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Cistophorus of Hadrian, Emperor of Rome from Pergamum

Artist: Unknown
Mint: Pergamum (Mysia)
Ruler: Hadrian, Emperor of Rome, A.D. 76–138, ruled 117–38

Tales of Genji III

Artist: Helen Frankenthaler (American, 1928–2011, D.F.A. (Hon.) 1981)

Tetradrachm of Antiochus VIII (Grypus), King of the Seleucid Kingdom; Cleopatra from Antioch

Mint: Antioch (Syria)
Ruler: Antiochus VIII (Grypus), King of the Seleucid Empire, ruled 125–96 B.C.
Ruler: Cleopatra Thea, ca. 164–121 B.C.

Sestertius of C. Caesar Augustus Germanicus ("Caligula"), Emperor of Rome from Rome

Artist: Unknown
Mint: Rome
Ruler: Caligula, Emperor of the Rome, A.D. 12–41, ruled 37–41

U.S. 285, New Mexico

Artist: Robert Frank (American, born Switzerland, 1924–2019)

In despair, Olympia throws herself on the bed, illustration for Canto X, verse 27, of Lodovico Ariosto's "Orlando Furioso"

Artist: Jean-Honoré Fragonard (French, 1732–1806)

Die Ungeborenen (The Unborn)

Artist: Anselm Kiefer (German, born 1945)

Family Tree

Artist: Zhang Huan (Chinese, born 1965)

Bowl with a Monkey Scribe and K'awiil, God of Lightning

Artist: Unknown

Study for the Death of General Warren at Bunker's Hill

Artist: John Trumbull (American, 1756–1843)

Moonlight Bamboo

Artist: Ike no Taiga (Japanese, 1723–1776)

APB's (Afro-Parisian Brothers)

Artist: Barkley L. Hendricks (American, 1945–2017, B.F.A./M.F.A. 1972)

Old Hanford City Site and the Columbia River, Hanford Nuclear Reservation near Richland, Washington

Artist: Emmet Gowin (American, born 1941)

Revolving Control

Artist: Kristin Baker (American, born 1975, M.F.A. 2002)

Coin of Septimius Severus, Emperor of Rome from Abydos

Artist: Unknown
Mint: Abydos (Troas)
Ruler: Septimius Severus, Emperor of Rome, A.D. 146–211, ruled A..D. 193–211

Female Figure (Biiga)

Artist: Zimwomdya Koudougou (Bonam village, died early 1970s)

Mask Representing a Male Ancestor (Chihongo)

Equestrian Shrine Figure (Ojúbọ Ẹlẹ́ṣin) Depicting a Priestess of Ọya

Artist: Moshood Olúṣọmọ Bámigbóyè (Kájọlà, Kwara State, Nigeria, ca. 1885–1975)

Female Figure with Four Children

Oliphant

Olójú Foforo (The Owner of the Deep-Set Eyes), Mask Surmounted by a Figure of the Priestess of the Goddess Òsun

Artist: Dàda, known as Aréó-ògún-yàn-ná of Òsi-Ìlọrin (Yorùbá, ca. 1880–1954)

Mask Representing a Beautiful Mother (D'mba)

Femme assise (Seated Woman)

Artist: Pablo Picasso (Spanish, active France, 1881–1973)

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