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A work made of gypsum relief with traces of pigment.

Relief Showing the Head of a Winged Genius, Neo–Assyrian Period, reign of King Ashurnasirpal II (883–859 BCE)

Neo-Assyrian

A work made of etching on heavy ivory laid paper.

View of the Villa d'Este, Tivoli, from Views of Rome, 1773, published 1800–07

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

A work made of etching on heavy ivory laid paper.

View of the Small Waterfall and Rapids, Tivoli, from Views of Rome, 1769

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

A work made of glass, blown technique.

Jug, Late 1st-early 3rd century

Ancient Roman

A work made of watercolor over graphite, on cream laid paper, laid down on ivory board.

On "That" Street, 1932

Charles Demuth

A work made of opaque watercolor and gold on paper.

Garden Scene, Timurid dynasty (ca. 1370–1507), mid–15th century

Islamic

A work made of sheep's wool and alpaca, plain and twill weave; pieced; folded; molded and tucked; embroidered with sheep's wool, alpaca, mohair, and nylon in buttonhole, satin, and stem stitches; couching; backed with wool, polyester, and cotton, plain weave.

Ascent, 1980

Nancy Hemenway Barton

In vivid shades of red, orange, yellow, blue, and green, a grouping of row houses sits before an open expanse of land and winding, leafless trees. Everything is multicolored and outlined in thick strokes of deep blue. A figure bends down near a path.

Houses at Chatou, c. 1905

Maurice de Vlaminck

A work made of oil on canvas, three joined panels.

Heart of Darkness, 1982

Sean Scully

A work made of opaque watercolor and gold on paper.

Ruler Entertained by Dancers in a Paradise Garden, Late 18th century

A work made of cover: lacquered leather, manuscript: ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper.

Manuscript of Kulliyat (Complete Works) by Sa'di with Lacquered Cover, Safavid Dynasty (1501-1736), 17th century

Islamic

A work made of color woodblock print; surimono.

An Autumn Gift, n.d.

Katsushika Hokusai

A work made of tempera and silver leaf on canvas.

Portrait of Emily Crane Chadbourne, 1922

Tsugouharu Foujita

A work made of pen and black ink, watercolor, and brush and gray wash, heightened with touches of white gouache, over graphite, on ivory laid paper, laid down on cream laid card.

Roma Antica, 1757/60

Giovanni Paolo Panini

A work made of black chalk with touches of opaque white watercolor on blue laid paper.

'Il Mascherone,' a Rocaille Fountain on the Grounds of the Villa Borghese, c. 1754

Richard Wilson

Painting of a small pond dense with pink water lilies, their roots visible through the water, a railed footbridge arching over the pond and lush, dark green folliage surrounding it.

Water Lily Pond, 1900

Claude Monet

Painting of the Virgin Mary ascending to heaven amongst multitude of angels.

The Assumption of the Virgin, 1577–79

Domenico Theotokópoulos, called El Greco

A young woman peers out to the right from from a Dutch door whose bottom half is closed. She wears a brown dress with a corset and a red beaded necklace.

Young Woman at an Open Half-Door, 1645

Workshop of Rembrandt van Rijn

A work made of oil on canvas.

Waterloo Bridge, Gray Weather, 1900

Claude Monet

Painting of two views in brown tones: at left, the back of a woman's head, her intricately braided hair forming a V shape; at right, the torso of a woman wearing a pleated dress with a V-shape neckline.

Parallel Manipulation, 1977

Christina Ramberg