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A wooden sculpture of a man standing on a small pedestal and holding a staff. His hips are leaned to his left and he is wearing armor and a helmet.

Virūdhaka (Zōchōten), Guardian King of the South, one of the Devarājas (Shitennō), or Four Heavenly Guardian Kings

Japanese

A painted wooden sculpture of a head that is facing the viewer. The head is tilted to the right and is round in shape. The head has long earlobes and wears a black headdress.

Head of a Bodhisattva, d. 1057

Attributed to Jōchō

An ink and opaque watercolor painting of a woman sitting on a large chair and holding a flat instrument. She is surrounded by a landscape with trees, rocks, and a building behind her. She wears a long, draped garment with a floating cloth around her.

Woman Playing a Zither (drawing, recto) after a European source; calligraphy (verso) by an unknown artist

Attributed to Govardhan

Coronation with Allegorical Figures

Coronation with Allegorical Figures, 1600 - 1638

Traditionally attributed to Jacques Blanchard

Sketchbook ("Carrara"): Sketches of Quarry Workers

Sketchbook ("Carrara"): Sketches of Quarry Workers, 1856 - 1925

John Singer Sargent

Wall Painting Fragment

Wall Painting Fragment

Syrian

Earrings

Earrings

Byzantine

Circular Church

Circular Church, 1697 - 1768

Giovanni Antonio Canal, called Canaletto

Architectural frame, with an emblematic circular bas-relief, representing two half-length figures of winged genii holding an apple between them (Medium tenuere beati.) (Fol. h vii verso)

Architectural frame, with an emblematic circular bas-relief, representing two half-length figures of winged genii holding an apple between them (Medium tenuere beati.) (Fol. h vii verso)

Anonymous Italy (Venice) 1499

Untitled (pasted Kultur-Festwochen in Belgien pamphlet, pasted reproduction of Europalia model from pamphlet, and notes, left page); Untitled (pasted architectural plan with annotations and pasted reproduction of Europalia model from pamphlet, right page)

Untitled (pasted Kultur-Festwochen in Belgien pamphlet, pasted reproduction of Europalia model from pamphlet, and notes, left page); Untitled (pasted architectural plan with annotations and pasted reproduction of Europalia model from pamphlet, right page), 1928 - 2014

Otto Piene

Carpet, Kirman

Carpet, Kirman

Persian

Faridun Attacking Zahhak (text, recto; painting, verso), illustrated folio from a Turkish translation of the Shahnama of Firdawsi

Faridun Attacking Zahhak (text, recto; painting, verso), illustrated folio from a Turkish translation of the Shahnama of Firdawsi

Ottoman

Album of Kano School Paintings (Kanoha gashū): Landscape, Figure, Architecture and Animal Subjects, by Yasunobu (1613-1685), Dōun (1625-1694), Tsunenobu (1636-1713), Tanshin (1653-1718) and Tansetsu (1654-1713)

Album of Kano School Paintings (Kanoha gashū): Landscape, Figure, Architecture and Animal Subjects, by Yasunobu (1613-1685), Dōun (1625-1694), Tsunenobu (1636-1713), Tanshin (1653-1718) and Tansetsu (1654-1713)

Japanese

Court Scene (Seigneuriale tapestry)

Court Scene (Seigneuriale tapestry)

Unidentified Artist

Sketchbook ("1912 ?"): Sketches for "Hell" and "Judgment" Lunettes, Boston Public Library

Sketchbook ("1912 ?"): Sketches for "Hell" and "Judgment" Lunettes, Boston Public Library, 1856 - 1925

John Singer Sargent

Terracotta sculpture of a helmeted figure sitting against a wide background.

Allegorical Figure, 1598 - 1680

Gian Lorenzo Bernini

Architectural frame, surrounding an emblematical piece of sculpture. This emblem is intended to express the sapient precept - Temper hastiness by keeping seated; check sloth by rising up (Velocitatem sedendo, Tarditatem tempera surgendo). (Fol. h vii recto)

Architectural frame, surrounding an emblematical piece of sculpture. This emblem is intended to express the sapient precept - Temper hastiness by keeping seated; check sloth by rising up (Velocitatem sedendo, Tarditatem tempera surgendo). (Fol. h vii recto)

Anonymous Germany

The Prophet Muhammad and His Companions at a Feast (painting, recto; text, verso), illustrated folio from a manuscript of Siyar-i Nabi (The Life of the Prophet) by Mustafa Darir of Erzurum

The Prophet Muhammad and His Companions at a Feast (painting, recto; text, verso), illustrated folio from a manuscript of Siyar-i Nabi (The Life of the Prophet) by Mustafa Darir of Erzurum

Ottoman

Folio 30 from an Album of Artists' Drawings from Qajar Iran: Three sheets: Pen box design with perspectival architectural landscape divided by medallions (top), Bahram Gur visiting a princess (center), Pen box design with audience scene divided by medallions (bottom) (recto); Blank page (verso)

Folio 30 from an Album of Artists' Drawings from Qajar Iran: Three sheets: Pen box design with perspectival architectural landscape divided by medallions (top), Bahram Gur visiting a princess (center), Pen box design with audience scene divided by medallions (bottom) (recto); Blank page (verso)

Persian

Prayer Carpet

Prayer Carpet

Ottoman

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