Accademia, Florence, Italy

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Accademia, Florence, Italy

Accademia, Venice, Italy

Acropolis, Athens, Greece

Aegyptisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Germany

Alte Pinakothek Muenchen, Munich, Germany

Ambras Castle, Innsbruck, Austria

Antikensammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Germany

Archaeological Museum, Delphi, Greece

Archaeological Museum, Florence, Italy

Archaeological Museum, Olympia, Greece

Archaeological Museum, Teheran, Iran

Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, United States of America (USA)

Bardo Museum, Tunis, Tunisia

Bargello, Florence, Italy

Benaki Museum, Athens, Greece

Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France

Bolivar amphitheater, Escuela Nacional Preparatoria San Ildefonso, Mexico City, Mexico

Borghese Gallery, Rome, Italy

British Library, London, United Kingdom (UK)

British Museum, London, United Kingdom (UK)

Calouste Gulbenkian Museum – Founder’s Collection, Lisbon, Portugal

Calouste Gulbenkian Museum – Modern Collection, Lisbon, Portugal

Casa Buonarroti, Florence, Italy

Collection Center for Creative Photography, The University of Arizona Foundation Tucson, United States of America (USA)

Collection of Modern Religious Art, Vatican City, Vatican City State

Cooper-Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York, United States of America (USA)

Egyptian Museum, Cairo, Egypt

Episcopal Museum, Vic, Barcelona, ​​Spain

Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, United Kingdom (UK)

Franz Mayer Museum, Mexico City, Mexico

Free Library – Philadelphia, United States of America (USA)

Fundacion Dolores Olmedo – Mexico City, Mexico

Galerie Neue Meister – Staatliche Kunstsammlungen – Dresden, Germany

Gemaeldegalerie – Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Gemaeldegalerie Alte Meister, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Dresden, Germany

Graphische Sammlung Albertina, Wien, Austria

Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany

Heianjin-gu shrine, Kyoto, Japan

Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation

Hospital de la Raza, Mexico City, Mexico

Iraklion Museum,Crete (Island of), Greece

Iraq Museum, Baghdad, Iraq

Iwashimizuhachiman-gu shrine, Kyoto, Japan

Jewish Chronicle, London, United Kingdom (UK)

Kamigamo shrine, Kyoto, Japan

Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth (TX) , United States of America (USA)

Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp, Belgium

Kunstbibliothek – Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Kunsthaus, Zurich, Swiss

Kunsthistorisches Museum, Wien, Austria

Kunstmuseum, Basel, Swiss

Kupferstichkabinett – Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Leopold Museum, Wien, Austria

Liechtenstein: The Princely Collections, Vaduz-Vienna, Principality of Liechtenstein-Austria

Logge, Vatican City, Vatican City States

Louvre, Paris, France

Maps Gallery, Vatican City, Vatican City States

Matenadaran, Jerevan, Armenia

Mauritshuis, The Hague, Netherlands

McNay Art Museum, San Antonio (TX), United States of America (USA)

Memling Museum, Bruges, Belgium

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, United States of America (USA)

Metropolitan Opera Museum, Siena, Italy

Muenzkabinett – Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Munson Museum, Utica (NY), United States of America (USA)

Musee Carnavalet, Paris, France

Musee Conde’, Chantilly, France

Musee d’Orsay, Paris, France

Musee de l’Armee, Paris, France

Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Paris, France

Musee des Beaux-Arts, Lyon, France

Musee des Beaux-Arts, Rouen, France

Musee des Beaux-Arts, Tournai, Belgium

Musee du Petit Palais, Paris, France

Musée du Quai Branly, Paris, France

Musee National d’Art Moderne – Centre Pompidou, Paris, France

Musee Picasso, Paris, France

Musee Royaux d’Art et d’Histoire, Bruxelles, Belgium

Episcopal Museum, Vic, Barcelona, Spain