France

statue from Samothrace, Greece in the Louvre, Paris, France

Meanwhile — Gilt-and-silvered Bronze Bamboo-section Incense Burner East Asia · Western Han dynasty, before 136 BCE

painting by Cimabue

Meanwhile — Seated figure of a sukíe (shaman-healer), Costa Rica Americas & Oceania · 1000–1550 CE

fragmented Gothic illuminated manuscript

Meanwhile — Kalpawreksa Relief South Asia · 14th–15th century

Illuminated manuscript of the 14/15th-century

Meanwhile — Chimú bimetallic ceremonial bowl (Cuenco Bimetálico Chimú) Americas & Oceania · Chimú, Imperial Era (1300 – 1532 CE)

leaf from manuscript, illumination at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (MET, 1975.1.2490)

Meanwhile — Gaja-Lakshmi South Asia · 15th Century AD

fresco painting by Sandro Botticelli

Meanwhile — Miniature gold llama figurine (Inka) Americas & Oceania · 1430–1532 CE

painting by Leonardo da Vinci in the Louvre

Meanwhile — Salt Cellar Africa · first quarter of the 16th century

painting by Hans Holbein

Meanwhile — Haikata Arabic Well (Kisima cha Asili cha Haikataa) Africa · attributed to Arab settlers, 1545

painting by Caravaggio in the Louvre

Meanwhile — Cypress Trees East Asia · Azuchi-Momoyama period, 1590

painting by Caravaggio in the Louvre

Meanwhile — Namban Folding Screens East Asia · c. 1606

triptych by Peter Paul Rubens in Cathedral of Our Lady, Antwerp

Meanwhile — Okuni Kabuki Screen East Asia · Japan, Momoyama period, early 17th century (after 1603)

painting by Peter Paul Rubens

Meanwhile — Water Fowl in the Lotus Pond East Asia · Japan, Edo period, early 17th century

The Bearded Lady; 1631 oil on canvas painting by Jusepe de Ribera

Meanwhile — Water Fowl in the Lotus Pond East Asia · Japan, Edo period, early 17th century

painting by Francisco de Zurbarán

Meanwhile — Water Fowl in the Lotus Pond East Asia · Japan, Edo period, early 17th century

painting by Willem Drost

Meanwhile — Writing Box, Pontoon bridge design in "maki-e" lacquer East Asia · Edo period, 17th century

painting by Johannes Vermeer

Meanwhile — Tứ Kỳ Pagoda Stone Incense Pillar (Cây hương chùa Tứ Kỳ) South Asia · 1666, Cảnh Trị reign, Lê Huyền Tông, Lê Trung Hưng period

painting by Fragonard

Meanwhile — Hei tiki (pendant in human form) Americas & Oceania · Māori, 1700–1847

painting by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

Meanwhile — Covered bencharong jar with na-khop and garuda-clutching-naga design South Asia · Rattanakosin period, 24th Buddhist century (c. 18th–19th century CE)

painting by Rosa Bonheur

Meanwhile — Flissa Sabre Africa · 13th century AH / 19th century CE

painting by Vincent van Gogh

Meanwhile — A Poem on the Anatomy of the Eye (Qasida fi Tashrih al-Ayn) Islamic world · 1305 AH / 1887 CE (copy)

painting by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Meanwhile — Embroidered Satin Vest (Khantaaz) East Asia · Late 19th - early 20th century