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Temptation of Saint Anthony
Possibly school of the Carracci Family (Italian, flourished 16th-17th century) or possibly Lodovico Carracci (Italian, 1555-1619) or possibly school of Giovanni Battista Trotti (Italian, 1555-1619)

The Virgin and Child with Saint Clare and Saint Francis
Circle of the Carracci Italian, late 16th century

Articulated Dragon
Myochin School Japanese, active late 19th century

Chest
Attributed to the Valdés family (active 18th–19th centuries) New Mexico

Casket
Embriachi Workshop (Florence, Italy, c. 1370-1395 and Venice, Italy, 1395-c. 1420) Italian; Venice

Mourning Sampler
Made by members of the Smith and Humphreys families at Miss Field’s School Boston, Massachusetts, United States

The Battle of St. James The Greater at Clavijo
school of Martin Schongauer German, c. 1430/50-1491

Shôki the Demon Queller, from an album of paintings of Shôki, Edo period (1615–1868)
Artist unknown Japanese

Saint Gregory as Author
Scriptorium of Weingarten Abbey South German (Swabia); founded 1056

The Vision of Saint Francis
Ludovico Carracci (Italian, 1555–1619)

The Death of Dido
School of Gerard de Lairesse Flemish, 1640-1711

Vessel (Ukhamba)
Magwaza family Zulu KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Eastern and Southern Africa

Susanna and the Elders
Annibale Carracci Italian, 1560-1609

Two Standing Male Nudes
School of Baccio Bandinelli Italian, 1493-1560

Hercules and Iole
Annibale Carracci, after Italian, 1560-1609

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

Saint Benedict Moving the Stone which a Demon Had Made Immobile
after Ludovico Carracci Italian, 1555-1619

Mercury and the Graces
Agostino Carracci (Italian, 1557-1602) after Jacopo Robusti, called Tintoretto (Italian, 1519-1594)

The Family Concert
Jan Steen (Dutch, 1626–1679)

Landscape with Man Sleeping beneath Tree (recto); Landscape with a Horseman (verso)
Annibale Carracci Italian, 1560-1609