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“Veduta del second’ardine di una parte della Calcidica del Foro di Trajano,” Tav. I Fig. XXIX, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1756, […]


Lithographic plate, early 20th century, Knoxville, Stone, Gift of Stubley-Knox Litho Co., 1955.3.2. Built in 1923, the Knoxville Fireproof Storage […]


Rosaura from “Masks and Characters of Italian Theatre,” Le Journal des Dames et des Modes, Umberto Brunelleschi, c. 1914, Italian, pochoir […]


Pottery sherd, 40-80 C.E., Roman, Clay, Gift of Arthur and Roswitha Haas, 2015.7.153.11. An object as small as even a […]


Necklace, ca. 1915, Venetian, Glass, Bequest of Judge John Webb Green and Ellen McClung Green, 1957.3.68.1. By the early 8th […]


Pamphlet, 1930, Canadian, Paper, Bequest of Judge John Webb Green and Ellen McClung Green, 1957.3.222.117. King Neptune’s Dinner Party was […]


Hohe Market, ca. 1920, Oskar Laske (Austrian, 1874-1951), Tempera paint on canvas, Bequest unknown, 0000.99.358.20. After having studied architecture under […]


Figurine, 672-332 B.C.E, Egyptian, Faience, Transfer of Scarritt-Bennett Center, 2011.37.4. An ushabti is an Egyptian figurine that is meant to […]


Calling Card Case, c. 1890, Nathaniel Mills, Birmingham, England, Sterling silver, Bequest of Judge John Webb Green and Ellen McClung […]


Fox Hunt, 1970, Alan Davie (Scottish, 1920-2014), Lithograph, Gift of Paul Feldman, 1979.12.1. As the son of a painter and […]