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Netherlandish Renaissance

Netherlandish 14th century, The Death of the Virgin, c. 1390, silverpoint on prepared paper, 11 7/16 × 15 3/4 (29.1 × 40), National Gallery of Art, Rosenwald Collection, 1950.20.2.

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Circle of Jan van Eyck, Portrait of an Unknown Man, Head and Shoulders to Front, 1430s, silverpoint on cream prepared paper, 8 7/16 × 5 5/8 (21.4 × 14.3), On loan from The British Museum, London © The Trustees of the British Museum, London, 1895,0915.998.

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Circle of Rogier van der Weyden, Dives Tormented by Demons in Hell, c. 1450/1470, silverpoint with scratching on cream prepared paper, 4 9/16 × 11 (11.6 × 27.9), On loan from The British Museum, London © The Trustees of the British Museum, London, 1884,0726.29.

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Circle of Rogier van der Weyden, Head of the Virgin, c. 1450/1470?, silverpoint with scratching on white prepared paper, 5 1/16 × 3 15/16 (12.9 × 10), On loan from The British Museum, London © The Trustees of the British Museum, London, 1884, 0726.27.

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Circle of Rogier van der Weyden, Saint Mary Magdalene, c. 1455/1465, silverpoint on cream prepared paper, 6 15/16 × 5 1/8 (17.6 × 13), On loan from The British Museum, London © The Trustees of the British Museum, London, Oo,9.2.

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Lucas van Leyden (Netherlandish, 1489/1494 - 1533), Two Nude Allegorical Figures, c. 1515, silverpoint on white prepared paper, 10 7/8 × 8 1/16 (27.7 × 20.5), On loan from The British Museum, London © The Trustees of the British Museum, London, 1892,0804.9.

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Netherlandish 16th Century, Augustus and the Tiburtine Sibyl, 1520s, silverpoint on pale blue prepared paper, squared for transfer, 15 3/8 × 9 7/16 (39.1 × 24), On loan from The British Museum, London © The Trustees of the British Museum, London, 1860,0616.134.

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Rogier van der Weyden (Netherlandish, 1399/1400 - 1464), Portrait of an Unknown Young Woman, c. 1435/1440, silverpoint on cream prepared paper, 6 9/16 × 4 9/16 (16.6 × 11.6), On loan from The British Museum, London © The Trustees of the British Museum, London, 1874,0808.2266.

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Netherlandish 15th Century, The Arrest of Christ, c. 1410/1420, silverpoint heightened with white on light greenish-gray prepared paper, 4 5/8 × 5 1/8 (11.7 × 13), On loan from The British Museum, London © The Trustees of the British Museum, London, 1883,0714.77.

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