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Backplate
Northern Italian

Glaive
Italian, possibly Brescia

Miquelet Fowling Gun
Central Italian; Naples

Colonnade Portico
Unknown Artist Italian, 1700-1800

Plate
Italy, Umbria

Holy Family with Angel
Jacopo Negretti, called Palma il Vecchio, or his school Italian, c. 1480-1528

Study for Allegory of Faith and Silence
Bartolomeo Cesi (Italian, 1556-1629) or School of Perino del Vaga (Italian, 1500/01-1547)

Ceiling Design, with Sketches of Ornamental Border, Helmeted Head (recto); Sketches of Ornamental Details (verso)
School of Giovanni da Udine, called Giovanni dei Ricamatori (Italian, 1487-1561) or School of Perino del Vaga (Italian, 1500/01-1547)

Articulated Dragon
Myochin School Japanese, active late 19th century

Door Boss: Bust of a Satyress
Northern Italian

The Gods Discovering Venus and Mars
Attributed to Pietro Antonio di Pietri (Italian, 1663-1716) or the school of Carlo Maratti (Italian, 1625-1713)

Ceiling Design: Angels (recto); Sketches of Angels (verso)
Attributed to Giuseppe Nicola Nasini (Italian, 1657-1736) or the school of Luca Giordano (Italian, 1632-1705)

Casket
Italian; Sicily

Sinan Reis and Hayreddin Barbarossa
Italian

Madonna and Child
Italian

Young Woman with Hunter
Artist unknown (Italian, active 18th century)

Ascension of Female Saint
Martino Altomonte (Italian, 1657-1745) or the School of Francesco Solimena (Italian, 1657-1747)

The Arms of the Family Kress von Kressenstein
Nuremberg School German, 16th century

Phaeton Driving the Chariot of Phoebus
Northern Italian; possibly Verona