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Figurative Studies in Dark Themes

Artworks depicting somber themes, including death and burial, with figures involved in rich storytelling from historical contexts.

The Goldsmith James Tissot (1836-1902 French) Jewish Museum, New York City
The Goldsmith James Tissot (1836-1902 French) Jewish Museum, New York City
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Caspar Bernhard Hardy (1726-1819). "The sleepy". Colorful wax. IVth quarter of the 18th century. Paris, Carnavalet museum. Colored wax, sleeping, sleeping, woman, portrait, rest
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Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French, 1864 - 1901), Woman at the Tub (Femme au tub), 1896, lithograph in brown, red, and gray
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Mario Nuzzi / 'Floreros y cebollas', 1640-1642, Italian School, Canvas, 83 cm x 154 cm, P03239. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.
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Andrea Mantegna (1431-1506). Italian Renaissance painter. "Trivulzio Madonna", 1497. Madonna in glory with Sts. John the Baptist, Gregory the Great, Benedict and Jerome. Tempera on canvas (287 x 214 cm). Detail of the lower part. Angels singing. Pinacoteca Castello Sforzesco, Milan, Italy.
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MONET, Claude (1840-1926). Hunting Trophies. 1862. Impressionism. Oil on canvas. FRANCE. ëLE-DE-FRANCE. Paris. MusŽe d'Orsay (Orsay Museum).
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A Knight and Page (from Johann Wolfgang von Goethes “Götz von Berlichingen” ), Richard Parkes Bonington, 1802-1828, British, ca. 1826, Oil on canvas, Support (PTG): 18 1/4 x 15 inches (46.4 x 38.1 cm), banner, boy, brown, costume, crest, flag, Götz von Berlichingen (1773), drama by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832), knight (landholder), literary theme, man, red, servant, skirts (garments), stairs, steps, swords, yellow
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Francisco Pizarro (1478-1541). Spanish conquistador. Death of Francisco Pizarro. Oil on canvas (151 x 201 cm) by Manuel Ramirez Ibañez (1856-1925), 1877. Detail. Army Museum. Toledo, Spain (On loan from Prado Museum, Spain). Author: Manuel Ramirez Ibañez (1856-1925). Spanish painter.
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Hansch, Johannes (1875-1946) State M. Ciurlionis Art Museum, Kaunas 45x41,5 Oil on canvas Realism Germany
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Head of a Woman Wearing a White Cap, by Vincent van Gogh, 1884, Kroller-Muller Museum, Hoge Veluwe National Park, Otterlo, Netherlands, Europe
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Design for illustration in De Amsterdammer: The defeat of Russia at Sea, 4 June 1905. Draughtsman: Johan Braakensiek. Dating: 1905. Measurements: h 383 mm × w 520 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
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LIBRO DE LA HISTORIA OTOMANA-ABDULHAMIT II 1892/1918.
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Hand Speckter (1848-88), The gallery of Hamburg's State Theatre, circa 1880, oil on paper on cardboard, 20x30 cm.
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Muerte de Niccolo Paganini Bocciardo (1782-1840) en Niza. Violinista, guitarrista y compositor italiano. Grabado de 1889.
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'Still Life with Dead Hare'. Flanders. Dimensions: 89x68 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Peeter Sneyers.
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Figure Study of Hamlet, for The Play Scene in Hamlet, Act III, Scene II.  Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey, American, 1852-1911, M.A. (HON.) 1897
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Old woman before a mirror, with two maids, Moses ter Borch, after Theodor Matham, after Bernardo Strozzi, c. 1660, draughtsman: Moses ter Borch, Theodor Matham, (attributed to), after: Bernardo Strozzi, Zwolle, c. 1660, paper, brush, h 374 mm × w 318 mm
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Woman in traditional clothing by Andrei Petrovich Ryabushkin, oil on cardboard, 1903, 1861-1904, Russia, St Petersburg, State Russian Museum, 48x26
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A Treatise on Silhouette Likenesses 1835 Auguste Edouart French. A Treatise on Silhouette Likenesses. 1835. Illustrations: lithography. Longman and Co. (British, London). Books
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Pinturas de Xavier Nogues, despacho de la alcaldia. Ayuntamiento de Barcelona.
