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A Lady Reading (Saint Mary Magdalene)
Master of the Female Half-Lengths (Netherlandish, active about 1520–1540)

Half-Length Female Nude
Pablo Picasso Spanish, active France, 1881–1973

Joseph Sold by his Brothers
Master of the Die (Italian, active c. 1530-1560) after Raffaello Sanzio, called Raphael (Italian, 1483-1520)

Half-Length Praying Figure
Unknown Italian artist style of Carlo Cignani (Italian, 1628-1719)

Statuette of a Female Figure
Cycladic; probably from the island of Keros

Bishop at Mass in a Historiated Initial "P" from a Choirbook
French or possibly southern Netherlandish follower of Master Honoré (French, flourished 1288-1300)

Saint James the Greater
Master F.P. (Italian, c. 1530-1550) or after Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, called Il Parmigianino (Italian, 1503-1540)

The Annunciation
Jean Hey (Master of Moulins; Netherlandish, c. 1480-c.1504)

Saint Simon
Master F.V.B. Netherlandish, active 1475-1500

Three Men, Half-Length
Henri Edmond Cross French, 1856-1910

Crucifix
Master of the Bigallo Crucifix (Italian, active mid-13th century)

Half-Length Figure
After Michelangelo Buonarroti Italian, 1475-1564

Half-Length of a Reclining Woman
Oskar Kokoschka English, born Austria, 1886-1980

Christ Carrying the Cross
Master of the Freising Visitation (German, active 1451–1490)

Christ Carrying the Cross
Master of the Worcester Carrying of the Cross (active c. 1400–c. 1450)

King Solomon Receiving the Queen of Sheba
Master of the Antwerp Adoration Group (Netherlandish, active c. 1520)

God Shiva as Lord Who Is Half-Male, Half-Female (Ardhanarishvara)
India Tamil Nadu

Half-Length Recumbent Male Nude Seen from the Back
Pietro Faccini Italian, c. 1562-1602

King David Receiving the Cistern Water of Bethlehem
Master of the Antwerp Adoration Group (Netherlandish, active c. 1520)

Half-Length Portrait of a Woman
William Bailey American, 1930-2020