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Paintings illustrating classical themes featuring nude figures and mythological stories, rich in detail, colors, and historical context.

Venus and Cupid, by Maerten van Heemskerk (1498-1574).
Venus and Cupid, by Maerten van Heemskerk (1498-1574).
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Detail from the painting titled 'Cupid complaining to Venus' by Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472-1553) a German Renaissance painter and printmaker in woodcut and engraving. Dated 16th Century
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Italy, Lazio, Rome, Villa Giulia, the Etruscan Museum, Bartolomeo Ammannati's loggia, Fresco.
1899-31759
The Vision of St John the Evangelist, the Evangelists and the Doctors of the Church, by Allegri Antonio known as Correggio, 1520 - 1524, 16th Century, fresco. Italy, Emilia Romagna, Parma, San Giovanni Evangelista church, dome. Detail. Putti below Thaddeus cherub baby naked: nude child drape: cloth legs.
1899-61458150
The Fall of the Titans, The lost epic Titanomachy tells of the battle of the Titans between the Olympians, the Hekatoncheirs and a number of Titans, in which they are finally defeated after a hard struggle and driven into the depths of the underworld, the Tartarus, 1588-1590, Painting by Cornelis Cornelisz van Haarlem, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from an original of the time..
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Antonio van Dyck (Workshop of) / 'The Charity', 17th century, Flemish School, Oil on canvas, 109 cm x 87 cm, P04721. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.
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Jacopo Amigoni / 'Holy Face', First half 18th century, Italian School, Oil on canvas, 121 cm x 156 cm, P00012. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.
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installation in paradise, Genesis cycle, (creation scenes), Jacob Bouttats, 17th-18th century, oil on copper, Museum of Navarra, Pamplona, Navarra,Spain.
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PERE MATES. PINTOR RENACENTISTA ESPAÑOL. 1500-1558. RETABLO DE SANTA MARIA DE S' AGARO. MUSEO DIOCESANO. GERONA. NATIVIDAD.- ADAN Y EVA.-RESURRECCION.
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Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640). Flemish painter. Rape of the Daughters of Leucippus, 1616. Alte Pinakothek. Munich. Germany.
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The Sistine Madonna Group of angels-detail Raphael (1483-1520 Italian) Oil on canvas Gemaldegalerie, Dresden, Germany
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Jan Cossiers / 'Narcissus', Flemish School, Oil on canvas, 97 cm x 93 cm, P01465. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.
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Summer. Dated: c. 1555. Dimensions: overall: 105.7 x 193 cm (41 5/8 x 76 in.) framed: 135.9 x 224.8 x 8.5 cm (53 1/2 x 88 1/2 x 3 3/8 in.). Medium: oil on canvas. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Jacopo Tintoretto.
1848-19648908
Circe and her lovers, painting by Dosso Dossi (1514), Circe and her lovers, painting by Dosso Dossi (1514)
1899-46143
The Three Graces, by Manetti Rutilio, 1610 - 1613, 17th Century, oil on canvas. Italy: Lazio: Rome: Borghese Gallery: inv. 527. Detail. Young women nakedness putto headband bow arrows quiver
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The Origin of the Milky Way, or The Birth of the Milky Way; 1637, by the Flemish artist Peter Paul Rubens. The painting shows, the Greco-Roman myth of the origin of the Milky Way. The painting depicts Hera (Juno), spilling her breast milk, the infant Heracles (Hercules) and Zeus (Jupiter) in the background
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Venus and Cupid. Date/Period: Before 1581. Painting. Oil on canvas Oil. Height: 848 mm (33.38 in); Width: 642 mm (25.27 in). Author: GIOVANNI BATTISTA PAGGI.