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The War, Otto Dix, detail, 1929-1930, Galerie Neue Meister, Albertinum, Dresden, Germany, Europe
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'Hunting Trophies'. Holland, Circa 1700. Dimensions: 209x166 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: JAN WEENIX.
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Eugène Grasset (1845-1917). "Eviradnus". Oil on canvas, 1903. Paris, Victor Hugo's house. DESTRIER, EPEE, EPOPEE, LEGENDE DES SUCCES, MORT, CHARACTER, Fight, Oil on canvas
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Costume Paintings 1697 Jean Baptise Vanmour
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The Egyptian Widow. The Frisian artist Alma-Tadema was a great success in England, where he was even knighted. His representations of ancient Egyptian, Greek and Roman scenes made him one of the most popular 19th-century painters. In this picture, full of archaeological details, a woman is mourning beside the inner mummy case containing the body of her husband. His sarcophagus stands at left, while priests and singers lament the departed.
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Study for the lobau show of the hotel of Paris Jean-Paul Laurens (1838-1921). Jean-Jacques Rousseau, study for the lobau fair of the Paris City Hall. Drawing.
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Peasant Woman near the Hearth, Paysanne pres de l'atre, by Vincent van Gogh, 1885, Musee D'Orsay, Paris, France, Europe
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Le Blon, Jacob Christof, Admiral, Jan l', Anatomical study of a human heart, verso - stamped, print, prints, height 198 mm, width 221 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1699-01-10 - 1773-06-02, print maker, prentmaker, 1700 - 1750, paper, papier, mezzotint, etching, etchings, 1667 - 1741-05-16
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Rev. James Bulwer, 1794-1879, British, One from A Volume of Drawings and Prints, 1837. watercolor, pen and brown ink, graphite on slightly textured, moderately thick, cream wove paper.
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'Saint Anthony the Abbot and Saint Paul, the First Hermit' (detail), ca. 1634, Oil on canvas, P01169. Author: DIEGO VELAZQUEZ (1599-1660). Location: MUSEO DEL PRADO-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN.
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POLREST CONE - 1987 - OLEO LAPIZ - 151X150 CMS. Author: GEORGE CONDO (1957-). Location: GALERIA BISCHOFBERGE. Zurich. Switzerland.
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Self-Portrait Aged 23, Rembrandt, 1629, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, Mass, Massachusetts, North America, US, USA
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Alessandro Semino (d. 1607). Italian painter. Christ on de Cross, Saint Peter, Mary Magdalene and the donors Pedro de Pantoja Pineda and Ana de Zurita, 1605. Oil on canvas. Detail. From the former Parish Church of San Bartolomé de Sansoles, Toledo. Museum of Santa Cruz. Toledo. Spain. (On loan, Parish Church of San Andrés, Toledo).
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The 15th century room of the museum of French monuments ". Oil on canvas. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 52628-13 French monument, museum, room, statue, 15th century, oil on canvas
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THE SPELL OR THE WITCHES - DETAIL - 1797-1798 - OIL/CANVAS - SET Nº 4110. Author: FRANCISCO GOYA Y LUCIENTES DE (1746-1828). Location: MUSEO LAZARO GALDIANO-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.
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'Elisabeth of France', Oil on canvas. Author: ESCUELA ESPAÑOLA. Location: MUSEO FRESCH. Ajaccio. France. ENRIQUE IV DE FRANCIA HIJA. MARIA DE MEDICIS HIJA. ISABELLA VON FRANKREICH. ELISABETH OF BOURBON. FELIPE IV 1ª ESPOSA.
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Cleopatra, Alexandre Cabanel, 1887, painting, 1887, Belgian Art
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RES ABIERTA EN CANAL - SIGLO XX. Author: MARC CHAGALL. Location: STEDELIJK MUSEUM. Amsterdam. HOLANDA.
