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Triple-Combed Burgonet
South German; Augsburg
Wheellock Carbine for the Bodyguard of Wolf Dietrich von Raitenau, Prince-Archbishop of Salzburg
Gunsmith: Valentin Klett (German, 1556–1603) German; Suhl, Thuringia
The Arms of the Family Kress von Kressenstein
Nuremberg School German, 16th century
Triptych with Scenes from the Life of Christ
German; Cologne
Triptych of the Virgin and Child with Saints
South German
Portrait of a Young Artist
Articulated Dragon
Myochin School Japanese, active late 19th century
Holy Family
Pietà
German
Entombment
German; possibly Cologne
Adoration of the Christ Child
Portrait of Leonhard Fuchs
German; Bavaria
Diptych of Saints Achatius, Barbara, Apollonia, and Sebald
German; Franconia
Portrait of a Man in a Red Cap
South German; possibly Ulm
Architectural Landscape with Belisarius Receiving Alms
Artist unknown (French, active 18th century)
Saint Catherine of Alexandria
German; Swabia
Saint Bartholomew
Northwest German
Portrait of an Artist
The Birth of Bacchus
Artist unknown (British, active 18th century)
Head of a Bishop Saint
German; Rhenish