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Saint Eustace by Albrecht Dürer.

Albrecht Dürer

Saint Eustace

ca. 1501

Roses and Lilies by Henri Fantin-Latour.

Henri Fantin-Latour

Roses and Lilies

1888

Portrait of a Surgeon by Netherlandish Painter.

Netherlandish Painter

Portrait of a Surgeon

Date not stated

Horsewoman by Théodore Géricault.

Théodore Géricault

Horsewoman

1820 or later

View from Mount Holyoke, Northampton, Massachusetts, after a Thunderstorm—The Oxbow by Thomas Cole.

Thomas Cole

View from Mount Holyoke, Northampton, Massachusetts, after a Thunderstorm—The Oxbow

1836

Portrait of a Bearded Man with a Ruff by Frans Hals.

Frans Hals

Portrait of a Bearded Man with a Ruff

1625

Queen Victoria by Thomas Sully.

Thomas Sully

Queen Victoria

1838

Jacob Burying Idols Under an Oak Tree from The Story of Jacob series by Unknown maker.

Unknown maker

Jacob Burying Idols Under an Oak Tree from The Story of Jacob series

1550–75

Studies of a Gentian, Moth, Birds, Cats, Interlacing Motif, and Greek Frets (recto); Ornamental Studies with Figures (verso) by Giorgio di Giovanni ("Giorgio da Siena").

Giorgio di Giovanni ("Giorgio da Siena")

Studies of a Gentian, Moth, Birds, Cats, Interlacing Motif, and Greek Frets (recto); Ornamental Studies with Figures (verso)

1530–40

Tiger, Tigress and Cub by Kishi Chikudō.

Kishi Chikudō

Tiger, Tigress and Cub

1892

Still Life with Peaches by Auguste Renoir.

Auguste Renoir

Still Life with Peaches

1881

Ten Kings of Hell by Jin Chushi.

Jin Chushi

Ten Kings of Hell

before 1195

Landscape by Edgar Degas.

Edgar Degas

Landscape

ca. 1877–79

Carmencita by William Merritt Chase.

William Merritt Chase

Carmencita

1890

Portrait of Monsieur Aublet by Guillaume Voiriot.

Guillaume Voiriot

Portrait of Monsieur Aublet

ca. 1782

Young Woman with a Pearl Necklace by Willem Drost.

Willem Drost

Young Woman with a Pearl Necklace

Date not stated

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

A Boy with a Cat—Morning by Thomas Gainsborough.

Thomas Gainsborough

A Boy with a Cat—Morning

1787

"The Ox Shanzabeh Left Behind, Grazing in the Territory of the Lion King", Folio from a Kalila wa Dimna by Unknown maker.

Unknown maker

"The Ox Shanzabeh Left Behind, Grazing in the Territory of the Lion King", Folio from a Kalila wa Dimna

second quarter 16th century

St. Mark, seated with an unfurled scroll in his hands, a winged lion's head and forefeet emerge beneath his robes, from a series of the four evangelists after Agostino Veneziano, which are in turn after Giulio Romano by Anonymous, Italian, 16th century.

Anonymous, Italian, 16th century

St. Mark, seated with an unfurled scroll in his hands, a winged lion's head and forefeet emerge beneath his robes, from a series of the four evangelists after Agostino Veneziano, which are in turn after Giulio Romano

after 1518

Biographies of Lian Po and Lin Xiangru by Huang Tingjian.

Huang Tingjian

Biographies of Lian Po and Lin Xiangru

ca. 1095

The Red Bridge by Julian Alden Weir.

Julian Alden Weir

The Red Bridge

1895

Still Life with Flowers and Fruit by Henri Fantin-Latour.

Henri Fantin-Latour

Still Life with Flowers and Fruit

1866

Horsemanship Competition for the Shunzhi Emperor by Nardunbu.

Nardunbu

Horsemanship Competition for the Shunzhi Emperor

dated 1662

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