
ex "Kurtz" Violin
c. 1560 · Spruce
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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c. 1560 · Spruce
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

16th century · Steel and gold
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1745-1746 · Silver
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio

1910 · Gelatin silver print. The Library of...
Library of Congress

c. 1489-1491 · Hand-drawn and colored manuscript map
Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library

c. 900 · Iron-gall ink on parchment
ANU - Museum of the Jewish People, Tel Aviv

946 · Wool knotted pile on a silk warp and weft...
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Room 42

9th century · Gold and silver on indigo-dyed parchment
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

c. 539-530 BC · Fired clay
British Museum, London, Room 52

c. 1900 · Case and carved elements in stained beech
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1764 · Soft-paste porcelain
The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland

c. 1525 · Opaque watercolor
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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