Elizabeth I when a Princess

Guillaume Scrots; 3 ft. 6 23/32 in.x 2 ft. 8 13/64 in.; oil on oak

The Veteran in a New Field

Winslow Homer; 2 ft. 9/64 in. x 3 ft. 2 7/64 in.; oil on canvas

Tutankhamun's Embalming Cache (KV 54), excavated artifact, Floral Collar

Valley of the Kings (burial site), Egypt; 1 ft. 5 21/64 in.x 49 ft. 4 33/64 in.; papyrus, olive leaves, cornflowers, linen

Tutankhamun's Embalming Cache (KV 54), excavated artifact, Floral Collar

Valley of the Kings (burial site), Egypt; 1 ft. 3 3/4 in.x 6 11/16 in.; papyrus,olive & persea leaves, cornflowers,blue lotus petals Picris flowers, nightshade berries, faience & linen

The Triumph of Death: living pushed into a trap

Pieter Bruegel the Elder; tempera and oil on panel

The Tower of Babel: detail

Pieter Bruegel the Elder; oil on oak

The Tower of Babel

Pieter Bruegel the Elder; 3 ft. 8 7/8 in. x 5 ft. 1 1/32 in.; oil on oak

The Tower of Babel: tower and city

Pieter Bruegel the Elder; oil on oak

The Tower of Babel: construction

Pieter Bruegel the Elder; oil on oak

The Tower of Babel: King among the stonecutters

Pieter Bruegel the Elder; oil on oak

Netherlandish Proverbs: lower right

Pieter Bruegel the Elder; oil on oak

Netherlandish Proverbs: lower left

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