Tomb of Amenhotep, excavated artifact, Yuni and His Wife Renenutet, rear view, two scenes illustrating the ancient Egyptian ideal of affection and remembrance among family generations

Asyut, Egypt; painted limestone

Statue of Kedamun and His Family

Sculpture, Egyptian, New Kingdom; 11 13/16 in.x 7 9/32 in.x 8 5/64 in.; painted limestone

The Triumph of Death: living pushed into a trap

Pieter Bruegel the Elder; tempera and oil on panel

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 Virgin Mary with Saints Thomas Aquinas and Paul

Bernardo Daddi; 3 ft. 11 7/8 in.x 3 ft. 8 31/64 in.; tempera and gold leaf on panel

The Virgin Mary with Saints Thomas Aquinas and Paul: detail of the Virgin Mary

Bernardo Daddi; tempera and gold leaf on panel

The Adoration of the Magi

Giotto di Bondone; 1 ft. 5 3/4 in. x 1 ft. 5 1/4 in.; one of a series of six panels, tempera and gold leaf on panel

The Crucifixion

Master of the Codex of Saint George; 1 ft. 5 63/64 in. x 11 47/64 in.; one of a series of paitings, tempera and gold leaf on panel

The Lamentation

Master of the Codex of Saint George; 1 ft. 5 63/64 in. x 11 47/64 in.; one of a series of paintings, tempera and gold leaf on panel

Saint John on Patmos, The Virgin and Child Enthroned, and the Death of the Virgin, left wing of a diptych

Pacino di Bonaguida; 2 ft. 3/8 in. x 1 ft. 3 63/64 in.; tempera and gold leaf on panel

The Crucifixion, right wing of a diptych

Pacino di Bonaguida; 2 ft. 3/8 in. x 1 ft. 3 63/64 in.; tempera and gold leaf on panel