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Roma - stanze. Il Monte Parnasso, Raffaello , Frescoes, Gods, Lyres, Muses Greek deities, Apollo Deity. Nicholas Catsimpoolas Collection
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Saint Rosalia by Dyck, Sir Anthony van (1599-1641) / Museo del Prado, Madrid / 1622-1627 / Flanders / Oil on canvas / Portrait / 106x81 / Baroque
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Susanna And The Elders (1614); Oil on canvas, By Peter Paul Rubens (1577 - 1640). Rubens was born in Siegen in Germany, but from the age of 10 he lived and went to school in Antwerp, Belgium, where he became an important Flemish Artist.
1788-46156
The Recanati Annunciation, ca 1532, by Lorenzo Lotto (1480 ca- 1556), oil on canvas, 166x114 cm. Detail.
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Pesellino, Francesco di Stefano (1422-1457) National Gallery, London Painting 43,5x61,5 Bible  Angel (Panel of the Pistoia Santa Trinitš Altarpiece)
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Allegory. Date/Period: Ca. 1505. Painting. Oil on panel oil on panel. Height: 43.20 mm (1.70 in); Width: 70.80 mm (2.78 in). Author: GIORGIONE.
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The Fall of the Titans - Cornelis van Haarlem, circa 1590
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Virgin and Child with Saint Anne,  by Leonardo da Vinci,  oil on wood,  1508-1510,  1452-1519
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Frescos by Johann Michael Rottmayr, cupola frescos, St. Charles Borromeo Church, Vienna, Austria, Europe
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Venus, Juno, and Minerva, withCupid. Artist: Giovanni Andrea Sirani, Italian, 1610-1670 After: Guido Reni, Italian, Bologna, 1575-1642
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Gouache painting by Pasqual Calbó i Caldés depicting Apollo, Mnemosyne, and the nine Muses, based on the fresco in Villa Albani-Torlonia, showing figures, drapery, and compositional arrangement, created circa 1774.
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The Story of Troy, left unfinished, by Edward Burne-Jones, (born 1833-died 1898)in 1889. Oil on canvas. This design for a three dimensional work combining architecture, painting and sculpture was never completed. The theme is from the Iliad of Homer, describing the war between the Greeks and the Trojans, caused by the abduction of the Spartan Queen, Helen, by the Trojan prince, Paris. Birmingham Museum.
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'St John the Baptist with a Lamb'. Spain, 18th century. Dimensions: 173x119 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Anonymous Artist. 18th century. Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (after).
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The Ages and Death by Baldung, Hans (1484-1545) / Museo del Prado, Madrid / 1541-1544 / Germany / Oil on wood / Mythology, Allegory and Literature / 151x61 / Renaissance
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Germán Hernández Amores/ Arión riding a dolphin, 19th century. Oil on canvas. 175 x 220 cm. Museum: REAL ACADEMIA DE BELLAS ARTES DE SAN FERNANDO, MADRID, SPAIN.
475-2409
Three Cupids  Cipriani, Giovanni Battista(1727-1785 Italian) Watercolor Victoria & Albert Museum, London, England
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Sleeping Soldiers at Christ's Feet, detail, The Resurrection, Piero della Francesca, 1460's, Museo Civico, Sansepolcro, Tuscany, Italy, Europe
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William Bouguereau (1825-1905), . Las Oreadas, . 1902, . Óleo sobre lienzo, Museo de Orsay, Ministerio de Cultura y Comunicación Francés, Paris, France,Western Europe.
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The Judgement of Paris, a famous episode of Greek mythology. The youth Paris must pass judgement on which of three goddesses is the most beautiful: Aphrodite, Athena or Hera, painting by Lucas Cranach the Elder, 4 October 1472, 16 October 1553, one of the most important German painters, graphic artists and letterpress printers of the Renaissance, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a historical original
6145-59289311
Four Women making Music, Luca Giordano, 1658 - 1660 painting Four music -making young women. Best. The two white women on the left sing from a music magazine, in the middle a black woman with a whistle, a white woman with a lute on the right.  canvas. oil paint (paint)  (descendants of) African emigrants, person migrating from Africa. instrumental and vocal music together
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Boucher / Hercules and Omphale
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Julio Romero de Torres/ La Buenaventura 1920Óleo sobre lienzo 106 x 163 cm. Museum: Museo Carmen Thyssen Málaga, OSLO, SPAIN.
