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Wall painting fragment

Wall painting fragment

Roman

An opaque watercolor painting depicting two figures sitting close together underneath the arch of a white, rectangular building. The figure on the right is blue-skinned and wears yellow pants while the figure on the left is pale with a red skirt and brown top. There is script writing above the image and the painting is framed with a red band that is decorated with blue and white flower motifs.

Dipak Raga (painting, recto), from a Ragamala (Garland of Melodies) Series

Attributed to Jai Kisan of Malpura

The Arch of Janus (Janus Quadrifrons) with the Arch of the Moneychangers

The Arch of Janus (Janus Quadrifrons) with the Arch of the Moneychangers, 1720 - 1778

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Krishna's Manifest Vision through Sound (Kavitt), from a Rasikapriya series

Krishna's Manifest Vision through Sound (Kavitt), from a Rasikapriya series

Indian

Neptune Calming the Tempest

Neptune Calming the Tempest, 1577 - 1640

Peter Paul Rubens

Malasri Ragini (painting, recto), from the Chunar Ragamala (Garland of Melodies) Series

Malasri Ragini (painting, recto), from the Chunar Ragamala (Garland of Melodies) Series

Indian

Front cover of "The Heavenly Palaces: Merkabah"

Front cover of "The Heavenly Palaces: Merkabah", born 1945

Anselm Kiefer

A series of small textile fragments depicting faces alternating with flowers on a dark background; the fragments are arranged to show how they would appear in relation to each other if the piece were intact.

Fragments of a Textile Hanging with Female Busts

Byzantine

The Worship of Parvati and Shiva as Mahadeva by Brahma and Vishnu

The Worship of Parvati and Shiva as Mahadeva by Brahma and Vishnu

Indian

View of Dresden

View of Dresden, 1734 - 1816

Adrian Zingg

An off-white, rectangular textile fragment with a purple border depicting plants and animals around three sides and a panel at the top showing four human figures dancing between columns.

Tunic Fragment: Four Dancers under Arches

Byzantine

A figure wears a helmet and holds a shield aloft.

Panathenaic Prize Amphora (storage jar)

Attributed to the Marsyas Painter

Afrasiyab and Siyavush Embrace (painting, recto; text, verso), illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Afrasiyab and Siyavush Embrace (painting, recto; text, verso), illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Persian

Inserted sheet (notes for letter to Martin Friedman)

Inserted sheet (notes for letter to Martin Friedman), 1928 - 2014

Otto Piene

Sandro Botticelli

Sandro Botticelli, 1872 - 1898

Aubrey Vincent Beardsley

Inserted sheets (typed letter)

Inserted sheets (typed letter), 1928 - 2014

Otto Piene

Selection of 16th century prints

Selection of 16th century prints

Various Artists

A man hangs on a cross with two figures positioned below

Mystic Crucifixion, 1444/45 - 1510

Sandro Botticelli (Alessandro Filipepi)

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