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Saint Jerome and the Lion (From the former Church of St. Peter in Erfurt)

Buddha

Door Guardian (Dvarapala)

A bodhisattva

Buddha

Torso of a Kouros

Figure of a reclining woman

Head Fragment

The bodhisattva Maitreya

Cabinet of a Militia Company

Cape

Terpsichore Lyran (Muse of Lyric Poetry)

The bodhisattva Maitreya

Saint Sebastian

Reclining mouflon

Le scribe accroupi

Amulet in the Form of a Seated Figure with Bovine Head

Censer with seated king

Doublet

Trial Piece Worked on Both Sides

Terracotta kernos (vase for multiple offerings)

Openwork furniture plaque with a grazing oryx in a forest of fronds

The King's Acquaintances Memi and Sabu

Cult vessel in the form of a tower with cylinder seal impressions near the top

A woman wearing a cobalt-blue robe and a white veil sits with her hands raised, palms out, as she looks toward a slender, bearded man who stands to our left in this vertical painting. Both have light skin and delicate features, and they sit in a room with stone walls and arched windows. There are faint circles under the woman’s light brown eyes. She has a long slender nose, and her pink lips are pursed. One knee is bent, and she is low to the ground, suggesting she sits on a stool. A book lies open on a wooden stand in front of her to our right, below her left elbow. The ruffled edges of her multi-layered, white veil sweep over her forehead and down to her shoulders. Her loose, long-sleeved blue garment is edged with gold and falls in angular folds to pool at her feet. She holds her long-fingered, slender hands up at her chest, palms facing the man to our left. He stands with his body angled toward her as he looks down, his head tipped slightly forward. His brown hair falls over his shoulders. His voluminous, gold-edged, red cloak is fastened at his throat with a gold, jeweled brooch, and it drapes over his shoulders and around his lower torso, leaving his arms, chest, and a gash over his right ribs exposed. He holds a tall, gold staff topped with a jeweled cross in his left hand, to our right. A moss-green pennant flutters back from the base of the cross, as if lifted in a breeze. The man holds up his other hand so the palm faces the woman with the first two fingers raised. Round, puncture wounds with red blood mark the palm of that hand and tops of both bare feet. The floor is patterned with gray, brown, blue, and green tiles. The wall behind the woman has honey-brown paneling along the bottom half and the top half is slate gray. Gray columns are spaced along that wall, supporting a curving, vaulted ceiling. Two arched windows pierce the wall behind the woman, and both have stained glass designs within the curving tops. The window closer to us opens onto a narrow view of a landscape with a rose-pink arch over a bridge, and a path winding through green fields. An open door over the shoulder of the man, to our left, shows the stepped roofline of a pink building under a blue sky. The entire scene is framed with a flattened arch supported by gleaming columns of polished, veined brown stone, creating the impression that we look onto the people and room through the arch. The columns have leafy capitals and white bases. The tan-colored arch is carved with a row of stylized rosettes along the opening that spans the top of the painting.

Robe à la française

Rosewater ewer

Fragment of a bowl with a frieze of bulls in relief

Coat

Kaftan

Victoire de Samothrace

Esclave rebelle

Spout in the form of a man's head

Relief: two servants bearing food and drink

Walking ensemble

Ewer

Raft Cup

Lantern for a Lamp

Nautilus Cup

Guanyin

Furniture support: female sphinx with Hathor-style curls

Panel with the god Zeus/Serapis/Ohrmazd and worshiper

Hanger met cachet met de Dood

Weight in shape of frog

Ivory Plaque with Enthroned Mother of God ("The Stroganoff Ivory")

Enthroned deity

Storage Jar

Feuillet de diptyque en cinq parties : l'Empereur triomphant (Justinien ?)

Funerary relief

Figure of a Warrior

Kast van eikenhout met één-deurs bovenkast en tweedeurs onderkast

St. Catherine of Siena and the Beggar

Round gown

Shown from the chest up, a clean-shaven, pale-skinned man holds one hand to his chest and rests the other on a rug-covered ledge with the other in this vertical portrait painting. The man’s body is angled to our left, and he looks down in that direction with dark eyes under thick brows. Crow’s feet crinkle at the corners of his eyes, and there are dark hollows underneath. Soft jowls hang to create a slight double chin. His thin lips are set in a line over a wide, round chin, which is darkened with a five o’clock shadow. He has chin-length, reddish-blond hair, and straight, wispy bangs sweep loosely across his high forehead. He wears a white chemise under a gold, brocade garment, which is mostly hidden by a slate-blue cloak. The cloak is lined with spotted fur, which is turned over to create a wide collar across his shoulders. The sleeve on his left arm, to our right and closer to us, splits over a dusky-pink sleeve. Two gold buttons on the cloak there are decorated with thistle plants and blossoms. The fingers of his right hand, to our left, are gathered like a closed rose bud at his chest. He wears a gold ring on the index finger of the other hand, which rests on the end of the gray stone ledge so his fingertips brush the tapestry draped there. The man is lit from our left against a black background.

