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    600 ms. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Collection API (Open Access)

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Results for "Death and Life Contrasted – or, An Essay"12 records

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Knight, Death, and the Devil by Albrecht Dürer, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Knight, Death, and the Devil

Albrecht Dürer (d. 1528)

1513 · Engraving

Cleared · Public Domain

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The Dormition of the Virgin; (reverse) Christ Carrying the Cross by Hans Schäufelein, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Dormition of the Virgin; (reverse) Christ Carrying the Cross

Hans Schäufelein (d. 1540)

ca. 1510 · Oil and gold on fir

Cleared · Public Domain

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Fragment of a Manuscript by Wang Zhideng, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Fragment of a Manuscript

Wang Zhideng (d. 1612)

1612 · Album leaf; ink on ruled paper

Cleared · Public Domain

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The Death of Saint Francis Xavier by Ciro Ferri, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Death of Saint Francis Xavier

Ciro Ferri (d. 1689)

1674–79 · Black chalk

Cleared · Public Domain

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Punchinellos Felling (or Planting) a Tree by Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Punchinellos Felling (or Planting) a Tree

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (d. 1804)

late 18th–early 19th century · Pen and brown ink, brown wash, over rough black chalk

Cleared · Public Domain

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The Ploughman by Edward Calvert, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Ploughman

Edward Calvert (d. 1833)

1827 · Wood engraving; third state of three

Cleared · Public Domain

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Street Life in London. With Permanent Photographic Illustrations Taken from Life Expressly For This Publication by John Thomson, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Street Life in London. With Permanent Photographic Illustrations Taken from Life Expressly For This Publication

John Thomson (d. 1921)

1870s · Woodburytypes

Cleared · Public Domain

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Sacrificial Sword (Kartrī or Churī) by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Sacrificial Sword (Kartrī or Churī)

Unrecorded maker

19th century · Steel, brass, wood

Cleared · Public Domain

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No open reproduction

The institution withholds the image for this record, which is itself the answer: the picture on their page is not theirs to give away.

Oval Plaque Bearing the Name Menkheperre (Thutmose III ?)

Unrecorded maker

ca. 1080–525 BCE · Limestone ?

In copyright

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No open reproduction

The institution withholds the image for this record, which is itself the answer: the picture on their page is not theirs to give away.

Death and Life Contrasted – or, An Essay on Man

Robert Dighton the Elder (d. 1814)

[1784], reissued after 1793 · Etching and engraving

In copyright

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No open reproduction

The institution withholds the image for this record, which is itself the answer: the picture on their page is not theirs to give away.

Nudist lady with swan sunglasses, Pa.

Diane Arbus (d. 1971)

1965 · Gelatin silver print

In copyright

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No open reproduction

The institution withholds the image for this record, which is itself the answer: the picture on their page is not theirs to give away.

Margaret Mcingana, Sunday afternoon, Soweto

David Goldblatt (d. 2018)

1970 · Gelatin silver print

In copyright

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