
Tripod Candlestick
1250-1300 · Brass
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Islamic Art...
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1250-1300 · Brass
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Islamic Art...

1096 or 1097 CE · Linen
Diocese of Perigueux et Sarlat

1886-1887, delivered for Orthodox Easter 1887 · Gold
Private collection, owner not named

c. 1500 · Oil on walnut panel

1922-1923 · Albumen print
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio

1857 · Woodblock print
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division...

before April 1732 · Etching and engraving on laid paper
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Department of Drawings...

c. 380 · Silver
British Museum, London

After 1507, most likely before 1513 · Woodcut with letterpress text on a single...
Universitatsbibliothek der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat...

Conceived 1880 for The Gates of Hell · Bronze
Musee Rodin

c. AD 5-25, disputed. Low dates in the range c. · Cameo glass
British Museum

c. 1800 · Brass movement
British Museum, London
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