Standing Four-Armed Shiva

Mother Goddess

Dress

Vénus de Milo

Feast Ladle

Orthostat relief: lion-hunt scene

Memorial head (nsodie)

Lidded Bowl with Iguana

Standing Buddha

Bird pendant

Nursing Woman with Child

Gigaku Mask of Young Persian Boy (Taikōji)

Knife Sheath

Ceremonial Cross of Countess Gertrude

Water Ewer for Rituals (Kundika) with Incised Parrot Design

Clarinet in D

Study for the Nude Youth over the Prophet Daniel (recto); Figure Studies for the Sistine Ceiling (verso)

Against a shiny gold background, a man with peach-colored skin nearly fills this tall, narrow, vertical panel above a row of twelve people, significantly smaller in scale, kneeling by his feet and looking up at the man, their hands together in prayer. The top of the panel comes to a point above the man’s head. His body faces us, and he looks at us with brown eyes under furrowed, dark eyebrows. His nose is long and straight, and his mouth is small with a rosy lower lip. He has a brown, trimmed beard, and his hair is receding. He holds up a gold-handled sword with a slate-gray blade in his right hand, on our left, while in his other hand, he cradles a thick black book with a gold-edged pages against his chest. The man wears a floor-length, celery-green tunic with a flowing, rose-pink robe over his left shoulder, on our right, and around his body. The robe is lined with tangerine orange and has a faint, patterned border. The toes of his sandaled feet stick out. On a smaller scale, along the bottom of the painting, six pairs of people kneel facing the center, three couples to each side. Eleven of the people gaze with heads tipped back, up at the man with their hands folded in prayer. To our right, one woman turns and gestures, mouth open, to her neighbor. Their long robes are painted in shades of shell pink, indigo blue, scarlet red, butter yellow, sage green, and chestnut brown. Some wear white fabric over their hair while others are bareheaded. The gold background is incised around the man’s head to create a halo. Molding and a band of alternating strips of slate blue and brick red enclose the pointed panel. Three shapes, like small banners, are painted in red with gold lettering around the man’s head, with an “S” at the top center, “PAU” over his shoulder to our left, and “LUS” to our right. In the blue and red band set into the frame at the lower center, an inscription reads, “NI.MCCCXXXIII M II.ESPLETUM FUIT HC OPUS.” There is a noticeable network of cracks across the painting’s surface, especially on the gold background behind the man.

Head

Spouted jar

Big-Eared Brown Bat Vessel

Kneeling bull holding a spouted vessel

Bassoon

Tomb Guardian with Animal Head

Bottle with Birds and Peony Scroll

Standing Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Infinite Compassion

Hen and Chicks Covered Tureen on Stand

Fire-flame Cooking Vessel (Ka'en Doki)

Seated Amitayus

Terracotta stirrup jar with octopus

Ensemble

Hanger

Natural Trumpet in D

Corner Railing Pillar with Drinking Scenes, Yakshis, and Musicians

A woman with pale white skin and her blond hair covered by a wide veil is shown from the waist up in this vertical portrait painting. Her folded hands rest on the lower edge of the panel, suggesting that she sits just on the other side, close to us. The transparent white veil covers her blond hair and falls in stiff, wide panes down in front of her shoulders. Her hair is pulled back behind a black ribbon over a high forehead. Her light brown eyes are downcast and she has a straight nose and full, pale pink lips. Her chest is covered by another veil and is tucked into the deep V-neck of her long-sleeved, black dress. A wide scarlet-red belt adorned with an ornately filigreed gold belt buckle encircles her narrow waist. Her skin, white veils, and red belt contrast sharply with her velvety black dress and the dark pine green of the background.

Heavenly beauty

Dinner dress

Imperial Red Cross Easter Egg

Ornament voor de houten steel van een ge

Prestige Cap (mpu ngola)

Shown from the waist up, a woman with pale skin and brown hair, wearing a dark corset and white fabric over her shoulders, looks down at needlework in her hands in this vertical painting. Her cheeks are rosy and her dark hair is pulled back, though it seems looser down the sides of her face. A small, coral-red, crescent shape at the back of her head could be covering her hair or holding it in place. White, nearly translucent fabric lies loosely across her shoulders over a dark, moss-brown, long-sleeved dress. Her breasts swell over the squared, lace-trimmed neckline. She holds white fabric and perhaps a needle in her hands, which rest on a tan cushion on her lap. The scene is loosely painted throughout so some of the details are difficult to make out. A darker spot along her right index finger could be a thimble. The background is the same olive-tan of the cushion.

The Vicarello Goblet