Sunday near the Church of Saint-Philippe-du-Roule, Paris

Jean Beraud; 1 ft. 11 25/64 in.x 2 ft. 7 57/64 in.; oil on canvas

Venus Shooting an Arrow Through an Opening of the Tower: detail, from Le Roman de la Rose

Manuscript, French, 15C; tempera, gold leaf, and ink on parchment bound between pasteboard

Aman-Jean (Portrait of Edmond François Aman-Jean)

Georges Seurat; 2 ft. 31/64 in.x 1 ft. 6 45/64 in.; conté crayon on paper

Whitehall Ceiling: The Union of the Crowns of England and Scotland

Peter Paul Rubens; 25 ft.x 17 ft. 11 23/64 in.; oil on canvas

Whitehall Ceiling: The Wise Rule of James

Peter Paul Rubens; 25 ft.x 18 ft. 9/64 in.; oil on canvas adhered to canvas laid down on a laminated wood support

Mérode Altarpiece, right panel, Joseph: view of a flemish city

Robert Campin; oil on oak

Wedding Diptych of the Nicmachi and the Symmachi, a Pagan Priestess Priestess at an Altar

Ivory, Early Christian, 4C; 11-3/4 x 4-3/4 in; ivory

Vessel in the form of a horse's head

Metalwork, Iran, Achaemenid; L: 8 1/32 in.; silver, silver gilding

Plate with a Hunting Scene from the Tale of Bahram Gur and Azadeh

Metalwork, Iran, Sasanian; 1 5/8 in. x 3 7/64 in.; silver, mercury gilding

Fragments of a Plate with Engraved Designs

Glass, Islamic, Abbasid; 19/32 in.x 11 1/32 in.; glass, blown with applied trail, scratch-engraved

Tower of Babel, center: men laying bricks on an arch

Pieter Bruegel the Elder; oil on panel

Tower of Babel: men on scaffolding

Pieter Bruegel the Elder; oil on panel

Tower of Babel: men, carts, and a horse

Pieter Bruegel the Elder; oil on panel

Tower of Babel: houses at left in the distance

Pieter Bruegel the Elder; oil on panel

Tower of Babel: mason working on a block

Pieter Bruegel the Elder; oil on panel