Danjuro in the play of Tora no Koizuka, grasping an axe

Katsushika Hokusai; 1 15/64 in. x 9/16 in.; woodcut , hosoban, nishiki-e, ink and color on paper

Scene from the Story of Nastagio degli Onesti, Disembowelment of the Woman Pursued

Sandro Botticelli; 2 ft. 8 9/32 in.x 4 ft. 6 21/64 in.; tempera on panel

The Worship of Venus: kissing putti

Titian; oil on canvas

Washerwomen at the Beach of Étretat

Eugene Louis Boudin; 1 ft. 2 41/64 in.x 1 ft. 9 39/64 in.; oil on wood

The Siren Vase, Side A, The Ship of Odysseus passing the Sirens: detail of ship

Siren Painter, attributed to; H: 1 ft. 2 in.; stamnos, red figure, paintied pottery

Royal Cemetery, PG779, excavated artifact, #U.11164, Standard of Ur, War Side, upper left: first register

Ur (deserted settlement), Iraq; shell, lapis lazuli, red limestone; set in bitumen

Royal Cemetery, PG779, excavated artifact, #U.11164, Standard of Ur, War Side, upper left: detail of 1st to 3rd registers: detail

Ur (deserted settlement), Iraq; shell, lapis lazuli, red limestone; set in bitumen

Royal Cemetery, PG779, excavated artifact, #U.11164, Standard of Ur, Peace Side

Ur (deserted settlement), Iraq; 8 35/64 in. x 1 ft. 7 27/32 in. x 4 9/16 in.; shell, lapis lazuli, red limestone; set in bitumen

Royal Cemetery, PG779, excavated artifact, #U.11164, Standard of Ur, left end

Ur (deserted settlement), Iraq; 8 35/64 in.x 4 9/16 in.; shell, lapis lazuli, red limestone; set in bitumen

Royal Cemetery, PG779, excavated artifact, #U.11164, Standard of Ur, right end

Ur (deserted settlement), Iraq; 8 35/64 in.x 4 9/16 in.; shell, lapis lazuli, red limestone; set in bitumen

Royal Cemetery, PG779, excavated artifact, #U.11164, Standard of Ur, War Side

Ur (deserted settlement), Iraq; 8 35/64 in.x 1 ft. 7 27/32 in.x 4 9/16 in.; shell, lapis lazuli, red limestone; set in bitumen

Haystacks (Effect of Snow and Sun)

Claude Monet; 2 ft. 1 3/4 in.x 3 ft. 17/64 in.; oil on canvas

Mademoiselle V. . . in the Costume of an Espada

Claude Monet; 5 ft. 5 in.x 4 ft. 2 15/64 in.; oil on canvas

A candle clock, recto, folio from Kitab fi ma`arifat al-hiyal al-handisaya (The book of knowledge of ingenious mechanical devices) Automata by al-Jazari

1 ft. 1/8 in.x 8 5/8 in.; ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

A musical toy in the form of a boat folio from Kitab fi ma'arifat al-hiyal al-handisaya (the book of knowledge of ingenious mechanical devices) Automata by al-Jazari

11 57/64 in.x 8 35/64 in.; ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper