À la toilette: Madame Poupoule by Henri Toulouse-Lautrec, 1898. Oil on panel, 60.8 x 49.6 cm (23.9 x 19.5 in.) Gift from Comtesse Adèle de Toulouse-Lautrec in 1922, Musée Toulouse-Lautrec, Albi, France

Katharine Hepburn and Her Brother Tom by unidentified photographer, ca. 1909. Gelatin silver print. Estate of Katharine Hepburn

Louise Bourgeois in 1975 wearing her latex sculpture Avenza, 1968–9, cast 1992. Tate, London

Why can't I be you? by Andrew Cranston, 2022. Distemper. Photo by Robert Glowack, courtesy of Andrew Cranston and Ingleby, Edinburgh

Tête d'enfant endormi by Constantin Brancusi, ca. 1908. Marble, 10.5 x 16.5 x 15 cm. Centre Pompidou

The Couple by Terence Gower, 2016. Steel. Residence of Moisés Mich, Mexico City. Interior designer: Adrian Gaut

White Roses by Lorna Simpson, 2011. Ink drawing and collage on paper, 29.2 × 21.9 cm (11½ × 8⅝ in.) The Studio Museum in Harlem; gift of the artist on the occasion of the Romare Bearden (1911–1988) Centennial and The Bearden Project

Moroccan Rug by once-known weaver of the Beni Ourain tribe, n.d. Sheep’s wool

IX.9.6 Pompeii, 1978. Pot in north-east corner, looking east by Stanley A. Jashemski. Source: The Wilhelmina and Stanley A. Jashemski archive, University of Maryland Library, Special Collections

Lavender Girl by Milton Avery, 1963. Oil on canvasboard, 76.2 × 61 cm (30 × 24 in.)

The Conservation of Ultra Mass by Marc Quinn, 2015. Stainless steel, over 7 m long. Photo by Marc Quinn Studio

Lucio Fontana with his original terracotta Concetto Spaziale, Natura, which he produced in 1959-60. Afterwards, the forms were cast in bronze. Photographer and date unknown

Jorōgumo by once-known artist, n.d. The mythical jorōgumo, with the ability to shape shift into a beautiful woman, is the subject of a few Japanese legends. She seduces (and may even eat) unwary men.

Bat by Lucian Freud, ca. 1961. Watercolour

Amedeo Modigliani in his studio by Paul Guillaume, 1915

Red Bison/Blue Horse by Elaine de Kooning, 1985-86. Oil and charcoal on canvas, 197.5 x 275 cm (77¾ x 108¼ in.)

Woman on a Bench by Mary Cassatt, ca. 1881. Pastel on green wove paper, mounted on illustration board, 46.4 x 61.3 cm (18¼ x 24⅛ in.) Gift of Mrs. Gardner Cassatt, 1958, The MET

Blue Iris (Germanica), Caterpillar, and Red Backed Beetle by Barbara Regina Dietzsch (1706-83), n.d., Bodycolour and watercolour on prepared black ground on vellum, 28.6 x 20.4 cm. The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Octopus by Victor Hugo, 1866–69. Pen & ink. Photograph by Bibliothèque Nationale de France

An angel locking the gates of Hell with a key, a miniature from the Winchester Psalter by once known artist, between ca. 1121 and ca. 1161. Illuminated manuscript psalter, 142 vellum leaves, 32 x 22.25 cm. British Library The psalter is the Book of Psalms from the Bible.

Hand towel (detail) by once-known maker, late 18th century. 160 x 65 cm. Ottoman Collection of Sadberk Hanım Museum, Istanbul

Hand towel by once-known maker, late 18th century. 160 x 65 cm. Ottoman Collection of Sadberk Hanım Museum, Istanbul

BK0487 by Miho Kajioka, 2011. Hand-finished silver gelatin print, 21.5 × 12.5 cm (8½ × 4⁹⁄₁₀ in.) Editions 1-10 of 10 + 1AP

Large Head, Cat's Head by once-known artist, unknown date. Woodblock print. Japan. Private collection

Preparatory drawing for a painting in the series After all by Cindy Deachman, 2025. Graphite on canvas, 60.96 x 91.44 cm (24 x 36 in.)

