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"Sir...here are those whom we give this year for their subscription to 'The Musical Universe'..."

"Sir...here are those whom we give this year for their subscription to 'The Musical Universe'...", 1808-1879

Honoré-Victorin Daumier

Two Figures, Study for Relief Over "Music," Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Two Figures, Study for Relief Over "Music," Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1856 - 1925

John Singer Sargent

The Madonna Enthroned, from a triptych

The Madonna Enthroned, from a triptych, 1430 - 1502

Niccolò da Foligno

Antefix in the Shape of a Mask of Silenos

Antefix in the Shape of a Mask of Silenos

Greek

Triptych: Seven Gods of Good Fortune (Shichifukujin) Playing Music and Dancing in the Ship of Treasures (Takarabune)

Triptych: Seven Gods of Good Fortune (Shichifukujin) Playing Music and Dancing in the Ship of Treasures (Takarabune), 1769 - 1825

Utagawa Toyokuni 歌川豊国

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

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

Indian

Devagandhari Ragini (painting, recto), from a Ragamala (Garland of Melodies) Series

Devagandhari Ragini (painting, recto), from a Ragamala (Garland of Melodies) Series

Indian

Untitled (two women standing beside large billboard advertisement for junior league musical)

Untitled (two women standing beside large billboard advertisement for junior league musical), 20th century

Martin Schweig

Grotesque with the Scene of Two Warriors Confronting Four Men, Music Making Figures Below

Grotesque with the Scene of Two Warriors Confronting Four Men, Music Making Figures Below, c. 1505 - c. 1586

Jacques Androuet du Cerceau

Walse Favorite au Rhin pour le Piano-Forté (Cover of Sheet Music)

Walse Favorite au Rhin pour le Piano-Forté (Cover of Sheet Music)

Unidentified Artist

Untitled (note, left page); Untitled (female figures cleaning while listening to music, right page)

Untitled (note, left page); Untitled (female figures cleaning while listening to music, right page), 1928 - 2014

Otto Piene

Group of Female Musicians and Dancers

Group of Female Musicians and Dancers

Indian

Saranga Ragini (painting, recto), from a Ragamala (Garland of Melodies) Series

Saranga Ragini (painting, recto), from a Ragamala (Garland of Melodies) Series

Indian

An opaque watercolor painting depicting a seated figure blowing into a small, thin instrument with eight grey and white snakes slithering nearby. Behind them is a rocky landscape with trees. There is script writing above the image

Asavari Ragini (painting, recto; text, verso), from a Ragamala (Garland of Melodies) Series

Jai Kisan of Malpura

Asavari Ragini, illustration from a Ragamala (Garland of Melodies) series

Asavari Ragini, illustration from a Ragamala (Garland of Melodies) series

Indian

Kakhuba Ragini: Preparatory Drawing for a Ragamala (Garland of Melodies) Series

Kakhuba Ragini: Preparatory Drawing for a Ragamala (Garland of Melodies) Series

Indian

Krishna's Fluting Attracts the Animals

Krishna's Fluting Attracts the Animals

Indian

A circular silver dish is decorated with scenes in the center and around the edges.

Tazza

Maker's Mark Cipher, apparently IB or SB

Two women on a balcony

Two women on a balcony

Indian

Woman with Koto, Number Two (Sono ni) from the series Three Musical Instruments (Sankyoku)

Woman with Koto, Number Two (Sono ni) from the series Three Musical Instruments (Sankyoku), 1786? - 1868

Yashima Gakutei 八島岳亭

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