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Friedrich der Große, Friedrich II. 1712-1786 als Kronprinz in Gefangenschaft bei Küstrin, Historisch, digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus ...
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KMS410
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9 Thermidor by Jacobi, Valery Ivanovich (1834-1902) / State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow / Russian Painting of 19th cen. / 1864 / Russia / Oil on canvas / History / 85x152,9
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Vanitas Still Life with Scull with Laurel Wreath, Book and two Burning Candles, 1645 - 1650 painting Part of nine -part room painting for the Beekhoven house, later called the Hoogerhuis, near Randenbroek near Amersfoort, the country house of Jacob van Campen.  panel. particle board. oil paint (paint)  'Vanitas' still life. death's head, skull (symbol of Death)
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Portrait of young writer by Michiel Sweerts, oil on canvas, 1656, 1618-1664, Russia, St Petersburg, State Hermitage, 114x92
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British, Provincial Rococo frame, Unknown framemaker, mid-18th century, Carved wood, later oil gilding over original gilding and sanded frieze
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Dead knight by Jacques Laudy, oil on canvas, 1931, 1907-1940, Lithuania, Kaunas , State M. Ciurlionis Art Museum, 99, 5x149
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Emperor Alexander II with king of Prusia Wilhelm I by Mihaly Zichy, watercolor on cardboard, 1873, 1827-1906, Russia, St. Petersburg, State Hermitage, 33, 5x40, 3
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Italy, Pompeii, Villa of the Mysteries #2, fresco, circa 60-50 B.C., Roman Art
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British, Louis XV style frame, Unknown framemaker, mid-18th century, Carved wood, original oil, water gilding and sanded frieze, Frame: 42 1/4 × 60 1/4 × 2 1/2 inches (107.3 × 153 × 6.4 cm)
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Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606-1669). Dutch painter. Portrait of a Scholar, 1631. Detail. The State Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg. Russia.
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'La suspensión pictórica en el teatro de Robert Houdin', 2010. Author: SIGFRIDO MARTIN BEGUE (1959-2011). Location: GALERIA JUANA DE AIZPURU. MADRID. SPAIN.
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Manet / Manet's Mother in the Garden
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Lady Dies, N.C. Wyeth
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Banquet Still Life with NautilusCup.  Artist: Abraham van Beyeren, Dutch, 1620/21-1690
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Fabritius, Carel (1622-1654) National Gallery, London Painting 15,5x31,7 Landscape,Still Life  A View of Delft, with a Musical Instrument Seller's Stall
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Vienna, Austria , 1913 - Balkans - Jean Brunhes and Auguste Léon - (April 23 - June 9) (French - Vienne , Autriche). Museum, painting, rebirth, Art, Austria Hungary, Vienne, Museum: Cabinet I of the Italian Schools, 3 Titian
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Hand-painted glass plate in wooden frame for illumination cabinet, image of approach man at woman, slideshelf slideshoot pictures glass paint wood oak leg, dimensions) handpainted Hand-painted glass for illumination cabinet in wide oak frame The frame is rejuvenated on the sides and shows wear and discolouration: the plates were pushed into an illumination cabinet from above. At the back left and right above two small legs fastening points for the illumination cabinet. Image of pregnant woman who is approached by man in black optics folk life
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Albert Besnard (Paul Albert Besnard, dit, 1849-1934). "July 14, 1880". Sketch for the town hall of the 4th arrondissement. Oil on canvas, 1884. Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. July 14, female allegory, figurative art, boat, tricolor flag, sketch, national feet, allegorical figure, seine river, crowd, town hall, French republic, silhouette, 19th XIX 19th 19th 19th 19th century, oil on canvas
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Nevers in Paris, or the Party Animal; Nevers a Paris, ou Le Fetard. Jacques Villon (1875-1963). Aquatint. Executed in 1904. 34.2 x 45cm.
