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Interrupted Reading

Interrupted Reading

Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (French, 1796–1875), c. 1870

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Isabella Wolff

Isabella Wolff

Sir Thomas Lawrence (English, 1769-1830), 1803–15

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Myriad Birds: A Kyoka Competition (Momo chidori kyoka awase)

Myriad Birds: A Kyoka Competition (Momo chidori kyoka awase)

Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川 歌麿 Japanese, c.1753-1806, c. 1790

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Books and Scholars’ Accoutrements

Books and Scholars’ Accoutrements

Yi Taek-gyun (Korean, 1808–after 1883), late 1800s

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"Bizhan Slaughters the Wild Boars of Irman", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)

"Bizhan Slaughters the Wild Boars of Irman", Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings)

Abu'l Qasim Firdausi, dated 741 AH/1341 CE

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A Vanitas Still Life with a Flag, Candlestick, Musical Instruments, Books, Writing Paraphernalia, Globes, and Hourglass

A Vanitas Still Life with a Flag, Candlestick, Musical Instruments, Books, Writing Paraphernalia, Globes, and Hourglass

Edwaert Collier (Dutch, 1642–1708), 1662

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Traveling by the Underwood Travel System - Stereographs, Guide-Books Patent Map System

Traveling by the Underwood Travel System - Stereographs, Guide-Books Patent Map System

Underwood & Underwood American, active 1881-1920, 1908

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The Campus Martius of Ancient Rome, the Work of G.B. Piranesi, Fellow of the Royal Society of Antiquaries, London

The Campus Martius of Ancient Rome, the Work of G.B. Piranesi, Fellow of the Royal Society of Antiquaries, London

Giovanni Battista Piranesi Italian, 1720-1778, 1762

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Manuscrit de Théorie No. 3

Manuscrit de Théorie No. 3

France, Lyon, 19th century

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Iconographic Sketchbook

Iconographic Sketchbook

Unknown Artist, c. 1500

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And I Saw in the Right Hand of Him that Sat on the Throne a Book Written within and on the Backside, Sealed with Seven Seals

And I Saw in the Right Hand of Him that Sat on the Throne a Book Written within and on the Backside, Sealed with Seven Seals

Odilon Redon (French, 1840–1916), 1899

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Portrait of a Woman Holding a Book

Portrait of a Woman Holding a Book

French Painter (mid-18th century), 1730

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Madame François Buron

Madame François Buron

Jacques-Louis David (French, 1748–1825), 1769

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A Lady Reading (Saint Mary Magdalene)

A Lady Reading (Saint Mary Magdalene)

Master of the Female Half-Lengths (Netherlandish, active about 1520–1540), c. 1530

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Funerary Papyrus of Tayuhenutmut

Funerary Papyrus of Tayuhenutmut

Egyptian; probably Thebes (now Luxor), Egypt, Third Intermediate Period, probably Dynasty 21 (about 1069-945 BCE)

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Cylinder Desk and Bookcase

Cylinder Desk and Bookcase

Artist unknown (American, 19th century) Boston, 1800–10

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Altarpiece of the Virgin and Child

Altarpiece of the Virgin and Child

Spain, El Burgo de Osma, 1460-1470

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Bishop at Mass in a Historiated Initial "P" from a Choirbook

Bishop at Mass in a Historiated Initial "P" from a Choirbook

French or possibly southern Netherlandish follower of Master Honoré (French, flourished 1288-1300), c. 1300

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Lady Reading the Letters of Heloise and Abelard

Lady Reading the Letters of Heloise and Abelard

Bernard d'Agesci (French, 1756–1829), c. 1780

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Saint Benedict Presenting his Rule to Benedictine and Cistercian Monks in a Historiated Initial "O" from a Choirbook

Saint Benedict Presenting his Rule to Benedictine and Cistercian Monks in a Historiated Initial "O" from a Choirbook

Italian (Siena) Martino di Bartolomeo (Italian, 1389-1434/5) 1394/95, 1394/95

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Book Cover

Book Cover

Italian (Sienese) Painter

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