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Allegory in Honor of Pope Benedict XIV
Pompeo Batoni
Red chalk, highlighted with white, on beige paper · 1740
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Saint Stephen of Hungary Presenting his Son, Saint Emeric, to the Virgin
Franz Karl Palko
Pen and brown ink, gray wash and black chalk · 1740
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
St. John of Matha and St. Felix of Valois Ransoming Christian Slaves
Franz Karl Palko
Oil on canvas · 1740
Art Institute of Chicago
Women Drying Selves by Pond
William Taverner
Watercolor and gouache, over traces of graphite, on tan laid paper, laid down on tan laid paper · 1740
Art Institute of Chicago
Chair (chaise à la Reine) (one of a set of four)
Jean-Baptiste II Tilliard
Beechwood unusually richly carved and gilded; previously upholstered with coral colored velvet attached with brass-headed nails, now upholstered in yellow petit point · 1740
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Cupids at War
Charles Eisen, French
Ink or chalk wash on paper · 1740
Art Institute of Chicago
The Château of Chambord Seen from the Southwest
Simon Mathurin Lantara
Pen and gray ink, watercolor, over traces of graphite · 1740
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Design for a Rococo Cartouche with Putti and Monkeys
Clément Pierre Marillier
Pen and black ink with brush and gray wash over black chalk underdrawing · 1740
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Saint Mark Saving a Slave from Torture, from Opera Selectiora
John Jackson
Chiaroscuro woodcut printed in buff, warm gray, brown, and dark brown on off-white paper · 1740
Art Institute of Chicago
A tulip, a butterfly of the species Arctia caja (garden tiger moth), and a beetle (possibly a longhorn)
Barbara Regina Dietzsch
Opaque and transparent watercolor on parchment; partial framing lines in metallic gold paint (trimmed at upper edge) · 1740
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Wooded Landscape
Paulus van Liender
Graphite and gray wash · 1740
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
St. Benedict Resuscitating an Infant
Pierre Subleyras
Black chalk, heightened with white, on gray-green paper · 1740
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Gezicht op Den Haag
Mattheus Verheyden
pen on chalk, ink, paper · 1740
Rijksmuseum
Bust of an Englishman
Peter Anton
Bust: Carrara marble; socle: gray marble · 1740
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Portrait of François I
Jacques Petit
Etching and engraving · 1740
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Teapot
Wood
salt-glazed earthenware · 1740
Cleveland Museum of Art
Plan and Elevation of a Music Room, plate three from Description des Festes Données par la Ville de Paris
Jacques François
Etching on ivory laid paper · 1740
Art Institute of Chicago
Cream Jug
Jacob Hurd
silver · 1740
Cleveland Museum of Art
Salver
Jacob Hurd
silver · 1740
Cleveland Museum of Art
Pair of Salvers
Jacob Hurd
silver · 1740
Cleveland Museum of Art
Teapot
Jacob Hurd
Silver and walnut · 1740
Art Institute of Chicago
Pair of Casters
Jacob Hurd
Silver · 1740
Art Institute of Chicago
Caster
Jacob Hurd
Silver · 1740
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Church of Santa Maria della Salute, Venice
Michele Marieschi
Oil on canvas · 1740
Art Institute of Chicago