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Portrait of Alvise Contarini(?); (verso) A Tethered Roebuck by Jacometto (Jacometto Veneziano).

Jacometto (Jacometto Veneziano)

Portrait of Alvise Contarini(?); (verso) A Tethered Roebuck

ca. 1485–95

Adam and Eve by Albrecht Dürer.

Albrecht Dürer

Adam and Eve

1504

Armor by Odilon Redon.

Odilon Redon

Armor

1891

Marie Antoinette in a Park by Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun.

Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun

Marie Antoinette in a Park

ca. 1780–81

Saint Eustace by Albrecht Dürer.

Albrecht Dürer

Saint Eustace

ca. 1501

The House of Bijapur by Kamal Muhammad.

Kamal Muhammad

The House of Bijapur

ca. 1680

[Newhaven Fishwives] by Hill and Adamson.

Hill and Adamson

[Newhaven Fishwives]

ca. 1845

The Unicorn Purifies Water (from the Unicorn Tapestries) by Unknown maker.

Unknown maker

The Unicorn Purifies Water (from the Unicorn Tapestries)

1495–1505

"The Angel Gabriel meets 'Amr ibn Zaid (the Shepherd)", Folio from a Siyer-i Nebi (the Life of the Prophet) by Mustafa ibn Vali.

Mustafa ibn Vali

"The Angel Gabriel meets 'Amr ibn Zaid (the Shepherd)", Folio from a Siyer-i Nebi (the Life of the Prophet)

ca. 1595

The Fifth Day (Dies V): The Creation of the Kingdom of Animals, from "The Creation of the World" by Jan Muller.

Jan Muller

The Fifth Day (Dies V): The Creation of the Kingdom of Animals, from "The Creation of the World"

1589

Portrait of a Woman, possibly Ginevra d'Antonio Lupari Gozzadini by Maestro delle Storie del Pane.

Maestro delle Storie del Pane

Portrait of a Woman, possibly Ginevra d'Antonio Lupari Gozzadini

1494?

Molly Wales Fobes by Rufus Hathaway.

Rufus Hathaway

Molly Wales Fobes

1790

Saint George on Horseback by Hans Burgkmair.

Hans Burgkmair

Saint George on Horseback

1508/1518

Scene with a Warning Against Venereal Disease in a Circle at Center by Theodor de Bry.

Theodor de Bry

Scene with a Warning Against Venereal Disease in a Circle at Center

1580–1600

Portrait of a Woman of the Slosgin Family of Cologne by Barthel Bruyn the Younger.

Barthel Bruyn the Younger

Portrait of a Woman of the Slosgin Family of Cologne

1557

Plate 3: a gale in the forest, two horsemen wrapped in their cloaks, the wind blowing, from "Roman landscapes and ruins" (Paysages et ruines de Rome) by Stefano della Bella.

Stefano della Bella

Plate 3: a gale in the forest, two horsemen wrapped in their cloaks, the wind blowing, from "Roman landscapes and ruins" (Paysages et ruines de Rome)

ca. 1643–48

Female figure (Saint Catherine?) kneeling on the ground at center pleading to a male figure (Maximus?) who wears a crown and is seated on a throne at right; at left a figure with raised sword about to strike the woman; a group of figures looking on in the background by Domenico Campagnola.

Domenico Campagnola

Female figure (Saint Catherine?) kneeling on the ground at center pleading to a male figure (Maximus?) who wears a crown and is seated on a throne at right; at left a figure with raised sword about to strike the woman; a group of figures looking on in the background

1517

The Crucifixion with the Virgin and Saint John by Hendrick ter Brugghen.

Hendrick ter Brugghen

The Crucifixion with the Virgin and Saint John

ca. 1624–25

St. William of Aquitaine in armor bearing a standard in his right hand and resting his left hand on a shield, a landscape beyond by Martinus Martini.

Martinus Martini

St. William of Aquitaine in armor bearing a standard in his right hand and resting his left hand on a shield, a landscape beyond

ca. 1581–1610

[Flower Study, Rose of Sharon] by Adolphe Braun.

Adolphe Braun

[Flower Study, Rose of Sharon]

ca. 1854

The Genius of Castiglione by Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Il Grechetto).

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Il Grechetto)

The Genius of Castiglione

ca. 1645–47 (published 1648)

"The Seven Sleepers of Ephesus", Folio from a Falnama (Book of Omens) by Unknown maker.

Unknown maker

"The Seven Sleepers of Ephesus", Folio from a Falnama (Book of Omens)

1550s

Midshipman Augustus Brine by John Singleton Copley.

John Singleton Copley

Midshipman Augustus Brine

1782

The Flower Girl by Charles Cromwell Ingham.

Charles Cromwell Ingham

The Flower Girl

1846

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