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)

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)

High-Ranking Courtesan” (Oiran), 1, from the series Five Shades of Ink in the Northern Quarter (Hokkoku goshiki-zumi)

Kitagawa Utamaro; 1 ft. 2 49/64 in.x 9 49/64 in.; woodcut, ink and color on paper

In the Palace, section 4: detail

Zhou Wenju, after; H: 10 15/64 in.; handscroll, ink and touches of color on silk

In the Palace, section 4: detail

Zhou Wenju, after; H: 10 15/64 in.; handscroll, ink and touches of color on silk

Incense Box (kogo) with cart wheels partially submerged in water

Lacquer, Japanese, Muromachi; 11 27/64 in.x 2 33/64 in.x 3 17/64 in.; gold maki-e on black lacquer

Thirty-six Views of Mount Fujin (Fugaku sanjurokkei), #15A, Kajikazawa in Kai Province (Koshu Kajikazawa)

Katsushika Hokusai; 10 15/64 in.x 1 ft. 3 1/8 in.; woodcut (oban); ink and color on paper

Scenes in and around the Capital (Rakuchu-rajugai zu), left screen

Painting, Japanese, Edo; 5 ft. 1 29/64 in.x 11 ft. 6 21/32 in.; one of a pair of six-fold screens, ink, color, gold, and gold leaf on paper

Scenes in and around the Capital (Rakuchu-rajugai zu), right screen

Painting, Japanese, Edo; 5 ft. 1 29/64 in. 1 ft. 1 55/64 in.; one of a pair of six-fold screens, ink, color, gold, and gold leaf on paper

Woman in a Black Kimono

Katsukawa Shunsho; 2 ft. 9 1/2 in.x 11 17/64 in.; hanging scroll, ink, color and gold on silk