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Design for Escutcheon, with Skulls
Unknown Artist possibly Italian

Male Nudes Locked in Combat with Daggers
Unknown Artist Italian, late 16th century

Design for Escutcheon, with Musical Instruments
Unknown Artist possibly Italian

Standing Warrior
Unknown Artist Italian, Florentine or Genoese, 1575-1599

Armed Soldiers After Battle
Genoese Late 16th century

Design for Ecclesiastical Escutcheon
Unknown Artist possibly Italian

Design for Escutcheon, with Artist's Instruments
Unknown Artist possibly Italian

Design for Architrave with Ornamental Scrollwork, Satyr, and Sea Nymph
Unknown Artist Italian, n.d.

Design for Escutcheon, with Skulls and Books
Unknown Artist possibly Italian or German

Stoning of Saint Stephen
Italian, Genoese or Venetian Late 16th century

Departure of Tobit (recto); Sketch of Crucifixion (verso)
Italian, Genoese Late 16th century

Caryatid (recto); Three Sketches: Two Caryatids, Pair of Putti Standing on Globe (verso)
Unknown Artist Genoese, 17th century

A pope receiving a book from angels
Unknown artist (Genoese ?, 18th century) possibly Francesco Campora (Italian, c. 1693-1763)

Sketches of Patmos, Sardis, Obelisk of Heliopolis
Unknown artist possibly British, 19th century

Towards the Unknown
Gunther Gerzso Mexican, 1915–2000

The Guilty One Remains Unknown
George Grosz American, born Germany, 1893-1959

Cylinder Desk and Bookcase
Artist unknown (American, 19th century) Boston

Unknown Subject
Ivan Albright American, 1897-1983

Le Chef-d'oeuvre inconnu (The Unknown Masterpiece)
Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973) written by Honoré de Balzac (French, 1799-1850) etched by Louis Fort (French, 19th-20th century) and engraved by Georges Aubert (French, 1886-1961) published by Ambroise Vollard (French, 1867-1939) binding by Henri Creuzevault (French, 1905-1971)