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People pleading by Charles Le Brun, Oil on canvas, 1661, 1619-1690, Musee de l'Histoire de France, 298x453
People pleading by Charles Le Brun, Oil on canvas, 1661, 1619-1690, Musee de l'Histoire de France, 298x453
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Company playing. Lambrechts, Jan Baptist (1680- post 1731), painter
4409-110119
Vicente Carducho / 'Martirio de los priores de las cartujas inglesas de Londres, Nottingham y Axholme', 1626-1632, Spanish School, Canvas, 337 cm x 298 cm, P05239. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.
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Christ Carrying the Cross, Stations of the Cross, by  Giandomenico Tiepolo, 1747, Church of San Polo, Venice, Italy, Europe
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First French Empire by Jacques Louis David, oil on canvas, 1807, 1748-1825 France, Paris, Louvre, 621x979
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Book printing in Bamberg began shortly after Johannes Gutenberg's invention in Mainz. In 1461, the printer Albrecht Pfister published his groundbreaking work, Der Edelstein by Ulrich Boner, school picture, authentic reproduction of a school mural, around 1911, exact date unknown, historical
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The Supper at Emmaus, 1605-1606, by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571-1610), oil on canvas, 141x175 cm.
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Alexander the Great Cutting the Gordian Knot by Panini, Giovanni Paolo (1691-1765) Walters Art Museum, Baltimore ca. 1718-1719 Oil on canvas 73,3x59,7 Italy, Roman School Rococo Mythology, Allegory and Literature Painting
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FERNANDO III EL SANTO. REY DE CASTILLA Y LEON ( 1201-1252 ). " LA RENDICION DE SEVILLA " OLEO DE FRANCISCO DE ZURBARAN. COLECCION DUQUE DE WESTMINSTER. GRAN BRETAÑA.
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The King Drinks, Family Meal on the Day of the Celebration of KIngs, c.1640, detail
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España. Siglo XII. La Campana de Huesca. Decapitación de nobles ordenada por el rey Ramiro II de Aragón (1086-1157) a los que había citado bajo el pretexto de construir una campana que se oyese en todo el reino. Grabado de 1900. Author: Jose Casado del Alisal.
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David Teniers / 'Armida in front of Gottfried of Bouillon', 1628-1630, Flemish School, Oil on copper, 27 cm x 39 cm, P01825. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN. Author: DAVID TENIERS THE YOUNGER.
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An Ambassador's Audience with the Grand visor in His Yali on the Bosphorus (Ambassador Cornelis Calkoen, 12 August 1727). An ambassador to the grind vizier in his Yali to the Bosphorus. Links a group of Dutch merchants, the ambassador with effect and interpreters at the Sultan and the officials of the Grandvizier's House. Parts of the show are numbered.
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Artist, copy after: Michelangelo Merisi, called Caravaggio, Italian, 1571-1610, The Taking ofChrist, early to mid-17thcentury, Oil on canvas, unframed: 136.5 × 188 cm (53 3/4 ×74in.), Italian, 17thcentury, Paintings
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The Descendents of Plato from the Medici Court
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The Emperor Visiting the Galicia Diet in Lviv from the Series Inspection Trip of Emperor Franz Joseph I Around Galicia in September 1880 Rodakowski, Henryk (1823 1894)
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M.Schongauer, Presentation in the Temple
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Last Supper; Coecke van aelst, Pieter (1502-1550; st.); XVI/XVII century (1580-00-00-1620-00-00);Last Supper (Bible), copies, Dutch painting, windows, interiors, tableware
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The Peace Negotiations between Julius Civilis and the Roman General Cerialis. In 1613, the Dutch parliament (States General) commissioned Otto van Veen to paint twelve paintings depicting the revolt of the Batavians against the Romans in AD 69 and 70. These were displayed in Binnenhof, the central government building in The Hague. In the early years of the Dutch Republic, many compared their own revolt against Spain to the Batavian uprising.
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Altarpiece dedicated to Saint John the Baptist, circa 1470. Detail Herod's Banquet. Tempera, stucco reliefs and gold leaf on wood. 197.5 x 125.7 x 6.4 cm. From the parish church of Sant Joan del Mercat de Lleida. Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, Barcelona. Museum: MUSEO NACIONAL DE ARTE DE CATALUNYA (M. N. A. C.). Author: Pedro Garcia de Benabarre.
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Portrait of Cardinal Ferry Carondelet and his Secretary, by Luciani Sebastiano known as Sebastiano del Piombo, 1511 Century, oil on board, cm 112 x 87
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ESCENA DEL QUIJOTE. Author: SEGRELLES JOSE. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. MADRID. SPAIN. DON QUIJOTE.
