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Pillowcase for the Passover Seder, used by the reader of the Hagaddah to lean against. Lions rampant, the spies and the cluster of grapes, stags and a double- headed eagle. From Germany. Embroidered linen, 75 x 75 cm
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Pillowcase for the Passover Seder, used by the reader of the Hagaddah to lean...

Tapestry: funerary cushion with fringes (fragment), linen and wool, centaurs surrounded by putti and baskets of fruit. Coptic Period
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Tapestry: funerary cushion with fringes (fragment), linen and wool, centaurs...

The strawberry thief (flower and bird pattern). Chintz (1884) Design by William Morris
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The strawberry thief (flower and bird pattern). Chintz (1884) Design by William...

A lion devouring a monkey. From a series of tapestries woven in Brussels, after cartons by William Tons.
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A lion devouring a monkey. From a series of tapestr...

Monkeys playing with a panther. From a series of tapestries woven in Brussels from cartons by William Tons.
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Monkeys playing with a panther. From a series of tapestr...

The Unicorn-Tapestry Tapestry woven in Brussels after cartons by William Tons.
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The Unicorn-Tapestry Tapestry woven in Brusse...

The Noah-Tapestry. Noah's sons moving into the Ark.
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The Noah-Tapestry. Noah's sons moving into the Ark.

La Vierge a l'enfant,dite Vierge aux fruits. Plume et encre brune,lavis brun sur trait au stylet et a la pointe de metal. 35,5 x 25,3 cm RF 486 recto
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La Vierge a l'enfant,dite Vierge aux fruits. Plume et encre brune,lav...

The Flight to Egypt, 1557-1559. Angels are shown pulling down the branches of a tree for the infant Jesus to take the fruit and eat. The Virgin Mary and the Christchild are riding on a donkey, led by the aged Saint Joseph.
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The Flight to Egypt, 1557-1559. Angels are shown pulling down the branches of a...

Celtes presents his work to Emperor Maximilian. (Illustration to Conradi Celtes... quatuor libri amorum - Conrad Celtes: Four books on Love (Amores), printed for the Sodalitas Celtica, Nuremberg, 5 April 1502.) Woodcut, 216 x 150mm. (fol. A1v.)
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Celtes presents his work to Emperor Maximilian. (Illustration to Conradi Celtes....

Philosophy (Philosophia). The four heads of the winds in the corners represent the four elements and temperaments: above on the left: Fire and the Choleric temperament, above on the right: Air and the Sanguine temperament, below on the left: Earth and Melancholy, below on the right: Water and the Phlegmatic temperament. (Illustration to Conradi Celtes... quatuor libri amorum - Conrad Celtes: Four books on Love (Amores), printed for the Sodalitas Celtica, Nuremberg, 5 April 1502.) Woodcut, 219 x 148mm. (fol. A6v.) (monogrammed)
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Philosophy (Philosophia). The four heads of the winds in the corners represent t...

The Fall of Man. (Small Passion, 2). Around 1510. Woodcut, 128 x 98mm. (monogrammed)
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The Fall of Man. (Small Passion, 2). Around 1510. Woodcut, 128 x 98mm. (monogr...