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Sketchbook: Mural and Figure Studies

Sketchbook: Mural and Figure Studies, 1856 - 1925

John Singer Sargent

Fragment with Figures Between Urns

Fragment with Figures Between Urns

Byzantine

Entrance Gate to a Town, with Shop on the left and Semi Circular Recessed Building on the Right, Decorated with Sculptures in Niches Flanked by Columns of the Corinthian Order (N.H.)

Entrance Gate to a Town, with Shop on the left and Semi Circular Recessed Building on the Right, Decorated with Sculptures in Niches Flanked by Columns of the Corinthian Order (N.H.), active 1554 - 1579/89

Lucas van Doetecum

A metal figure with the top half depicting a person holding a basket shape over their head, and the bottom half being a smooth shaft that tapers to a rounded end.

Foundation Peg, Probably of King Shulgi (2094-2047 BCE)

Neo-Sumerian

Bearded Man, Possibly Emperor Macrinus

Bearded Man, Possibly Emperor Macrinus

Roman

Taj Mahal, Agra

Taj Mahal, Agra

Indian

Tomb of Akbar

Tomb of Akbar

Indian

A landscape featuring a building and a tree at the edge of a lagoon as boats come and go

The Isola della Madonnetta on the Lagoon of Venice, 1712 - 1793

Francesco Guardi

White ceramic full length sculpture of two women standing side by side

Crown Princess Louise of Prussia and her Sister Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Berlin 1764 - 1850

After Johann Gottfried Schadow

Three-segmented, hinged altarpiece painted with scenes of crowds in a hall.

The Adoration of the Magi; left panel: The Nativity; right panel: The Presentation in the Temple, active early 16th century

Master of 1518

A nude, winged female figure stands with her arms outstretched.

Spirit of the Waters, 1850 - 1931

Daniel Chester French

A woman holds a baby in front of a background of buildings.

The Virgin and Child, 1444/45 - 1510

Sandro Botticelli (Alessandro Filipepi)

Female Figure Prostrate Before a Fire

Female Figure Prostrate Before a Fire

Mughal

Studies of Women and Lokapurusha

Studies of Women and Lokapurusha

Indian

A marble relief forms a triangular pediment above two columns. At center are a woman, a child, and a man holding up a theater mask.

Funeral Relief of a Playwright and His Family

Roman

Long oval-shaped box with woman, building, and flowers

Pen Box with European Women and Birds in a Landscape

Lutf `Ali Shirazi

Engraved Piriform Hand Mirror With Animal Head Terminal

Engraved Piriform Hand Mirror With Animal Head Terminal

Etruscan

Tang Mirror with Modern Engraving and Inscription

Tang Mirror with Modern Engraving and Inscription

Etruscan

Engraved Box Mirror Component

Engraved Box Mirror Component

Etruscan

Mirror with a Palmette Pattern at the Start of the Handle

Mirror with a Palmette Pattern at the Start of the Handle

Etruscan

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