1788-1331
Italy - Emilia Romagna Region - Parma - Chamber of St. Paul - Correggio - Oval with Putti - Fresco
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This Putt from the garland different; Thoma, Hans (1839-1924); 1. W. 20th century (1901-00-00-1924-00-00);garlands, German painting, Putta, satire (mitol.), Mythological scenes, dance
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Putti Correggio (1489 94-1534 Italian) Pinacoteca Sabauda, Torino, Italy
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Francis Auburtin. "Le Jardin de la Mer", 1911. Museum of Fine Arts in the city of Paris, Petit Palais. 26976-14 Swimming, woman, garden, sea, naked naked, nudite, swimming
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Amor Victorious, Caravaggio, Michelangelo M.
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Saint Jerome, attributed to Bernardino da Brescia, 1500 - 1520
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José del Castillo / 'Allegory of the Fame', ca. 1775, Spanish School, Oil on canvas, 117 cm x 113 cm, P07349. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.
1899-33114
Mercury and Argus, by Velázquez Diego Rodriguez de Silva y, 1659 - 1659, 17th Century, oil on canvas. Spain, Madrid, Prado National Museum. Detail of profile of Mercury's face hat wings winged headdress. headgear drape. cloth drapery red background light blue of the sky.
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JUPITER Y ANTIOPE DET. Author: Jean Antoine Watteau. Location: LOUVRE MUSEUM-PAINTINGS. France.
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fine arts, B_cklin, Arnold, (1827 - 1901), painting, ""Schlafende Diana von zwei Faunen belauscht"", (""two fauns eavesdropping on sleeping Diana""), 1877, municipal museum of arts, D™sseldorf, Germany, Europe, 19th century, symbolism, Greek mythology, goddess of hunting, Artemis, fauns, satyr, satyrs, curious, curiosity, libidinal, voluptuousness, Boecklin, Bocklin, Duesseldorf, Dusseldorf,
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The damned heading to hell, detail of the Last Judgement altarpiece, 1446-1452, by Rogier van der Weyden (1399-1464), oil on canvas, 215x560 cm.
4409-17525987
Woman Standing at Water's Edge. Dating: 1510 - 1530. Measurements: h 130.5 cm × w 119 cm; d 7 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Author: Girolamo dai Libri (attributed to). Josaphat Araldi (rejected attribution).
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St Jerome, Bernardino da Brescia (attributed to), 1500 - 1520 painting The penitent saint Hieronymus with a book on a table in the wilderness. On the left a landscape with a rider.  canvas. oil paint (paint)  the monk and hermit Jerome (Hieronymus); possible attributes: book, cardinal's hat, crucifix, hour-glass, lion, skull, stone
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'Cupids with Grapes (Allegory of Autumn)'. Series "Four Seasons". Italy, 1740s. Dimensions: 149x145 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: GIOVANNI BATTISTA TIEPOLO.
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Painting by Lucas Cranach the Elder titled 'The Fountain of Youth', 1546. Part of the collection of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Gemaldegalerie, Berlin, Germany.
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Astronomy, Hyre, Laurent de la, 1650.
1909-111408967
Dead Christ with Angels, Christ in the Sepulchre with Two Angels, Fresco, Andrea di Bartolo, Andrea del Castagno, circa 1447, Sant'Apollonia, Florence, Tuscany, Italy, Europe
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Breugel, Jan, The Elder, called 'Velvet Bruegel' (1568-1625). The Sense of Touch. ca. 1617. Venus and Cupid kissing in a room full of weapons, armours, surgery and cosmetic instruments. Baroque art. Oil on wood. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. Prado Museum.