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The assembly of the Estates-General, April 10, 1302 by Alaux, Jean (1786-1864) / Musee de l'Histoire de France, Chateau de Versailles /France / Oil on canvas / History / 73x109 / History painting
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The Calling of Saint Matthew by Terbrugghen, Hendrick Jansz (1588-1629) / Centraal Museum, Utrecht / 1621 / Holland / Oil on canvas / Bible / 102x137
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The Coronation of Napoleon painting completed in 1807 by Jacques-Louis David, the official painter of Napoleon. The painting has imposing dimensions, as it is almost ten metres wide by approximately six metres tall. The crowning and the coronation took place at Notre-Dame de Paris, a way for Napoleon to make it clear that he was a son of the Revolution.
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'View of the City of Saragossa' (detail), 1647, Spanish School, Oil on canvas, P00889. Author: JUAN BAUTISTA MARTINEZ DEL MAZO (1611-1667). Location: MUSEO DEL PRADO-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN.
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CHARLES V, 1500-58 Holy Roman Emperor and King of Spain, from Adoration of the Magi (detail)
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'A Glass of Wine with Caesar Borgia', 1893, (1914). Artist: John Maler Collier.
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Detail of the Night Watch, Militia Company of District II under the Command of Captain Frans Banninck Cocq, by Rembrandt, 1642, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Europe,
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'The Surrender of Breda' (detail), 1634, Oil on canvas, P01172. Author: DIEGO VELAZQUEZ (1599-1660). Location: MUSEO DEL PRADO-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN.
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DELTALLE DE LA ANUNCIACION DE ZACARIAS - ANGELO AMBROGINI (POLIZIANO), MARSILIO FICINO Y LANDINO - SIGLO XV. Author: DOMENICO GHIRLANDAIO (1449-1494) BIGORDI CURRADI. Location: BASILICA DE SANTA MARIA NOVELLA. Florenz. ITALIA. MARSILIO FICINO. Landino, Cristoforo, writer and scientist. ZACARIAS. AMBROGINI ANGELO. POLIZIAN AGNOLO. BECCH GENTILE DE.
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Family of Sir Thomas More, 1478-1535, Renaissance English author and Catholic martyr, 1593 painting based on Hans Holbein's 1527 preparatory sketch for a lost group portrait
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Seven Works of Mercy, by Merisi Michelangelo known as Caravaggio, 1606 - 1607, 17th Century, oil on canvas. Italy, Campania, Naples, Pio Monte della Misericordia Church. Detail. Faces of the man with the beard and the young gentleman with plumed hat sword on the left..
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CACERIA EN LA MORALEJA - DETALLE DEL REY - SIGLO XVIII - CONJUNTO 132007. Author: TORIBIO ALVAREZ (1668-1739). Location: PALACIO REAL-PINTURAS. Riofrío. SEGOVIA. SPAIN. FELIPE V DE BORBON.
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LA HIGUERA ESTERIL MALDECIDA-BARROCO ROMANO-ESCUELA DE CARRACCI. Author: GIULIO CESARE PROCACCINI (1574-1625). Location: PALACIO REAL-PINTURAS. Riofrío. SEGOVIA. SPAIN. JESUS.
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CAMINO DEL CALVARIO - DETALLE DEL CIRINEO - SIGLO XV - ESCUELA HISPANOFLAMENCA - CONJUNTO Nº 71619. Author: FERNANDO GALLEGO. Location: CATEDRAL-MUSEO DIOCESANO. SALAMANCA. SPAIN. CIRINEO SIMON / SIMON EL CIRINEO.
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Truce of Nice 1538 - Taddeo Zuccari
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An Ambassador's Audience with Sultan Ahmed III (Ambassador Cornelis Calkoen), anonymous, 1737 - 1744 painting An ambassador for audience at Sultan Ahmed III. On the far left, the Grootvizier addresses the ambassador. The sultan is on its throne on the left. On the right the ambassador with his retinue and Turkish office holders (compare SK-A-4078).  canvas. oil paint (paint)  ambassador. audition; ruler giving audience Turkey
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Self-portrait in the attire of the Venetian Procurator. Bellotto, Bernardo (1722-1780), painter
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Brugger, Andreas, (1737 - 1812), painting, ""Guckkastenmann"", (""raree show man""), circa 1770, new castle, Tettnang, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Europe, fair, looking, box, impostor, juggler, women, people, rococo,
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'Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery'. Germany, After 1532. Dimensions: 84x123 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Lucas Cranach II.
