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The Feast of Herod and the Beheading of the Baptist

Master of the Life of Saint John the Baptist (Italian, Rimini, active first third 14th century)

Date: ca. 1300–1330
Accession Number: 1975.1.103

The Nativity

Lorenzo Monaco (Piero di Giovanni) (Italian, Florence (?) ca. 1370–1425 Florence (?))

Date: ca. 1406–10
Accession Number: 1975.1.66

The Annunciation

Botticelli (Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi) (Italian, Florence 1444/45–1510 Florence)

Date: ca. 1485
Accession Number: 1975.1.74

Dish (piatto): Man Washing the Mouth of an Ass

Date: ca. 1550–60
Accession Number: 1975.1.1039

Madonna and Child

Benvenuto di Giovanni (Italian, Siena 1436–after 1518 Siena)

Date: ca. 1470
Accession Number: 1975.1.54

Saint Anthony the Abbot in the Wilderness

Osservanza Master (Italian, Siena, active second quarter 15th century)

Date: ca. 1435
Accession Number: 1975.1.27

Coronation of the Virgin

Giovanni di Paolo (Giovanni di Paolo di Grazia) (Italian, Siena 1398–1482 Siena)

Date: ca. 1455
Accession Number: 1975.1.38

Aquamanile in the Form of Aristotle and Phyllis

Southern Netherlands

Date: late 14th or early 15th century
Accession Number: 1975.1.1416

Saints Bartholomew and Simon

Master of Saint Francis (Italian, Umbria, active third quarter 13th century)

Date: 1266–75
Accession Number: 1975.1.104

Self-portrait

Simon Bening (Netherlandish, Ghent (?) 1483/84–1561 Bruges)

Date: 1558
Accession Number: 1975.1.2487

Bowl with the Arms of Pope Julius II and the Manzoli of Bologna surrounded by putti, cornucopiae, satyrs, dolphins, birds, etc.

workshop of Giovanni Maria Vasaro (Italian (Castel Durante), active early 16th century)

Date: 1508
Accession Number: 1975.1.1015

Tabernacle House Altar with the Adoration of the Shepherds, the Adoration of the Magi, and the Annunciation.

Probably Lombardy (Second half 16th century)

Date: second half 16th century (panels); ca. 1865-90 (frame)
Accession Number: 1975.1.1558

Armorial Plate (tondino): The story of King Midas

Nicola da Urbino (Italian, active by 1520–died ?1537/38 Urbino)

Date: ca. 1520–1525
Accession Number: 1975.1.1019

Cup and Cover Supported by an Enchained Turk

German, perhaps Frankfurt-am-Main (ca. 1705 - 1711)

Date: ca. 1705-11
Accession Number: 1975.1.1508

Armorial dish: Supper at the House of Simon the Pharisee

workshop of Maestro Giorgio Andreoli (Italian (Gubbio), active first half of 16th century)

Date: 1528
Accession Number: 1975.1.1103