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Plate 1: Ship of Hercules (Barcha del Hercole), with dragon-headed prow and Hercules on platform behind oarsmen and standing soldiers, from "The magnificent pageant on the river Arno in Florence for the marriage of the Grand Duke" (Le Magnifique carousel fait sur le fleuve de l'Arne a Florence, pour le mariage du Grand Duc)
1664
Lodewijk Tieling (active ca. 1695-1700)
The Ark
ca. 1700
Unknown maker
Saint George and the Dragon, the Scourging of Christ and the Last Judgement, with donor figures and armorials
late 16th century
René Boyvin
The Nymph of Fontainebleau
n.d.
Unknown maker
Jacob Burying Idols Under an Oak Tree from The Story of Jacob series
1550–75
Orsola Maddalena Caccia
Flowers in a Grotesque Vase
ca. 1635
Charles Joseph Natoire
Orpheus Charming the Nymphs, Dryads, and Animals
1757
Unknown maker
Tapestry with figurative scenes
17th century
Piero di Cosimo (Piero di Lorenzo di Piero d'Antonio)
A Hunting Scene
ca. 1494–1500
Adriaen Collaert
Design for a Plate with Neptune in a Shell Drawn by Horses in a Medallion Bordered by Sea Monsters
ca. 1600
Joris Hoefnagel
Still Life with Flowers, a Snail and Insects
1589
James M. Sommerville
Ocean Life
Date not stated
Stefano della Bella
Saint Jean Gualbert trampling a monster with two human heads and a serpentine body, from "Frontispiece and four scenes from the life of Saint John Gualbert" (Frontispice et quatre vignettes pour une vie de Saint Jean Gualbert)
1640
Lucas Cranach the Elder
Reverse copy of The Martyrdom of St Paul from The Matyrdom of the Twelve Apostles
Date not stated
Farrukh ibn `Abd al-Latif
"The Elephant Clock", Folio from a Book of the Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices by al-Jazari
