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

Ur (deserted settlement), Iraq; 1 ft. 7 1/2 in. x 8 1/2 in.; shell, lapis lazuli, red limestone; set in bitumen

Study of a reclining male nude: Adam, from the Creation of Adam

Michelangelo Buonarrati; 7 19/32 in.x 10 13/64 in.; red chalk over stylus underdrawing on paper

Ten Examples of Female Physiognomy, The Flirt

Kitagawa Utamaro; 1 ft. 1 31/32 in.x 9 7/8 in. (image); woodcut with mica ground, oban

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

Under the Wave at Kanagawa (Kanagawa oki nami ura),; #1, Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjUrokkei)

Katsushika Hokusai; 10 in.x 1 ft. 3 in.; woodcut, oban; ink and color on paper

Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, #2, South Wind, Clear Sky (Red Fuji) (Gaifu kaisei)

Katsushika Hokusai; 10 9/32 in.x 1 ft. 3 3/64 in.; woodcut, oban on paper

Lovers, from a Picture-book Models of Couples (Ehon tsuhi no hinagata)

Katsushika Hokusai; 10 7/16 in.x 1 ft. 3 23/64 in.; woodcut on paper

Woman Holding Up a Parasol” from, Ten Classes of Women’s Physiognomy (Fujo ninso juppen: Higasa o sasu onna)

Kitagawa Utamaro; 1 ft. 3 in.x 10 1/8 in.; woodcut, ink and color on paper

Wild Geese Flying Down the Sumida River, from Eight Views of Edo (Furyu Edo Hakkei)

Suzuki Harunobu; 11 17/64 in.x 8 25/64 in.; woodcut, ink and color on paper

Evening Snow on Matsuchi Hilll, from the series Eight Fashionable Views of Edo (Furyu Edo hakkei)

Suzuki Harunobu; 10 63/64 in.x 8 7/64 in.; woodcut, chuban, ink and color on paper

Self portrait of Rembrandt leaning on a Stone Sill, 1st state

Rembrandt van Rijn; 8 5/32 in.x 6 29/64 in.; etching on paper

Portrait of Isabella Brandt

Peter Paul Rubens; 1 ft. 3 in.x 11 37/64 in.; black and red chalk, with some brown wash, heightened with white, on light grey-brown

Flowers and Birds of the Four Seasons, left scroll

Ikeda Koson; 3 ft. 6 13/32 in.x 1 ft. 2 11/64 in.; one of a pair of hanging scrolls, ink, color and gold on silk

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

Okita of the Naniwa-ya Tea-house

Kitagawa Utamaro; 1 ft. 2 21/64 in.x 9 31/64 in.; woodcut, oban, ink and color on paper