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  • A fox is pleading before the lion dressed as king while an execution of a fox takes place outside. Etching by A. Fox after J. Wolf.
  • The Virgin and Saint Mary Magdalene lament over the dead Christ. Line engraving by L. Kilian after H. von Aachen.
  • A bronze tripod with three satyrs sculpted for the legs of the tripod. Photographic postcard, 195-.
  • A bronze tripod with three satyrs sculpted for the legs of the tripod. Photographic postcard, 195-.
  • Christ's body is carried to its tomb; the lamenting women watch. Line engraving by A. Sadeler after F. Barocci.
  • The adoration of the shepherds at the birth of Christ in the presence of John the Baptist and Saint Elizabeth. Engraving after L. Lombard (?).
  • The back view of a man and woman with their arms around each other; an advertisement for the support services provided by the AIDS organisation Abraco. Colour lithograph by Cinevox, ca. 1990's.
  • Advert for the AIDS organisation Abraco
  • The white Tārā. Distemper painting.
  • Christ is laid into a tomb. Lithograph by M. Fanoli after E.R. Wehnert, 1849.
  • Elizabeth kneels before Mary. Engraving by F. Keller after F. Overbeck.
  • Gay men in the fight against AIDS.
  • The three Buddhist deities Vajrapāṇi, Mañjuśrī and Avalokiteśvara. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • The four holy women lament over the dead Christ. Mezzotint by W. Say, 1824, after Annibale Carracci, 1597.
  • Sanscrit MS epsilon 2, palm leaf MS from Nor
  • Lamentation over the dead Christ. Engraving after P. de Champaigne.
  • Hippocrates refusing the gifts of Artaxerxes. Engraving by Raphael Massard, 1816, after A.L. Girodet-Trioson, 1792.
  • Two elders: Nāgasena (Tibetan kLu'i-sde) (above) and Panthaka (Tibetan Lam-bstan) (below). Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • Two elders: Nāgasena (Tibetan kLu'i-sde) (above) and Panthaka (Tibetan Lam-bstan) (below). Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • Two elders: Nāgasena (Tibetan kLu'i-sde) (above) and Panthaka (Tibetan Lam-bstan) (below). Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • Two skeletons and one half-skeleton, half-female figure, with contours of the overlying body. Etching by J. García Hidalgo, ca. 1691.
  • Two skeletons and one half-skeleton, half-female figure, with contours of the overlying body. Etching by J. García Hidalgo, ca. 1691.
  • Mandala with the eight-handed Uṣṇīṣavijayā as a Buddhist deity of long life. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • The angel, announcing the birth of Christ, gives a lily to the Virgin. Engraving after G. Reni.
  • Two men making vows to the Virgin of Loreto [?]. Drawing attributed to Pietro Paolo Jacometti, 1613.
  • The third Dalai Lama Sonam Gyatso (1543-1588) and his entourage. Distemper painting.
  • The Buddha Aksobhya surrounded by six hundred and ten replicas of himself. Distemper painting by a Tibetan painter.
  • Stop AIDS campaign poster
  • A field of poppies and a white bra floating against a red sunset representing an advertisement for safe sex; Italian version of a series of Stop AIDS campaign posters by the Federal Office of Public Health , in collaboration with the Aiuto AIDS Svizzero. Colour lithograph.
  • The Annunciation to the Virgin. Engraving by C. Bloemaert, c. 1650, after G. Lanfranco.