Gayumarth enthroned in the mountains from a Shahnama (Book of kings) by Firdawsi

11 31/32 in.x 8 35/64 in.; ink, opaque watercolor, gold and silver on paper

In the Woods at Giverny: Blanche Hoschedé at Her Easel with Suzanne Hoschedé Reading

Claude Monet; 3 ft.x 3 ft. 2 1/2 in.; oil on canvas

The Presentation in the Temple

Master of the Prado "Adoration of the Magi"; 1 ft. 10 51/64 in.x 1 ft. 6 13/16 in.; oil on panel

Madame Cézanne (Hortense Fiquet, 1850–1922) in a Red Dress

Paul Cézanne; 3 ft. 9 55/64 in.x 2 ft. 11 15/64 in.; oil on canvas

Applique in the shape of a lion's head

Albert Bierstadt; 2 1/64 in.x 2 23/64 in.; gold

Aquamanile in the Form of Aristotle and Phyllis

Sculpture, Egyptian, New Kingdom; 32 5 cmx 7 3/64 in.; bronze; Quaternary copper alloy

Landscape with a Village in the Distance

Jacob van Ruisdael; 2 ft. 6 in.x 3 ft. 6 63/64 in.; oil on wood

Saint Anthony the Abbot in the Wilderness

Master of the Osservanza Triptych; 1 ft. 6 1/2 in.x 1 ft. 1 17/64 in. (painted surface); tempera and gold on wood

Villa of Agrippa Postumus, Mythological Room (19), Perseus and Andromeda in Landscape: detail

Boscotrecase, Italy; fresco on lime plaster

Villa of Agrippa Postumus, Mythological Room (19), Polyphemus and Galatea in a landscape

Boscotrecase, Italy; 5 ft. 2 61/64 in.x 3 ft. 10 3/4 in.; fresco on lime plaster

Villa of Agrippa Postumus, Mythological Room (19), Polyphemus and Galatea in a landscape: detail

Boscotrecase, Italy; fresco on lime plaster

Louis XV (1710–1774) at the Age of Five in the Costume of the Sacre

Hyacinthe Rigaud; 6 ft. 5 1/64 in.x 4 ft. 7 33/64 in.; oil on canvas

Whip Handle in the Shape of a Horse

2 11/64 in.x 5 3/4 in.; ivory, garnet and paint

The two paths : being lectures on art, and its application to decoration and manufacture, delivered in 1858-9 /

I. The deteriorative power of conventional art over nations -- II. The unity of art -- III. Modern manufacture and design -- IV. Influence of imagination in architecture -- V. The work of iron in nature, art and policy.

Lovers Walking in the Snow (Crow and Heron)

Suzuki Harunobu; 11 17/64 in.x 8 7/64 in.; woodcut (chuban) ink and color on paper, with embossing (karazuri)