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William Michael Harnett, My Gems, 1888 My Gems
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The Last Chapter, Robert Braithwaite Martineau, 1863,
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Chinese fortuneteller. Draughtsman: anonymous. Dating: 1800 - 1899. Place: China. Measurements: h 362 mm × w 495 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
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Stage design for the feature film Dream by Safiullin, Rashid (*1949)/ State Museum- and exhibition Centre ROSIZO, Moscow/ 1978/ Russia/ Gouache and Tempera on cardboard/ Theatrical scenic painting/ Opera, Ballet, Theatre
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Germany, Saxony, Dresden, Semper gallery
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The Wizard, 1898. Two figures in a narrow, darkened chamber. A bearded man in a heavy robes, reveals a convex mirror to a young, veiled girl, behind a drape.. Artist: Edward Burne-Jones.. Oil on canvas
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John Singer Sargent, Fumée d'ambre gris (Smoke of Ambergris), 1880, oil on canvas.
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Uga Skulme (1895-1963). Latvian painter. Nude, 1928. Oil on canvas, 90 x 139 cm. Latvian National Museum of Art. Riga. Latvia.
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Still life of flowers and plants, by  Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571-1610).
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Cupid by Nikolai Ivanovich Argunov, oil on canvas, 1790, 1771-after 1829, Russia, St. Petersburg , State Russian Museum, 142x98
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Merchant Wife with a Mirror by Kustodiev, Boris Michaylovich (1878-1927)/ State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg/ 1920/ Russia/ Oil on canvas/ Russian Painting, End of 19th - Early 20th cen./ 141x108/ Genre
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'The Lute Player', 1663-1664, Oil on canvas, 51,4 x 45,7 cm. Author: JOHANNES VERMEER (1632-1675). Location: METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART. NEW YORK.
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Portrait of a young Man. Date/Period: Ca. 1500. Painting. Oil on wood. Width: 38.8 cm. Height: 54.3 cm (without frame). Author: GIOVANNI AMBROGIO DE PREDIS.
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Palette with a portrait of the Gypsy's young; Ejsmond, Franciszek (1859-1931); 1894 (1894-00-00-1894-00-00);Purchase (provenance)
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Allegory of Navigation with a Cross-Staff. Paolo Caliari Veronese (Italy, Venice, 1528-1588). Italy, 1555-1560. Paintings. Oil on canvas
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A Family beside the Tomb of Prince William i in the Nieuwe Kerk, Delft, Dirck van Delen, 1645
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Door of the house of the Alighieri, Memory of Florence, 1859, by Federico Faruffini (1831-1869), oil on canvas, 130x75 cm.
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The Chair of Corbusier; Le Chaise le Corbusier. Claudio Bravo (1936-2011). Oil on canvas. Painted in 1977. 97 x 130.2cm.
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VENTANA CERRADA Y ESCULTURA MUTILADA. Author: ZACARIAS GONZALEZ (1923-2003). Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. SALAMANCA. SPAIN.
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Konrads Ubans (1893-1981). Latvian painter. Asleep. Portrait of a Woman, 1923. Oil on canvas, 71 x 66 cm. Latvian National Museum of Art. Riga. Latvia.
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The Chinese Fishmonger. Date: 1881. oil on canvas. Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum.
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Portrait of Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy. Portrait of Philips the good, Duke of Burgundy. Standing, to the left, for the feet on a tiled floor. To the neck the chain of the golden fleece. At the top right the family crest. With integrated list. Pendant of SK-A-3836.
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REPRODUCCION FOTOGRAFICA DEL CUADRO LA CARGA DE LOS MAMELUCOS O EL DOS DE MAYO DE 1808 EN MADRID PARA REALIZAR UNA PELICULA SOBRE GOYA - AÑOS 70. Author: FRANCISCO DE GOYA. Location: INTERIOR. SPAIN. DIAZ MADROÑAL LOREN.
