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Entombment of Christ
Unknown Artist Italian, Lombard, late 16th centlury

Sketches of a Standing Saint Holding a Sword (recto); Sketches of Figures and Heads (verso)
Unknown Artist Italian, late 16th century

Sketches of a Child: Half-Length, Torso, Foot, Hand
Unknown Artist Italian, 1700-1799

Nativity Scene
Unknown Artist Italian, 1600-1699

Saints Peter and Paul
Artist unknown Lombard, late 16th century

Two Sketches of Heads (recto); Two Sketches of Draped Woman (verso)
Unknown Florentine or Lombard Italian, 1590-1600

Capital with Man Fighting a Lion (recto); Man Riding a Griffin (verso)
Italian; possibly Lombardy or Tuscany

Capital with Anointing of David
Italian; possibly Lombardy or Tuscany

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)

Portrait of a Young Lady
Style of Jean-Honoré Fragonard French, 1732-1806

Madonna and Child (recto), and Fragment of Woman's Torso (verso)
Unknown artist probably British, 19th century

Letter of Congratulations to Karna Martensdottir
Unknown Artist Nowegian, 19th century

Looking Glass
Artist unknown (American, 18th–19th century) New York

Portrait of a Gentleman
Venetian or Lombard

Untitled
Artist unknown Probably American, 19th century