The Tea

Mary Cassatt; 2 ft. 1 15/32 in. x 3 ft. 7/32 in.; oil on canvas

Sunday near the Church of Saint-Philippe-du-Roule, Paris

Jean Beraud; 1 ft. 11 25/64 in.x 2 ft. 7 57/64 in.; oil on canvas

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

Landscape: The Parc Monceau

Claude Monet; 1 ft. 11 1/2 in. x 2 ft. 8 33/64 in.; oil on canvas

The Movings: lower left

Louis Léopold Boilly; oil on canvas

The Movings

Louis Léopold Boilly; 2 ft. 4 47/64 in. x 3 ft. 7/32 in.; oil on canvas

The Arcades at the Palais Royal

Louis Léopold Boilly; 1 ft. 2 3/8 in. x 1 ft. 5 63/64 in.; pen and black ink with black and grey wash over traces of graphite on paper

Whitehall Ceiling: The Union of the Crowns of England and Scotland

Peter Paul Rubens; 25 ft.x 17 ft. 11 23/64 in.; oil on canvas

Whitehall Ceiling: The Wise Rule of James

Peter Paul Rubens; 25 ft.x 18 ft. 9/64 in.; oil on canvas adhered to canvas laid down on a laminated wood support

Morning on the Seine near Giverny

Claude Monet; 2 ft. 8 1/8 in. x 3 ft. 39/64 in.; oil on canvas

Wedding Diptych of the Nicmachi and the Symmachi, a Pagan Priestess Priestess at an Altar

Ivory, Early Christian, 4C; 11-3/4 x 4-3/4 in; ivory

Plate with a Hunting Scene from the Tale of Bahram Gur and Azadeh

Metalwork, Iran, Sasanian; 1 5/8 in. x 3 7/64 in.; silver, mercury gilding

Tower of Babel: clouds obscure a portion of the tower and scaffolding

Pieter Bruegel the Elder; oil on panel

Tower of Babel: construction of the right side with workmen using treadwheels

Pieter Bruegel the Elder; oil on panel

Tower of Babel: harbor with ships and materials on the dock

Pieter Bruegel the Elder; oil on panel