'The Incredulity of St:Thomas.' Caravaggio Italian (1571-1610) Oil on canvas circa 1600. Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio...

'The Incredulity of St:Thomas.' Caravaggio...

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'David with the Head of Goliath ' Caravaggio Italian ( 1571-1610 ) Oil on panel circa 1606

'David with the Head of Goliath ' Caravaggio...

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'Apollo and the two Muses' Pompeo Girolamo Batoni Italian (1708-1787) Oil on canvas circa 1741. See:' Peace and War' Batoni

'Apollo and the two Muses' Pompeo Girolamo...

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Allegory of 'Winter' Cesar van Everdingen Dutch Oil on canvas circa 1650 A young woman is warming herself by a brazier containing...

Allegory of 'Winter' Cesar van Everdingen Dutch...

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'Peace and War' Pompeo Girolamo Batoni Italian (1708-1787) Oil on canvas circa 1767 Pompeo Girolam Batoni ( 1708-1787) was regarded...

'Peace and War' Pompeo Girolamo Batoni Italian...

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'Charity ' Francesco de Mura Italian (1696-1782)Oil on canvas circa 1743

'Charity ' Francesco de Mura Italian...

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' David' Donatello Italian ( 1386-1466 ) Bronze circa 1425-1430 Donatello (1386-1466) was the greatest Florentine sculptor...

' David' Donatello Italian ( 1386-1466 ) Bronze...

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'David' ( Detail) Michelangelo Italian ( 1475-1564) Marble circa 1501-1504

'David' ( Detail) Michelangelo Italian (...

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'David' Michelangelo Italian (1475-1564) Marble circa 1501-1504 See: Pieta . Biography

'David' Michelangelo Italian (1475-1564) Marble...

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' Woman Holding a Balance ' Vermeer Dutch 1632-1675 Oil on canvas circa 1657-1670 A young woman delicately holds a empty pair of...

' Woman Holding a Balance ' Vermeer Dutch...

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' An Allegory of Wisdom ' Benedetto Luti . Italian ( 1666-1724 ) Pastel on paper. Benedetto Luiti {1666-1724} . Italian painter ,...

' An Allegory of Wisdom ' Benedetto Luti ....

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'Cupid Chastised ' Bartolomeo Manfredi Italian ( 1582-1622 ) Oil on canvas circa 1613 Bartolomeo Manfredi portrays Venus not...

'Cupid Chastised ' Bartolomeo Manfredi Italian...

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'Old Peasant Lighting a Pipe ' Johann Carl Loth (German 1623-1698 ) Oil on panel circa 1660 Johann Carl Loth first studied under...

'Old Peasant Lighting a Pipe ' Johann Carl Loth...

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'Neptune Calming the Waves ' ( Detail) Lambert-Sigsbert Adam ( French 1700-1759 ) Marble circa 1735 Lambert-Sigsbert Adam was...

'Neptune Calming the Waves ' ( Detail)...

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' Bust of Amphitrite ' Lambert-Sigsbert Adam ( French 1700-1759 )Terracotta circa 1725 In Greek mythology , Amphitrite was a sea...

' Bust of Amphitrite ' Lambert-Sigsbert Adam (...

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'Judith with the Head of Holofernes ' Jan Sanders van Hemessen (Netherlandish 1519-1556 ) Oil on panel circa 1540 Jan Sanders was...

'Judith with the Head of Holofernes ' Jan...

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' The Three Graces' Antonio Canova ( Italian 1757-1822) Marble circa 1813-1816. This lovely sculpture depicts three sisters in an...

' The Three Graces' Antonio Canova ( Italian...

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'Aeneas Bearing Anchises ' Charles-Andre van Loo ( French 1705-1765 ) Oil on canvas See: 'Aeneas Flees Burning Troy ' Barrocci ...

'Aeneas Bearing Anchises ' Charles-Andre van...

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' The Slave Market' Jean-Leon Gerome ( French 1824-1904 ) Oil on canvas circa 1867 See: 'Duel after the Masquerade Ball '...

' The Slave Market' Jean-Leon Gerome ( French...

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'Napoleon on the Bridge at Arcole ' Baron Antione-Jean Gros . Oil on canvas circa 1796-1797. This painting depicts a famous...

'Napoleon on the Bridge at Arcole ' Baron...

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'Bacchus ' Peter-Paul Rubens ( Flemish 1577-1640 ) Oil on canvas See: 'Roman Charity '

'Bacchus ' Peter-Paul Rubens ( Flemish...

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'Seated Woman Playing a Kithara ' . Fresco wall painting from the villa of Fannius Synistor Circa 40-30 BC

'Seated Woman Playing a Kithara ' . Fresco wall...

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'Roman Charity ' Peter-Paul Rubens ( Flemish 1577-1640 ) Oil on canvas circa 1511-1613 Pero secretly breastfeeds her father,...

'Roman Charity ' Peter-Paul Rubens ( Flemish...

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' Crouching Venus ' (19th century copy ) Marble ,after the ancient Greek sculpture by Diodalsas of Bythnia .) Thought to have been owned...

' Crouching Venus ' (19th century copy ) Marble...

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'Portrait of a Carthusian ' Petrus Christus ( Netherlandish 1410- 1475 ) Oil on wood circa 1446 Petrus Christus was born in the...

'Portrait of a Carthusian ' Petrus Christus (...

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