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Design for the Tomb of Pope Julius II della Rovere.

Michelangelo Buonarroti

1506–13

Study for the Crucifixion
Benjamin West
1788

Brush pot with jade-handled brush
China

Brush holder with garden scene
China
17th century

Brush back
French
19th–20th century

China

Semi-nude Female with Fan
Robert Henri
ca. 1900

Brush Holder
Kasuke
ca. 1780

Brush Holder in form of a bird-feeding vessel
Japan
1800

Boatman, for "Watching the Cargo" 1849, and model for "Mississippi Boatman" 1850
George Caleb Bingham
1849

The Story of Saint Paul: Paul Preaching At Philippi drawing
Pieter Coecke van Aelst
1534

Scribe's Palette and Brushes
664–332 B.C.

Wayfarer, for "Watching the Cargo by Night" 1854, with alterations; possible study for "Saint Louis Wharf" 1849 (lost)
George Caleb Bingham
ca. 1849

Brush Washer
China
ca. 1700–22

Brush holder with Gathering at the Orchid Pavilion
China
18th–19th century

Writing brush with dragon amid clouds
China
mid-18th century

Brush
China

Fiddler (2), for "Jolly Flatboatmen in Port" 1857, and "The Jolly Flatboatmen" 1877–78, with alterations to the little finger of the right hand
George Caleb Bingham
1857

Brush with cover
China

Brush-holder with Figures of Chinese Children Unrolling a Scroll
Japan
1780

Brush holder
China

Boatman, for "Boatmen on the Missouri"
George Caleb Bingham
1846

Brush washer with lotus
China
13th–14th century

Study of Legs, for "Lighter Relieving a Steamboat Aground"
George Caleb Bingham
1847

Brush Washer
China
17th–18th century

Palette inscribed for Smendes (II), High Priest of Amun
ca. 1045–992 B.C.

Brush pot
China
17th century

Young Boatman, possible alternate study for figure in left middle ground of "Lighter Relieving a Steamboat Aground"
George Caleb Bingham
1847

Brush Holder
Hozan
19th century

Brush and cover
China

Design for a Clock

French

1770–85

Brush holder with “Ode to the Pavilion of the Inebriated Old Man”
Zhang Xihuang
early 17th century

Brush holder with scene of Wang Qing crossing the river from The Water Margin (Shuihu zhuan)
China
dated 1636 or 1696

Ewer and basin, soap and brush boxes
probably British, Staffordshire
1880–90

China

18th century

Brush holder with lotus decoration
Korea
mid-19th century

Seated Man in a Broad-brimmed Hat, possible alternate study for "Lighter Relieving a Steamboat Aground"
George Caleb Bingham
1836

Brush pot with pine, bamboo, and plum tree

China

18th century

Brush with plum blossoms
China
second half of the 16th century

Straw Brush
United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing (“Shakers”)
1800–1900