The Seance by Genieve Figgis, 2018. Acrylic on canvas, 120 x 120 cm (47¼ x 47¼)

Bloody Handkerchief from a performance by Diego Cortez at The Kitchen, 1976

A Load Of Fuss - Modern Shakespeare (Blue) by The Connor Brothers, 2022. Giclée print in colours with gloss varnish on wove paper

Preparatory drawing for a painting in the series After all by Cindy Deachman, 2025. Graphite on canvas, 60.96 x 91.44 cm (24 x 36 in.)

Tile with two rabbits, two snakes and a tortoise by once-known artist, 19th century. Earthenware, moulded and underglaze-painted decoration. Illustration for Marvels of Things Created and Miraculous Aspects of Things Existing by Zakariya al-Qazwini's book, 13th century. Iran

Trinket by Suzie Zuzek, 1971. Brush and watercolour, pen and black ink, brush and black ink, graphite on paper, 38.1 x 555.9 cm (15 x 22 in.) Design for Key West Hand Print Fabrics. Private collection

Tureen and cover, Spode Ceramic Works, ca. 1830-1870. Victoria and Albert Museum

Les Fleurs by Louise Bourgeois, 2009. Gouache on paper, in twelve parts, each 59.7 x 45.7 cm (23½ x 18 in.)

Suicide of Judas from ‘Passion of Jesus Christ’ by Giovanni Canavesio, 1491. Fresco. La chapelle Notre-Dame-des-Fontaines, La Brigue, France

Self-Portrait as Zeuxis Portraying an Ugly Old Woman by Arent de Gelder, 1685. Oil on canvas, 141.5 x 167.3 cm. Städel Museum, Frankfurt

Der sitzende Schreibe [Seated Scribe] by Gentile Bellini, between 1479 & 1481. Pen in brown ink with watercolour and gold on paper, 18.2 x 14 x 2.6 cm (7³⁄₁₆ x 5½ x 1 in.) Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Parsonage Garden by Vincent van Gogh, 1884. Pen and ink with white heightening. Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest

Hanging Gardens Series (By The Sea) by Robert Zakanitch, 2011/2012. Gouache and coloured pencil on paper, 96 x 60 in.

Der Liebeszauber [Love Potion] from the book Brigitte Lymant by Meister des Bonner Diptychon, ca. 1470. Museum der Bildenden Kuenste, Leipzig

Ella by Gerhard Richter, 2007. Oil on canvas, 40 x 31 cm

Drawing for the film Medicine Chest by William Kentridge, 2001.

Giuliano de' Medici by Botticelli, Sandro, ca. 1478-80. Tempera on panel, 75.5 x 52.5 cm (29.7 x 20.6 in.) National Gallery of Art, Samuel H. Kress Collection, Washington, D.C

Horses by painter unknown, between 1st century BC and 1st century AD. Fresco. Recovered from Vesuvian volcanic ash in Stabiae. Photo by mharrsch. Museo Archaeologico Nazionale di Napoli

Gannet by Stephanie Dziezyk, 2015 or before

Lignes des Vie [Lifelines] by Sheila Hicks, 2018. Textile installation, Centre Pompidou

Red Lenin by Andy Warhol, 1987. Screenprint 39⅜ by 29½ in.

Beach Scene by Milton Avery, 1944. Watercolour and gouache on paper over charcoal, 29½ x 37¼ in. Collection of Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, gift of Donald Gillett

Self-portrait with Red Spot by Helene Schjerfbeck, 1944. Oil on canvas, 45 x 37 cm. Finnish National Gallery/Ateneum Art Museum, Gösta and Bertha Stenman donation

German soldiers with flat-topped helmets in "Eneit" or "Aeneasroman" by Heinrich von Veldeke, 1215

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