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

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    270 ms. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Open Access API

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Results for "Small design with three owls on branch i"12 records

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Wall decoration with floral and vegetal design by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Wall decoration with floral and vegetal design

Unrecorded maker

ca. 6th century CE · Stucco

Cleared · Public Domain

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Shield with owl figure by Moche artist(s), The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Shield with owl figure

Moche artist(s)

500–800 CE · Gilded copper, silvered copper, shell, beads, fibers

Cleared · Public Domain

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Title Plate, from "Pendant Designs with Architectural Elements and Vegetal-Arabesques" by Jan Collaert I, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Title Plate, from "Pendant Designs with Architectural Elements and Vegetal-Arabesques"

Jan Collaert I (d. 1581)

before 1573 · Engraving and blackwork; first state of three (New Hollstein)

Cleared · Public Domain

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The leaders of two armies conversing, their respective troops and camps on either side; above, Minerva observes from her chariot; set design from 'Il Pomo D'Oro' by Mathäus Küsel, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The leaders of two armies conversing, their respective troops and camps on either side; above, Minerva observes from her chariot; set design from 'Il Pomo D'Oro'

Mathäus Küsel (d. 1682)

1668 · Etching

Cleared · Public Domain

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Border with Strozzi emblems by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Border with Strozzi emblems

Unrecorded maker

16th–17th century · Silk and linen

Cleared · Public Domain

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Saddle (<i>gser sga</i>) by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Saddle (<i>gser sga</i>)

Unrecorded maker

17th–18th century · Iron, gold, silver, wood, leather, textile

Cleared · Public Domain

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Knife Handle (<i>Kozuka</i>) with Blade Depicting Maples, Arabesques, and Patterns (紅葉唐草文様図小柄) by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Knife Handle (<i>Kozuka</i>) with Blade Depicting Maples, Arabesques, and Patterns (紅葉唐草文様図小柄)

Unrecorded maker

probably 18th–19th century · Iron, gold, steel

Cleared · Public Domain

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Matchlock Musket (<i>me mda'</i>) by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Matchlock Musket (<i>me mda'</i>)

Unrecorded maker

barrel, probably 18th–19th century; stock and other fittings, probably mid-19th–early 20th century · Iron, silver, wood, horn, leather, textile

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.

Designs for three bracelets with scrolling branches and leaves

F. Mellerio Borgnis

ca. 1830–70 · Graphite, pen and yellow and green ink, with gold, heightened with gray wash and silver paint

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.

Design for Embroidery with a Series of Bundles with Stylized Flowers and Leaves

Italian School (d. 1899)

ca. 1850–1900 · Watercolor and Ink

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.

Design for Embroidery with Series of Bundles with Exotic Flowers and Leaves

Italian School (d. 1899)

ca. 1850–1900 · Watercolor and Ink

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.

Small design with three owls on branch in medallion

George S. Pearson (d. 1950)

ca. 1880–1900 · Graphite

In copyright

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