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Wheellock Puffer (Pistol) for the Mounted Bodyguard of the Elector of Saxony
Abraham Dressler (German, active 1572-90), Dresden
Armor for Field and Tournament
Jörg T. Sorg, the Younger, after German, Augsburg, active 1502-1542
Tassels
Peru, Possibly central coast
Art Make-Up
Bruce Nauman American, born 1941
Elements of an Armor Garniture for the Field, Joust, and Tourney of a Radziwill Prince of Poland and Lithuania
South German; Augsburg
The Truck
George Segal American, 1924-2000
Fragments
Possibly Chancay Peru, Possibly central coast
Joseph Sold by his Brothers
Master of the Die (Italian, active c. 1530-1560) after Raffaello Sanzio, called Raphael (Italian, 1483-1520)
Cuirass and Pauldrons for a Papal Swiss Guard
Italian, Brescia
Chasuble, Stole, Maniple, and Burse
Probably Italy or France
Tureen and Stand
Marked as by Jean-Françoise Dapcher French, 1721–1780 Attributed to François-Thomas Germain French, 1726–1791
Alchemy of Pain
Matthew Monahan American, born 1972
Bishop at Mass in a Historiated Initial "P" from a Choirbook
French or possibly southern Netherlandish follower of Master Honoré (French, flourished 1288-1300)
Group of Four Celestial Dancing Beauties
Cambodia or Thailand
and
Janine Antoni American, born Bahamas 1964
Combined Walking-Cane, Gun, Pistol, Sword, and Dagger
Indian
Saint James the Greater
Master F.P. (Italian, c. 1530-1550) or after Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, called Il Parmigianino (Italian, 1503-1540)
Four Tiles with a Figural Scene
Iran Isfahan
Cased Colt Dragoon Model 1848 (1st issue) Revolver
English
Saint Simon
Master F.V.B. Netherlandish, active 1475-1500