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LAMENTATIONS OF ORPHEUS, THE LES LAMENTATIONS D'ORPHEE Séon, Alexandre 1855 d1917 French Musee d' Orsay, Paris
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Design for Raam in the Amsterdams Lyceum, 1922 drawing   cardboard. chalk brush
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Night sleeper, Wyeth, Andrew (1917-2009)
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The Trio--Fantasie Herbert Denman (American, 1855-1903). The Trio--Fantasie, 1886. Oil on canvas, 83 x 96 1/2in. (210.8 x 245.1cm).   American Art 1886
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Georges du Mesnil de La Tour 1593-1652. Saint Sebastian Attended by Saint Irene. about 1640-1650. oil painting on canvas cm 105 x 139.
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Photo production of a painting from a young woman with owl to Cuno von Bodenhausen, Anonymous, After Cuno von Bodenhausen, in or after 1883 - 1900 photograph. crystoleum   glass. photographic support. deck paint albumen print historical persons - BB - woman. owls
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Single.
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The studio of the artist Tingqua was perhaps the most prolific source of Chinese export painting during the nineteenth century. Located at 16 China Street, Guangzhou, the school specialized in gouache and watercolor paintings influenced by Western artistic traditions. These works became known in America primarily through the American China trader Augustine Heard, who brought a substantial collection of Tingqua paintings back to the United States in ca. 1855. These are now located at the Peabody Museum in Salem, Massachusetts. Tingqua was from a family of Chinese artists, each of whom were recognized for there skills in painting scenes suitable for the export market. His father, Guan Zuolin, often known by his western name, Spoilum, was the first identifiable artist of the Cantonese export school. Tingqua's work is perhaps most recognized for its exquisite characterization of daily life and for its exceptional detail. The precision of the brushwork and concentration upon light effects i
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Country Girl on a swing by Venetsianov, Alexei Gavrilovich (1780-1847)/ State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg/ Russia/ Oil on canvas/ Romanticism/ 129x49/ Genre
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Death Of Cleopatra  1874 Rixens, Jean-Andre(1846-1924 French) Oil On Canvas Musee des Augustins, Toulouse, France
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Man Conveying Daimeo Letter, from a photography album with images of Japan, 19th-20th century, 10 1/2 x 7 13/16 in. (26.67 x 19.84 cm) (sheet)9 x 13 x 1 1/2 in. (22.9 x 33 x 3.8 cm) (album, closed), Hand-tinted gelatin silver print, Japan, 19th-20th century
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Two senior men by Marinus Claesz van Reymerswaele, Oil on wood, 28, 4x40, circa 1490-after 1567, Russia, Moscow, State A. Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts
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Still Life with Fruit, c. 1860, Severin Roesen, American, (born Germany), 1815 - 1872, 21 1/2 x 26 1/4 in. (54.61 x 66.68 cm) (canvas)29 x 34 1/8 x 3 1/2 in. (73.66 x 86.68 x 8.89 cm) (outer frame), Oil on canvas, United States, 19th century, In 19th-century America, a growing wealthy class desired artworks that reflected a life of leisure and abundance. Still lifes and genre paintings filled the bill, simultaneously mirroring and augmenting the material richness of American homes. Trained as a porcelain painter in his native Germany, Severin Roesen became a renowned painter of still lifes after immigrating to the United States in 1848.
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Christmas Eve by Ryabinsky, Evgeni Vladislavovich (1925-2002) / Regional I. Kramskoi Art Museum, Voronezh / Modern / 1991 / Russia / Oil on canvas / Architecture, Interior,Still Life / 70x80
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Karl Fredrik Nordstrom (1855-1923). Swedish painter. Portrait by Christian Krohg (1852-1925), 1882. National Gallery. Oslo. Norway.
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Portrait of Diego Martelli, Boldini, Giovanni (1842-1931)
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Greek Vase-Painting, A woman brings offering to an altar, c5th century BC. Artist: Unknown.
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Saint Jerome (San Gerolamo), by Ludovico Carracci, 1555 - 1619, 16th - 17th Century, oil on canvas
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Laziness. Date/Period: Ca. 1898-1900. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 650 mm (25.59 in); Width: 540 mm (21.25 in). Author: Ramon Casas i Carbó.
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Roman era. Mural painting. Detail sandals (caligae or calceus). Rome. Italy.
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