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Illuminated page of an enthroned bearded patriarch holding a child, surrounded by robed figures, palms, and corner medallions

Paradise with Christ in the Lap of Abraham

Unknown artist, c. 1239

Hand-colored woodcut of the Madonna and Child in red and blue robes, framed by a floral border with Dutch text below.

The Madonna and Child

Unknown artist, c. 1500

Engraved title page with a winged cherub writing with a quill, surrounded by trees and scrolls, lettered Specimens of Polyaut

Title Page

Unknown artist, 1803

Hand-colored print of the seated Man of Sorrows, surrounded by six roundels showing scenes of the Passion under an ornate arc

Christ as the Man of Sorrows

Unknown artist, 16th century

Illuminated manuscript page with a haloed saint writing at a desk in an arched frame, surrounded by colorful floral borders.

Saint John

Unknown artist, c. 1425/1435

Illuminated manuscript page showing Saint Luke writing at a desk beside an ox, framed by blue and red floral borders.

Saint Luke

Unknown artist, c. 1425/1435

Illuminated manuscript page showing Saint Mark writing beside a lion, framed by colorful flowers, leaves and birds.

Saint Mark

Unknown artist, c. 1425/1435

Miniature of Saint Matthew writing at a desk with an angel beside him, framed by ornate red, blue and gold foliage.

Saint Matthew

Unknown artist, c. 1425/1435

Illuminated manuscript page showing the Crucifixion with Christ flanked by two haloed figures in blue robes, above Latin text

The Crucifixion

Unknown artist, late 12th century

Bearded priest kneels at an altar gazing up at a blue-winged angel pointing from a gothic interior with gold border.

The Annunciation to Zacharias

Unknown artist, c. 1400

Grey wash drawing of a river landscape with trees on the right, a seated figure, and mountains and a village in the distance.

Landscape

Unknown artist, 19th century

Engraved drawing of two Gothic architectural pinnacles with tracery, finials, and crocketed foliage on a pale ground.

Gothic Letter "d"

Unknown artist, c. 1480/1500

Medieval painted Crucifixion with Christ on the cross flanked by a grieving Virgin in blue and a saint in green.

The Crucifixion

Unknown artist, c. 1430

Printed textile with haloed figures at a banquet table, vine trellis background, and bearded figures in arches below.

A Lectern Cloth with the Marriage at Cana

Unknown artist, c. 1400

Manuscript fragment with square chant notes on red staff lines, black gothic text, and a cut-out decorative border.

Saint Maurice and the Theban Legion

Unknown artist, third quarter 15th century

Engraved print of the Lamentation: grieving figures support Christ's body beneath a cross inscribed INRI.

The Lamentation

Unknown artist, c. 1470/1480

Hand-colored print of Saint Maurice in armor holding a spear and a cross banner, with an inscription border and a landscape b

Saint Maurice

Unknown artist, c. 1480/1490

Engraving of Apollo dancing hand in hand with nine draped muses in a horizontal procession.

Apollo Dancing with the Nine Muses

Illuminated manuscript initial showing a birth scene above and a haloed man with a book teaching a group below.

Birth and Naming of John the Baptist

Unknown artist, late 13th century

Woodcut bookplate with two winged putti holding a heraldic shield marked P S, inscribed PIERSANTI, in an ornate frame.

Two Putti with Shield Inscribed Pier Santi

Unknown artist, 16th century

Engraving of a seated youth holding an apple and staff in a circular medallion, with a village and willow tree, inside an orn

Paris with the Apple

Engraving of a draped woman with a staff and peacocks in an oval frame, with an ornate border of birds and scrollwork.

Juno

Engraving of Venus standing beside Cupid with a bow, within an oval frame with ornate border and landscape.

Venus

Engraving of the god Hermes with winged helmet and caduceus in a circular landscape medallion within an ornate border.

Hermes

Engraving of a reclining bearded river god in an oval medallion with reeds, clouds, a distant town, and ornate bird-filled bo

Cebren (The River God)

Engraving of Minerva with spear and shield in a circular frame, with a village landscape and ornate fruit-and-scroll border.

Minerva

Silhouette of a soldier with rifle and bayonet on a 1915 French-language recruitment poster for the 69th Battalion.

Au 69eme. Les volontaires qui s'enroleront dans le 69eme Bataillon recevront ..

Unknown artist, 1915

Engraved portrait of a seated woman in an ornate gown, framed by a border of small allegorical scenes and Latin text.

Marie de Medici

Poster of a farmer greeting a suited young man, with marching soldiers and a farmstead in a green landscape behind them.

Le 178ieme Bataillon Canadien-Français des cantons de l'est

Unknown artist, 1915

WWI-era Canadian poster: mother and children at home, soldier in inset, text urging support for the Patriotic Fund.

Dad's at the front. What are you doing for those he left behind? Subscribe now to the Patriotic Fund

Unknown artist, 1915

WWI recruitment poster: woman in red cap gestures toward a burning cathedral, with French text for the 178th Canadian battali

Attendrons-nous que les nôtres brûlent? Enrôlons-nous et tout de suite dans le 178ième Bataillon Canadien Français

Unknown artist, 1915

Wartime recruitment poster showing a silhouetted soldier charging with a bayonet, with the text 'Why aren't YOU?'

Your chums are fighting -- why aren't you?

Unknown artist, 1917