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as Highlights of the collection.
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| Image | Title of Work or Type of Object | Artist or Maker | Date | Accession Number |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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A Cat Stealing Fish | Giuseppe Recco (Italian, Neapolitan, 1634–1695) | 71.17 | |
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Vanitas Still Life | Edwaert Collier (Dutch, born about 1640?, died after 1707) | 1662 | 71.19 |
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Battle Scene | Johannes Lingelbach (Dutch, 1622–1674) | 1671 | 71.23 |
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The Sacrifice of Isaac | Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (Italian, Venetian, 1727–1804) | mid-1750s | 71.28 |
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Interior of Saint Peter's, Rome | Giovanni Paolo Panini (Italian, Roman, 1691–1765) | after 1754 | 71.31 |
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Group Portrait: A Wedding Celebration | Gillis van Tilborgh (Flemish, born about 1625, died about 1678) | 71.32 | |
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Saint Remigius Replenishing the Barrel of Wine; Saint Remigius and the Burning Wheat | Swiss Painter, fourth quarter 15th century | 71.33ab | |
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Portrait of a Woman | Bernhard Strigel (German, 1460–1528) | 71.34 | |
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Jacob Willemsz. van Veen (1456–1535), the Artist's Father | Marten van Heemskerck (Netherlandish, 1498–1574) | 1532 | 71.36 |
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A Martyr Saint in the Arena; The Beheading of a Martyr Saint | Swiss Painter, fourth quarter 15th century | 71.40ab | |
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Saint Rosalie Interceding for the Plague-stricken of Palermo | Anthony van Dyck (Flemish, 1599–1641) | 1624 | 71.41 |
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A Basket and Birds | Jan Fyt (Flemish, 1611–1661) | 71.43 | |
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A Hare and Birds | Jan Fyt (Flemish, 1611–1661) | 71.44 | |
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A Partridge and Small Game Birds | Jan Fyt (Flemish, 1611–1661) | 1650s | 71.45 |
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Portrait of a Young Woman | Cornelis de Vos (Flemish, 1583/84–1651) | 71.46 | |
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Interior of a Gothic Church at Night | Pieter Neeffs the Younger (Flemish, born 1620, died after 1675) | 71.50 | |
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Midas Washing at the Source of the Pactolus | Nicolas Poussin (French, 1594–1665) | ca. 1627 | 71.56 |
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Ducks Resting in Sunshine | Jean Baptiste Oudry (French, 1686–1755) | 1753 | 71.57 |
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The Farrier | Aert van der Neer (Dutch, 1603/4–1677) | early or mid-1650s | 71.60 |
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View of Haarlem and the Haarlemmer Meer | Jan van Goyen (Dutch, 1596–1656) | 1646 | 71.62 |
