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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
South German

Holy Family
South German

Articulated Dragon
Myochin School Japanese, active late 19th century

Pietà
German

Entombment
German; possibly Cologne

Adoration of the Christ Child
German

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

Saint Catherine of Alexandria
German; Swabia

Saint Bartholomew
Northwest German

Architectural Landscape with Belisarius Receiving Alms
Artist unknown (French, active 18th century)

Portrait of an Artist
Artist unknown (French, active 18th century)

Portrait of a Lady
Artist unknown (French or Swiss, active 18th century)

Head of a Bishop Saint
German; Rhenish