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

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Bust of an Official by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Bust of an Official

Unrecorded maker

380–343 BCE · Greywacke

Cleared · Public Domain

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Melencolia I by Albrecht Dürer, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Melencolia I

Albrecht Dürer (d. 1528)

1514 · Print, engraving

Cleared · CC0

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Garuda Vanquishing the Naga Clan by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Garuda Vanquishing the Naga Clan

Unrecorded maker

ca. 2nd–3rd century · Schist

Cleared · Public Domain

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Sweet Melancholy by Joseph-Marie Vien, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Sweet Melancholy

Joseph-Marie Vien (d. 1809)

1756 · Painting, oil on canvas

Cleared · CC0

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Three Figures by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Three Figures

Unrecorded maker

ca. 1200 · Gilded copper with glass beads

Cleared · Public Domain

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Head of Proserpina by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Head of Proserpina

Gian Lorenzo Bernini (d. 1680)

1650–1700 · Sculpture, terracotta

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“Mount Utsu” (Utsu no yama), from The Tales of Ise (Ise monogatari) by Tawaraya Sōtatsu, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

“Mount Utsu” (Utsu no yama), from The Tales of Ise (Ise monogatari)

Tawaraya Sōtatsu (d. 1640)

ca. 1634 · Poem card (shikishi) mounted as a hanging scroll; ink, color, and gold on paper

Cleared · Public Domain

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Saying Farewell at Xunyang (Song of the Pipa) by Wen Boren, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Saying Farewell at Xunyang (Song of the Pipa)

Wen Boren (d. 1575)

1500s · Painting, handscroll; ink and color on paper

Cleared · CC0

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Sadness (Le Brun Travested, or Caricatures of the Passions) by Thomas Rowlandson, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Sadness (Le Brun Travested, or Caricatures of the Passions)

Thomas Rowlandson (d. 1827)

January 21, 1800 · Etching, printed in brown ink

Cleared · Public Domain

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Sadness by Albert Besnard, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Sadness

Albert Besnard (d. 1934)

1887 · Print, Etching

Cleared · CC0

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Sadness (Le Brun Travested, or Caricatures of the Passions) by Thomas Rowlandson, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Sadness (Le Brun Travested, or Caricatures of the Passions)

Thomas Rowlandson (d. 1827)

January 21, 1800 · Hand-colored etching, printed in brown ink

Cleared · Public Domain

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Sadness, plate 13 from "Heads Representing the Various Passions of the Soul; as they are Expressed in the Human Countenance: Drawn by that Great Master Monsieur Le Brun" by Anonymous, British, 18th century, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Sadness, plate 13 from "Heads Representing the Various Passions of the Soul; as they are Expressed in the Human Countenance: Drawn by that Great Master Monsieur Le Brun"

Anonymous, British, 18th century (d. 1800)

1765 · Engraving with etching

Cleared · Public Domain

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