Precious: Finding the Wondrous in the Mead’s European Collection

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Unknown artist, Dutch, 17th century, Ebony Cabinet, inlaid with tortoiseshell, decorated with églomisé landscape scenes and brass fittings. Ebony, tortoiseshell, brass, glass. Gift of Charles K. Arter, Jr. (Class of 1936), 1961.50

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Unknown artist, Dutch, 17th century, Ebony Cabinet, inlaid with tortoiseshell, decorated with églomisé landscape scenes and brass fittings. Ebony, tortoiseshell, brass, glass. Gift of Charles K. Arter, Jr. (Class of 1936), 1961.50

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Frans Snyders (Flemish, 1579–1657), Larder with a Servant, ca. 1635–1640. Oil on panel. Museum Purchase, 1962.20

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Hughes Taraval (French, 1729–1785), The Triumph of Amphitrite, 1780. Oil on canvas. Purchased in honor of Susan Dwight Bliss, 1976.2