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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)

Still Life with Eggs and a Leg of Mutton
Artist unknown (French, active 18th century)

The Carousal (Scene from Faust?)
Artist unknown (French, 19th century)

Figures Walking and on Horseback in a Park
French School 18th century

Lamentation
Unknown artist French or Italian (17th century)

The Carousal (Scene from Faust?)
Artist unknown (French, 19th century)

Ornament with Two Bull's Heads (recto); Sketch of Geometric Borders (verso)
Attributed to Jean Charles Delafosse (French, 1734-1789) or the school of Perino del Vaga

Head of an Apostle
French; Paris

Panels from the High Altar of the Charterhouse of Saint-Honoré, Thuison-les-Abbeville: The Ascension
French; Picardy

Virgin and Child
Northern French

Articulated Dragon
Myochin School Japanese, active late 19th century

Panels from the High Altar of the Charterhouse of Saint-Honoré, Thuison-les-Abbeville: Virgin and Child
French; Picardy

Panels from the High Altar of the Charterhouse of Saint-Honoré, Thuison-les-Abbeville: The Last Supper
French; Picardy

Diptych with Scenes from the Life of Christ
French; Paris

Panels from the High Altar of the Charterhouse of Saint-Honoré, Thuison-les-Abbeville: Pentecost
French; Picardy

Panels from the High Altar of the Charterhouse of Saint-Honoré, Thuison-les-Abbeville: Saint Hugh of Lincoln
French; Picardy

Panels from the High Altar of the Charterhouse of Saint-Honoré, Thuison-les-Abbeville: Saint Honoré
French; Picardy

Panels from the High Altar of the Charterhouse of Saint-Honoré, Thuison-les-Abbeville: Saint John the Baptist
French; Picardy