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"The Concourse of the Birds", Folio 11r from a Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds)
Habiballah of Sava
ca. 1600
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"The Concourse of the Birds", Folio 11r from a Mantiq al-Tayr (Language of the Birds)
Habiballah of Sava
ca. 1600
Joan of Arc
Jules Bastien-Lepage
1879
The Horse Fair
Rosa Bonheur
1852–55
Yuny and His Wife Renenutet
ca. 1294–1279 B.C.
The Rest on the Flight into Egypt
Gerard David
ca. 1512–15
Archangel Gabriel; The Virgin Annunciate
Gerard David
ca. 1510
American Barque "Jane Tudor," Conway Bay
David Johnson
ca. 1855
The Holy Family with the Young Saint John the Baptist
Andrea del Sarto (Andrea d'Agnolo)
ca. 1528
Fudō Myōō, the Immovable Wisdom King (Achala Vidyaraja)
Kaikei
early 13th century
Portrait of a Woman, Possibly a Nun of San Secondo; (verso) Scene in Grisaille
Jacometto (Jacometto Veneziano)
ca. 1485–95
Christ Carrying the Cross, with the Crucifixion; The Resurrection, with the Pilgrims of Emmaus
Gerard David
ca. 1510
Head from a Statue of King Amenhotep I
ca. 1525–1504 B.C.
The Crucifixion with the Virgin and Saint John
Hendrick ter Brugghen
ca. 1624–25
Stela of the Steward Mentuwoser
ca. 1944 B.C.
The Abduction of the Sabine Women
Nicolas Poussin
probably 1633–34
Portrait of Alvise Contarini(?); (verso) A Tethered Roebuck
Jacometto (Jacometto Veneziano)
ca. 1485–95
The Penitence of Saint Jerome
Joachim Patinir
ca. 1515
The Jabach Family
Charles Le Brun
ca. 1660
In proof of true love, a watercarrier skeleton arguing with a woman (Posada); two skeleton angels in upper corners (Manilla)
José Guadalupe Posada
ca. 1890–96
Night-Shining White
Han Gan
ca. 750
Oedipus and the Sphinx
Gustave Moreau
1864
Bronze statuette of a philosopher on a lamp stand
late 1st century BCE
The Death of Socrates
Jacques Louis David
1787
Hercules chasing Avarice from the Temple of the Muses
Ugo da Carpi
ca. 1520–27
Tommaso di Folco Portinari (1428–1501); Maria Portinari (Maria Maddalena Baroncelli, born 1456)
Hans Memling
ca. 1470
Jalais Hill, Pontoise
Camille Pissarro
1867
Head of a ruler
ca. 2300–2000 BCE
Damascus Room
dated 1119 AH/1707 CE
Saint Anthony the Abbot in the Wilderness
Sano di Pietro (Ansano di Pietro di Mencio)
ca. 1440
The Musicians
Caravaggio (Michelangelo Merisi)
1597
Ia Orana Maria (Hail Mary)
Paul Gauguin
1891
Mirror-bearer
Maya artist(s)
410–650 CE
Settee (one of a pair) (part of a set)
Johann Michael Bauer
ca. 1763–64
Statuette of a hippo goddess, probably Taweret
332–30 BCE
Commode à vantaux
David Roentgen
ca. 1775–79 with later alterations
Boating
Edouard Manet
1874
The Fieschi Morgan Staurotheke
early 9th century
”Abiding nowhere, the awakened mind arises”
Musō Soseki
early to mid-14th century
The Harvesters
Pieter Bruegel the Elder
1565
Standing Figure with Jeweled Headdress
12th–early 13th century