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Pompeii Archaeological Site, Campania, Italy. Fresco of Venus in a seashell. House of Venus in a Seashell. Casa della Venere in conchiglia. Pompeii, Herculaneum, and Torre Annunziata are collectively designated a UNESCO World Heritage site. EDITORIAL ONLY.
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Nessus and Deianira.In a landscape, the Centaur Nessus relies the Nymph deianeira. On the left a river god, right a wind god, in the background two women at an altar.
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Rape of Ganymede, by Damiano Mazza, circa 1575,National Gallery, London, England, UK, GB, Europe
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The Labours of the Months: May by Italian master  / National Gallery, London/ c. 1580/ Italy, Venetian School/ Oil on canvas/ Mannerism/ 13,6x10,6/ Genre
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Charles Lock Eastlake 1793-1865, The Champion 1826
4453-1309
Sir Edward Burne-Jones; British; 1833-1898; The Love Song; 1868-77; Oil on canvas.
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Sir Peter Paul Rubens, Daniel in the Lions' Den, c 1614 1616 Daniel in the Lions' Den
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Sleeping Endymion by Guercino, Oil on canvas, Baroque, 1591-1666, Ukraine, Odessa, Museum of Western and Eastern Art,
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'Genius of Alexander I'. France, 1814. Dimensions: 110x84,5 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Marie-Louise-Elisabeth Vigée-Le Brun.
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Detail from a large fresco titled 'The Last Judgement' painted by Michelangelo (1475-1564) Italian sculptor, painter, architect, poet, and engineer of the High Renaissance. Dated 16th Century
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Mosaic on facade of a building in Corso Emanuele II, beside Banca Agricola Mantovana, Mantua (UNESCO World Heritage List, 2008), Lombardy, Italy.
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Detail from the lower part of Santa Maria del Soccorso, by an unknown 15th century Florentine artist, Church of St Mary of the Holy Spirit, Florence. Italy, 15th century.
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Lucretia, oil on beech panel, 1534, Lucas Cranach the elder, Museo de Bellas Artes, Bilbao, Spain.
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Cupid from the shot;  XVIII/XIX (1790-00-00-1810-00-00);Słowacki, Julius as Amor (1809-1849), Amorki, landscapes
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Justus Tiel / 'Allegory of the Education of Philip III', ca. 1590, Flemish School, Oil on canvas, 158 cm x 105 cm, P01846. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.
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Nymphs and Satyres: the offering has a pan Jacques Philippe Caresme (1734-1796). "Nymphs and Satyrs: the Pan offering". Black Stone, Color Chalk and Gouache Rehabilitation on Paper, 1767. Fine Art Museum of the City of Paris, Small Palace.
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Wall painting by Stefano Torelli: Allegorical figures of the virtues of the councillors
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Vertumnus and Pomona Vertumnus and Pomona, Hendrick Goltzius, oil on canvas, 1613, Amsterdam, Netherlands Copyright: xZoonar.com/BartomeuxBalaguerxRotgerx 21697265
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Le voeu de Louis XIIIIngres, Jean-Auguste-Dominique 1780-1867.Le voeu de Louis XIII” (the Vow of Louis XIII; 10 February 1638; Louis XIII places his kingdom under the protection of the Madonna), 1824.
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The cuckold, copper engraving by Albrecht Duerer, 16th century, digitally improved reproduction from a publication of the year 1880, The cuckoldry, copper engraving by Albrecht Duerer, 16th century, digitally improved reproduction from a publication of the year 1880
1746-21127747
Detail from a painting titled 'The Virgin and Child Enthroned' by Cosimo Tura (1430-1495) an Italian early-renaissance painter and founding member of the School of Ferrara. Dated 15th Century
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Youth. From the series: The Four Ages of Man, painting by Ditlev Blunck, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a historical work of art
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deatail from the 'The Garden of Earthly Delights' triptych painted by the Early Netherlandish master Hieronymus Bosch. Created: 1503ñ1504
4430-1811
fine arts, Marees, Hans von, (1837 - 1887), painting, ""Drei M_nner in Landschaft"", (""three men in landscape""), circa 1875, municipal museum of arts, D™sseldorf,
1788-55851
Bacchanal, 1515 - ca1520, attributed to Dosso Dossi (ca 1490-1542), oil on canvas.
