Fragment of a terracotta oinochoe (jug)

Altenburg Painter, ca. 560–550 BCE

Congressional Medal to C. W. Field for the Successful Laying of the Atlantic Cable

Congressional Medal to C. W. Field for the Successful Laying of the Atlantic Cable

Weekly Calendar by Joseph Anton Koch

Weekly Calendar

Joseph Anton Koch, 1822

Design for a Fountain by Anonymous, French, 19th century

Design for a Fountain

Anonymous, French, 19th century, 19th century

"Louis XVI, Libérator" by Oberkampf Manufactory|Jean-Baptiste Huet I

"Louis XVI, Libérator"

Oberkampf Manufactory|Jean-Baptiste Huet I, ca. 1789

Man's Fortitude by Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein

Man's Fortitude

Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein, late 18th–early 19th century

Plates (2)

Plates (2)

De Vlugt van 't Pausdom by Romeyn de Hooghe

De Vlugt van 't Pausdom

Romeyn de Hooghe, n.d.

Sampler by Anna Buckett

Sampler

Anna Buckett, 1656

Nicolas Brulart de Sillery, Chancellor of France (1544?–1624, Chancellor of France 1607) by Guillaume Dupré

Nicolas Brulart de Sillery, Chancellor of France (1544?–1624, Chancellor of France 1607)

Guillaume Dupré, 1613

Saint John the Baptist in a decorative border, after Michelangelo's 'The Last Judgment' fresco in the Sistine Chapel by Cherubino Alberti (Zaccaria Mattia)

Saint John the Baptist in a decorative border, after Michelangelo's 'The Last Judgment' fresco in the Sistine Chapel

Cherubino Alberti (Zaccaria Mattia), 1591

Allegory of Africa, from "The Four Continents" by Adriaen Collaert|Maerten de Vos

Allegory of Africa, from "The Four Continents"

Adriaen Collaert|Maerten de Vos, 1580–1600

Doge Alvise Mocenigo (1507–1577) Presented to the Redeemer by Jacopo Tintoretto (Jacopo Robusti)

Doge Alvise Mocenigo (1507–1577) Presented to the Redeemer

Jacopo Tintoretto (Jacopo Robusti), probably 1577

Relief with Mithras kneeling upon a bull and driving a sword into its shoulder, at left two smaller standing figures, one holding a sheathed sword and one holding a sword, a frieze with chariots and serpents coiled around figures above by Anonymous, Italian, 16th century|Antonio Lafreri

Relief with Mithras kneeling upon a bull and driving a sword into its shoulder, at left two smaller standing figures, one holding a sheathed sword and one holding a sword, a frieze with chariots and serpents coiled around figures above

Anonymous, Italian, 16th century|Antonio Lafreri, 1564

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