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Max Klinger
Triumph (Triumpf), pl. 5 from 'A Glove' (Ein Handschuh), Opus VI
1878 – 1881
Museum purchase made possible by a gift from Helmut Stern
1986/1.155.5
In dark turbulent waters under a stormy sky four nude sea nymphs support the body of a long-haired man between them on a white shroud. The face of a man with kelp in his hair appears between two of the nymphs. On the right a bearded man with a trident in his right hand rides in a chariot fashioned from a seashell and pulled by two fished-tailed horses or hippocampi. Just visible in the distance behind the back of the rightmost nymph, a lofty tower rises above the waves.
Giulio Carpioni
The Death of Leander
1650 – 1660
Museum Purchase
1984/1.290
Rubbing of limestone slab carved bas-relief with six registers. The lower register depicts a chariot procession above fish-inhabited waters. The central three registers depict figures carrying out funerary rites. The top register shows a winged creature with a human face flanked by two writhing dragons and other animals, including two rabbits and a nine-tailed fox. <br />
Bo Yang
Rubbing of Journey of the Soul to the Paradise of the Queen Mother of the West (2000/2.1) - Front
2008
Museum purchase made possible by the Katherine Tuck Enrichment Fund
2008/1.154.1
This Persian miniature is attributed to the Shiraz and Timurid schools, ca. 1460. The painting is done in ink, opaque watercolor and gold leaf on paper. The scene, <em>Asfandiyar Slays a Dragon</em>, is part of the Shahnama of Firdausi, the Persian book of kings. 
Iranian (Iranian)
Asfandiyar Slays a Dragon, from the Shahnama of Firdausi
1455 – 1465
Museum purchase
1963/1.61

Kurt Seligmann (American (North American))
The Slaying of Laius, Plate 3 from 'The Myth of Oedipus'
1944
Museum purchase made possible by the Alfred E. Pernt Memorial Fund, in honor of Dr. of Technical Sciences Max H.J. Pernt and his wife Anna Pernt (née Mueller)
1986/2.97.3

Diana and Endymion (copy after a print by Raymond Lafage)
18th century
Purchased from the Estate of Edward Sonnenschein
1970/2.78

Thai
Rubbing from bas-relief illustrating 'The Ramakien from Wat Phra, Jetubon, Bangk
1945 – 1976
Gift of Miss Mina L. Winslow.
1976/2.26

Georg Pencz
The Planets - The Sun (No. 4 of the series of 7 prints)
1500 – 1550
Gift of Jean Paul Slusser
1949/1.133
Limestone slab carved bas-relief with six registers. The lower register depicts a chariot procession above fish-inhabited waters. The central three registers depict figures carrying out funerary rites. The top register shows a winged creature with a human face flanked by two writhing dragons and other animals, including two rabbits and a nine-tailed fox.
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Journey of the Soul to the Paradise of the Queen Mother of the West
2nd century
Museum purchase made possible by the Friends of the Museum of Art and the Margaret Watson Parker Art Collection Fund, in honor of Senior Curator Marshall Wu on his retirement
2000/2.1
Venus and Cupid are seen sitting in a chariot pulled by two swans that are embraced by two putti. Behind is a landscape with towns and houses.
Giulio di Antonio Bonasone
Landscape with Venus and Cupid Riding on a Cart
1531 – 1574
Museum Purchase
1960/2.130

Sisto Badalocchio
Galatea and Polyphemus
17th century
Purchased from the Estate of Edward Sonnenschein
1970/2.96

Laurent de La Hyre
Battle Between the Christians and the Saracens, a scene from Torquato Tasso, "La Gerusalemme Liberata"
17th century
Purchased from the Estate of Edward Sonnenschein
1970/2.87
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