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The Garden of Love
Master W. A. H. German, active c. 1480-90

Urns (Set of 8)
Thomas Schutte German, born 1954

Armchair
Design attributed to Francis H. Bacon (American, 1856–1940) A. H. Davenport & Company (American, 1875–1910) Boston

Seven Panels and Index
Hanne Darboven German, 1941–2009

The Jazz Wall
Marisol (Marisol Escobar) American, born France, 1930-2016

Ship with Sails Furled and Arrow Pointing to the Right
Master W with the Key Netherlandish, active 1464-1485

Three-Quarter Composite Armor for the Infantry
German, Nuremberg

Cranequin ( Winder ) for a Crossbow
South German; possibly Nuremberg Master H W over W

Joseph Sold by his Brothers
Master of the Die (Italian, active c. 1530-1560) after Raffaello Sanzio, called Raphael (Italian, 1483-1520)

Wu Street
Xu Bing and Ai Weiwei Chinese, born 1955 and 1957

Landscape in the Style of Ancient Masters: after Wang Meng (c. 1308-1385)
Lan Ying (Chinese, 1585-c. 1664)

Hip Wrapper (Kain Panjang)
Workshop of H. Mohammed Masina Indonesian, b. about 1925 Cirebon, North Coast, Java, Indonesia

Bishop at Mass in a Historiated Initial "P" from a Choirbook
French or possibly southern Netherlandish follower of Master Honoré (French, flourished 1288-1300)

Saint James the Greater
Master F.P. (Italian, c. 1530-1550) or after Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, called Il Parmigianino (Italian, 1503-1540)

Saint Simon
Master F.V.B. Netherlandish, active 1475-1500

This Person
Geng Jianyi Chinese, born 1962

Three-Masted Ship Steering to the Right
Master W with the Key Netherlandish, active 1465-1490

St. Ambrose and the Emperer Theodosius
Master IRs Italian, 16th century

Aristotle and Phyllis
Master M.Z. German, active 1500-1550

Bust of Heraclitus
Italian Chiurazzi and De Angelis Foundry, Naples, Italy