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Ruins of the Palace of the Caesars in Rome, plate eight from Die Römische Ansichten
Joseph Anton Koch German, 1768-1839
The Struggle Between the Devil and St Francis of Assisi for the Soul of Guido da Montefeltro, plate three from Darstellungen aus Dante's Hölle
Charon's Bark with Souls Crossing the Styx, plate two from Darstellungen aus Dante's Hölle
Landscape with Saint George and the Dragon and the Monte Soratte
Joseph Anton Koch Austrian, 1768-1839
Ruins of the Palace of the Caesars, plate 18 from Die Römische Ansichten
Aqueduct Below the Monastery of St. Bonaventura in Rome, plate ten from Die Römische Ansichten
Monastery of San Francesco di Civitella in the Sabine Mountains
Castle of Saint Stephan of Mezzo and Canturano
Dante Crosses the Stream of Blood of the Tyrants and Murderers on the Back of Nessus the Centaur
Homer's Iliad, Homer's Odyssey, Aeschylus's Tragedies and les Argonautes
Tommaso Piroli (Italian, 1750-1824), after John Flaxman (English, 1755-1826), Iliad, Odyssey and Tragedies Joseph Anton Koch (German, 1768-1839), after Asmus Jakob Carstens (German, 1754-1798), Les Argonautes
Day (Truth)
Ferdinand Hodler Swiss, 1853–1918
The Rapidity of Sleep
Yves Tanguy American, born France, 1900–1955
Christa and Wolfi
Gerhard Richter German, born 1932
Gauntlet from a Tournament Garniture of a Hapsburg Prince
Attributed to Anton Peffenhauser (German 1525—1603) Augsburg
Reclining Nude
Max Beckmann German, 1884–1950
Midday Sorrow
Angel Planells Spanish, 1901–1989
La durée poignardée (Time Transfixed)
René Magritte Belgian, 1898–1967
Dead Fowl
Chaim Soutine Born Minsk (Russian Empire, now Belarus), 1893; died Paris, 1943
Mezzetino
Modeler: Bustelli, Franz Anton German, 1723-1763, b. Switzerland