Bronze stamping leaf.

Prepared by Morris S. Kantrowitz and Frederick R. Blaylock.

Tiraz Fragment

Textile, Islamic, Abbasid; 1 ft. 10 63/64 in.x 1 ft. 3 63/64 in.; cotton, ink, and gold; plain weave, resist-dyed (ikat), painted Inscription: black ink and gold leaf; painted

Lamentation, fol. 149v, from Belle Heures du Duc de Berry

Limbourg Brothers; 9 3/8 in.x 6 11/16 in.; tempera and gold leaf on vellum

The Duc on a Journey, fol. 168r, from Belle Heures du Duc de Berry

Limbourg Brothers; 9 3/8 in.x 5 ft. 6 59/64 in.; tempera and gold leaf on vellum

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

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

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

Manuscript, French, 15C; 1 ft. 2 29/64 in.x 10 15/64 in.; tempera, gold leaf, and ink on parchment bound between pasteboard

Holy Face

Gerard David; 3 35/64 in.x 2 1/8 in.; tempera and gold leaf on parchment that has been trimmed and laid down on thin walnut

Self-Portrait

Simon Bening; 3 11/32 in.x 2 1/4 in.; tempera and gold leaf on parchment