
Il Cannone
1743 · Maple back
Sala Paganiniana, Palazzo Tursi
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1743 · Maple back
Sala Paganiniana, Palazzo Tursi

1737-38 · Sterling silver
Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon

196 BC · Incised granodiorite stele
The British Museum, London, Room 4

1562-1567 · Hand-copied text in red and black ink on...
Chester Beatty Library, Dublin, Ireland

c. 1665 · Oil on canvas
Mauritshuis

April 1867 · Albumen silver print from a wet collodion...
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

c. 1650 · Wood and various materials
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1515 · Woodcut on paper
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

mid-1520s · Tin-glazed earthenware
J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

Early 14th century · Iron
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

1838 · Daguerreotype
Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, Munich, Germany

13th century · Hammered brass
Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art
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