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Jan van Rossum (werkzaam 1654 - 1678), Portrait of possibly Willem Jansz Verbruggen (c. 1620-1678) and his 2nd wife Geertrui Strijen , portrait painting imagery linen oil painting, Landscape rectangular portrait of man and woman possibly Willem Jans Verbruggen (see also portrait and his second wife Geertrui Strijen or presenting Gerrit Pieters Verbosch with his wife Cuniera Verbrugge or Johan Coelemey and his wife Mayke Verbruggen In the background, Valkenbosch country house with formal garden sculpture and stairs is visible. Right remnant of two arms on the right with three horns left on the table under back book signature and year: J. V. Rossum fc. 1670 Erasmus Foundation Van Rijckevorsel Parklaan Rotterdam City Center New Work Long-term loan Erasmus Foundation
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Esau sells his birthright to Jacob, by Francesco Guarini (1611-1654), oil on canvas, 127x154 cm.
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Eugenio Lucas Vela_zquez (1817-1870). Auto-da-fe, 1853. Museum of Romanticism. Madrid. Spain.
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LA ULTIMA COMUNION DE SAN FERNANDO. Author: JOSE GUTIERREZ DE LA VEGA (1791-1865). Location: ACADEMIA DE SAN FERNANDO-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN. FERNANDO III EL SANTO CASTILLA / LEON. SAN FERNANDO (REY).
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Jesus and the Adulteress (he who is without sin, cast the first stone), by Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472-1553).
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The Mass of Bolsena Detail, 1512, paintings by Raphael, historically, digitally restored reproduction of a template from the 19th century, around 1890, Record Date Not Stated
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DETALLE-TAPIZ DE GOBELINOS-BODA DE LUIS XIV Y TERESA DE ESPAÑA. Author: Charles Le Brun (1619-1690). Location: FRENCH EMBASSY. MADRID. SPAIN. FELIPE IV HIJA. LUIS XIV DE FRANCIA (1643-1715) EL REY SOL. MARIA TERESA DE AUSTRIA (1638-1683). HIJA DE ISABEL DE BORBON.
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'Johann Gutenberg 1400-1468', 1934. Artist: Unknown.
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Jose Echenagusia - Echena-, the pacification of the Oñacino and Gamboino sides before the magistrate Gonzalo Moro in 1394, around 1902, oil on canvas, Alava Fine Arts Museum, Vitoria, Basque Country, Spain.
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Marinus van Reymerswaele (Reymerswarle, ca. 1490/95-(), c. 1567). The Calling of Saint Matthew (ca. 1530). Oil on panel. 70.6 x 88 cm. Museum: Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid.
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A Scene from the Turkish Harem by Hormann, Franz Georg (1640-1689) / Pera Museum, Istanbul / Orientalism / Second Half of the 17th cen. / Austria / Oil on canvas / Genre / 130x193,5
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gift (provenance)
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Palace with musicians, Vredeman de Vries, Hans (Jan) (1526-1606)
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Party Making Music /Ptg.by Le Nain/ C17
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Young woman playing lute by Gerard ter Borch II also known as Terborch
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Ricardo Navarrete y Fos / 'The Doge Frari Foscari, discharged'. 1872. Oil on canvas. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.
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Bartholomeus van der Helst (1613-1670) Dutch portrait painter Banquet of the Amsterdam Civic Guard in Celebration of the Peace of Munster
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Young woman playing a lute: Dutch interior. Girl in white satin dress and blue velvet fur-trimmed jacket is flirting with young man sitting on table covered with a carpet. Gerard ter Borch II (1617-1681) also known as Terborch, Dutch genre painter.
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The Coronation of Napoleon(1769-1821) by Jacques-Louis David (1484-1825) in the Cathedral of Notre-Dame, 2 December 1804, Paris. 1805-1807. Oil on canvas. Louvre Museum. Paris, France.
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The Syndics, by Rembrandt van Rijn, 1662, Dutch painting, oil on canvas. The painting, original title was, 'The Sampling Officials of the Amsterdam Drapersí Guild.' The wardens of the Amsterdam cloth makers guild are gathered around carpet covered table and open swatch book (BSLOC_2016_3_22)
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Saint Eloy in His Studio, Christus, Petrus, 1449.
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1530s THE AMBASSADORS BY HANS HOLBEIN THE YOUNGER TWO FRENCHMEN A DIPLOMAT & CLERGYMAN IN COURT OF HENRY VIII
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The Sampling Officials of the Amsterdam Drapers Guild, known as ‘The Syndics. This is Rembrandts first and only corporate group portrait. The Syndics stands out for its exceptionally large format and more than life-sized figures. All eyes of the sampling officials - who assessed the quality of dyed cloth - are turned to us and one figure even rises from his chair as if to acknowledge our presence. Because of the low vantage point, the table seems to jut out of the picture.
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Couple with girl by Lucas Cranach the Elder, Oil on wood, circa 1530, 1472-1553, Georgia, Tbilisi, State Georgian Art Museum,
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Georges de La Tour (1593    1652) French painter.  The Fortune Teller 1633-39.
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LIMOSNAS SAN SEVERO. OLEO SOBRE MADERA. Author: VILADOMAT ANTONIO.
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