The Tower of Babel: King among the stonecutters

Pieter Bruegel the Elder; oil on oak

Netherlandish Proverbs: detail of center

Pieter Bruegel the Elder; oil on oak

The Fall of Icarus: figures in the center

Pieter Bruegel the Elder; oil on canvas, mounted on wood

The Fall of Icarus: the fall

Pieter Bruegel the Elder; oil on canvas, mounted on wood

Mérode Altarpiece, right wing, Joseph working on a piece of wood

Robert Campin, workshop of; oil on oak

Study of a Young Woman

Johannes Vermeer; 1 ft. 5 33/64 in.x 1 ft. 3 3/4 in.; oil on canvas

Tomb, excavated artifact, Rabbits, Birds, Bamboo and Flowers, center portion: birds and flowers; from the western interior wall of the outer (xiaozhang) coffin

Liaoning. Faku. Yemaotai; hanging scroll, ink and colors on silk

The Triumph of Death: lower left

Pieter Bruegel the Elder; tempera and oil on panel

The Triumph of Death: singing lovers at lower left

Pieter Bruegel the Elder; tempera and oil on panel

The Triumph of Death: detail

Pieter Bruegel the Elder; tempera and oil on panel

Parable of the Blind: detail of center figure

Pieter Bruegel the Elder; tempera on canvas

Parable of the Blind: man falling into ditch

Pieter Bruegel the Elder; tempera on canvas

The Fall of Icarus

Pieter Bruegel the Elder; 2 ft. 5 9/64 in. x 3 ft. 8 3/32 in.; oil on canvas, mounted on wood

Cutting out the Stone of Madness

Pieter Bruegel the Elder; oil on panel

Mlle. V...in Costume of an Espada: detail

Édouard Manet; oil on canvas