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André Derain, La Naissance de Vénus, d’après Botticelli, 1905
Kaitag embroidery, Daghestan, northeast Caucasus, 17th century or earlier. Laid and couched floss silk on cotton, 0.58 x 0.95m
Guan Shanyue
Plum Blossoms and Bamboo (1997)
ink and color on paper 68.3 x 46 cm
Bear and a Beehive, from Flore de virtu e de costumi (Flowers of Virtue and of Custom), Italy, N. (Padua?), 15th c