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Retable and Frontal of the Life of Christ and the Virgin
Spanish

Corpus of Christ
Spanish; Catalonia

Saint Michael and the Devil
Spanish

The Birth of Saint John the Baptist
Spanish; Burgos

Heraclitus, the Weeping Philosopher
Spanish

Job
Spanish, possibly Seville; or Italian, possibly Naples

Capital with the Adoration of the Magi
Spanish; Aragon

Democritus, the Laughing Philosopher
Spanish

Saint John the Baptist
Spanish

Saint Catherine Delivered from the Wheel
Northern Spanish

Warrior Saint
Spanish

Scene from the Legend of Saint Perpetua
Spanish

Saint Sebastian
Spanish; Catalonia

Lintel Support with Lion
Spanish; Aragon

Spanish Dancer
Natalia Goncharova Born Tula (formerly Russian Empire, now Russia), 1881; died Paris, 1962

Spanish Physician
Max Ernst French, born Germany, 1891–1976

Plate
Talavera poblana Puebla, Mexico

Seated Madonna and Child
Spanish

Spanish Dance
Edgar Degas (French, 1834–1917)

Crown, Probably for a Statue of the Christ Child
Spanish or Spanish Colonial