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A work made of ivory.

Diptych with Scenes from the Life of Christ, c. 1350

French

Painting of the Annunciation, dove flying above Mary with angel.

The Annunciation, 1490–95

Jean Hey, (the Master of Moulins)

A work made of brush and vermilion wash, heightened with lead white, over stylus incising, on cream laid paper toned pink, laid down on cream laid paper.

Fortitude (Study for the "Cabinet du roi" [King's Study]), 1541/45

Francesco Primaticcio

A work made of cotton, plain weave with discontinuous wefts, ground weft interior fringe, exposed and wrapped warps; extended ground weft fringe.

Learning to Weave in Taxco, Mexico, c. 1960

Sheila Hicks

A work made of handscroll; ink and color on silk.

King Yu Moving a Mountain to Control the Floods, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 18th century

Chest decorated with scenes from the Old Testament and vegetal and floral designs. The scenes and designs are made up of colored fabric, detailed embroidery, beading, and gilded metal.

Cabinet or Box Depicting Scenes from the Old Testament, 1668

Rebecca Stonier Plaisted

A light-skinned man in red and woman in blue sit with an infant between them, angels beside and above them, a small town in the background.

The Nativity, 1504–7

Fra Bartolommeo

A work made of earthenware with kaolin slip and cinnabar.

Spouted Dish with King Vulture Heads, 800–400 BCE

Olmec

A work made of engraving and drypoint on ivory laid paper.

Charles II, King of England, c. 1660

Cornelis van Dalen, II

A work made of chromogenic print.

King Club, Glendora, Mississippi, 1984

Birney Imes, III

A work made of etching with engraving and stipple on cream laid paper.

Charles I, King of England, 1697

Benoit Audran, I

A work made of color aquatint on tan laid paper.

Ecce Homo, plate six from the Passion, 1936; published 1939

Georges Rouault

A work made of glazed steatite.

Plaque: Nebmaatre/Amenhotep Ruler of Thebes, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Amenhotep III (about 1390–1352 BCE)

Ancient Egyptian

A work made of bronze.

The Death of the King of the Herd, Modeled 1917, cast 1917

Alexander Phimister Proctor

A work made of gelatin silver print.

Martin Luther King in Detroit, June 23, 1963, printed by June 24, 1988

Tony Spina

A work made of silver.

Drachm (Coin) Portraying King Mithridates II the Great of Parthia, 123-88 BCE Reign of King Mithridates II of Parthia

Iranian

A work made of pen and brown ink with brush and pale brown wash, heightened with lead white (partly oxidized), on blue laid paper, laid down on ivory wove paper.

Two Seated Kings of Judah; Josiah and Hezekiah, 1591

Bernardo Castello

A work made of oil and tempera on panel.

Saint Catherine Delivered from the Wheel, c. 1395

Spanish

A work made of tempera with oil glazes on panel.

Saint Christopher Taking Leave of the King Who Feared Satan; Saint Christopher and His Converts, 1480–85

Martin de Soria

A work made of silver.

Tetradrachm (Coin) Portraying King Antiochus II Theos, 261-246 BCE, Reign of Antiochus II Theos (261–246 BCE)

Ancient Greek

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