Mérode Altarpiece, left wing, Donors: detail

Robert Campin, workshop of; oil on oak

Mérode Altarpiece, right wing, Joseph: detail

Robert Campin, workshop of; oil on oak

Mérode Altarpiece, right wing, Joseph: detail

Robert Campin, workshop of; oil on oak

The Triumph of Death: detail

Pieter Bruegel the Elder; tempera and oil on panel

Parable of the Blind: detail of center figure

Pieter Bruegel the Elder; tempera on canvas

Mlle. V...in Costume of an Espada: detail

Édouard Manet; oil on canvas

The Virgin Mary with Saints Thomas Aquinas and Paul: detail of the Virgin Mary

Bernardo Daddi; tempera and gold leaf on panel

The Fight between Carnival and Lent: detail of center

Pieter Bruegel the Elder; oil on wood

Life of Tao Yuanming, section 4, right side: detail of Tao Yuanming and a servant looking at birds in flight

Li Zai; handscroll, ink on paper

Villa Agrippa Posthumus, cubiculum nocturnum, north wall, center panel, Aedicula with a small landscape: detail of the landscape

Boscotrecase, Italy; fresco on black ground

Throne, front view: detail

carved polychrome lacquer on wood core

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

Valley of the Kings (burial site), Egypt; papyrus, olive leaves, cornflowers, linen

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

Valley of the Kings (burial site), Egypt; papyrus, olive leaves, cornflowers, linen

Garden Gathering: detail

Tiles, Iran, Safavid; stonepaste; painted and polychrome glazed (cuerda seca technique)

Villa of Agrippa Postumus, Mythological Room (19), Perseus and Andromeda in Landscape: detail

Boscotrecase, Italy; fresco on lime plaster