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Processional Cross
Spanish
ca. 1150–75
Chasse of Champagnat
French
ca. 1150
White Flag
Jasper Johns
1955
Twelve animals of the Chinese zodiac
China
18th–19th century
Glass hexagonal jug with Jewish symbols
Roman, Palestinian
late 6th–early 7th century CE
Crucifix
German
1125–50
Panel
second half 8th century
Scarab Inscribed with the Names of Amun-Re and Neith
ca. 1295–1070 B.C.
Pilaster (Tetramorph) from the Parapet of a Pulpit with Symbol of the Evangelists
Giovanni Pisano
ca. 1302–10
Saber
Turkish, probably Istanbul
1522–66
Crib of the Infant Jesus
South Netherlandish
15th century
The Love Song
Sir Edward Burne-Jones
1868–77
Symbolic Landscape
Theodoros Stamos
1947
Archer's Ring with Taoist Symbols (清 扳指)
Chinese
19th century
I Saw the Figure 5 in Gold
Charles Demuth
1928
The Ox of Saint Luke (one of two appliqués from a book cover)
French
ca. 1200–1225
The Lion of Saint Mark (one of two appliqués from a book cover)
French
ca. 1200–1225
Merry Company on a Terrace
Jan Steen
ca. 1670
Living Room from the Francis W. Little House: Windows and paneling
Frank Lloyd Wright
1912–14
Young Lady in 1866
Edouard Manet
1866
The Dream of the Shepherd (Der Traum des Hirten)
Ferdinand Hodler
1896
Matrices, Cast
French or German
13th century
Composite Window of English Stained Glass
British
15th century
James Stuart (1612–1655), Duke of Richmond and Lennox
Anthony van Dyck
ca. 1633–35
Nose ornament with intertwined creatures
Moche artist(s)
500–800 CE
Inferno
Franz von Stuck
1908
Joan of Arc
Jules Bastien-Lepage
1879
Allegorical Figures: Force, Hercules Strangling the Hydra, Plenty, and Fame
Bernardino Rodriguez ("Bernardino Siciliano")
1600–1650
The Monet Family in Their Garden at Argenteuil
Edouard Manet
1874
Four-Cornered Hat
Tiwanaku
7th–9th century
Pair of Bangles (kada) by Bhagat
Bhagat
2012
Costume Study for Vaslav Nijinsky in the Role of Iksender in the Ballet "La Péri" (The Flower of Immortality), first performed in Paris, 1912
Léon Bakst
1922
Study For Liberty Displaying the Arts and Sciences, or The Genius of America Encouraging the Emancipation of the Blacks
Samuel Jennings
ca. 1791–92
Boating
Edouard Manet
1874
Marcantonio Pasqualini (1614–1691) Crowned by Apollo
Andrea Sacchi
1641
Jo and Uba of Takasago Looking at the Rising Sun; Symbolic Representation of Longevity and Conjugal Harmony
Totoya Hokkei
19th century
Boy with a Sword
Edouard Manet
1861
Feather Symbol
Mesquakie or Potawatomi
1790–1890
The Annunciation
Hans Memling
ca. 1465–70
Symbolic Self Portrait with "Equals"
Claes Oldenburg
1971