1848-67233162
Wall painting by Stefano Torelli: Allegorical figures of the virtues of the councillors
1746-21111785
Portrait depicting Saint John the Baptist by Raffaellino del Garbo (1470-1524) Florentine painter of the early Renaissance. Dated 16th Century
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Young Woman Overtaken by a Storm; 1799; Oil on canvas Chevalier Fereol de Bonnemaison French
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Jan Erasmus Quellinus / 'Cupid on a Dolphin', ca. 1630, Flemish School, Oil on canvas, 98 cm x 98 cm, P01632. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.
866-21485
The Judgement of Paris. Studio of Lucas Cranach I (1472-1553)  Oil on panel. painted circa 1507. 63.7 x 49cm.
4409-22007
SALON DE CONFERENCIAS - PINTURA MURAL DEL CUERPO INFERIOR "VIZCAYA" - SIGLO XIX. Author: VICENTE CAMARON (1803-1864). Location: CONGRESO DE LOS DIPUTADOS-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN.
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The Nightmare; 1781; Oil on canvas Henry Fuseli; Swiss; active in England; 1741-1825
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The Nativity. Dated: c. 1508/1519. Dimensions: painted surface: 110.5 x 79.3 cm (43 1/2 x 31 1/4 in.) overall (panel): 111.8 x 80.6 cm (44 x 31 3/4 in.) framed: 129.8 x 98.7 x 10.7 cm (51 1/8 x 38 7/8 x 4 3/16 in.). Medium: oil on panel. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: JUAN DE FLANDES.
6145-30379127
Doux Pays (PleasantLand). Artist: Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, French, 1824-1898
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Roman wall-painting of Theseus after killing the Minotaur, 1st century. Artist: Unknown
4435-4071
Patinir, Joachim (1480-1524). Rest on the Flight into Egypt. ca. 1522. Flemish art. Oil on wood. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. Prado Museum.
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Gallery of Apollon, Paris, France PARIS, FRANCE, MARCH 17, 2017 : architectural details and ceilings of gallery of Apollon, march 17, 2017, in Paris, France Copyright: xZoonar.com/patrickxmichelettix 17163092
4453-20323585
"Bacchant Silenus and the Satyrs C. 1505-10 Oil on panels by Giovanni Battista Cima), Italian (active Venice and the Veneto region), 1459/60 - 1517/18"
1788-44804
Figure of a groom, detail from the Adoration of the Magi, 1573, by Paolo Caliari known as Veronese (1528-1588), oil on canvas, 355x320 cm.
1606-192087
England,London,Natural History Museum,The Ceramic Staircase,Ceiling Artwork depicting The Pursuit of Art by Man
4453-20323425
Allegory of Sight Venus and Cupid in a Picture Gallery c. 1660 Oil on copper Jan Brueghel the Younger; Flemish (active Antwerp) Born 1601; died 1678
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1634 Naples Naples-1705. (Luca Giordano; St. Michael. 1663)
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Italy, Cipriani, Giovanni Battista, Bartolozzi, Francesco, Ciprianis rudiments of drawing engraved by F Bartolozzi, Two young women and an old man, verso - stamped, print, prints, height 218 mm, width 310 mm, Italian, 1727-09-25 - 1815-03-07, print maker, printmaker, 1796-02-23 - 1796-02-23, paper, etching, stipple engraving, color printing, 1727 - 1785-12-14, intermediary draughtsman
1746-21127659
Painting titled 'Saint  Jerome reading in a Landscape' by Giovanni Bellini (1430-1516) an Italian Renaissance painter. Dated 16th Century
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