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Pastels Oil Sketches On Paper

60 Masterpieces Cataloged

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Portrait of a Prelate

Lavinia Fontana (Italian, Bologna 1552–1614 Rome), ca. 1580

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Henri III (1551–1589), King of France

French Painter (late 16th century), 1570

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Fragment of a Hanging

Egypt, 5th-6th century

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The Bronco Buster

Frederic Remington (American, 1861–1909) Cast by Henry-Bonnard Bronze Company (American, 1872–1926), Modeled 1895, cast 1899

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The Advance-Guard, or The Military Sacrifice (The Ambush)

Frederic Remington (American, 1861–1909), 1890

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Old Man with a Gold Chain

Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606–1669), 1631

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Oribe-Type Ewer

Japan, early 17th century

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Portrait of a Man in Costume

Jean-Honoré Fragonard (French, 1732–1806), c. 1767–68

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King Anushirwan and the Owls, from the Khamsa of Nizami

Iran Tabriz, Safavid dynasty (1501–1722), c.1535

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Seated Female Nude

Rembrandt van Rijn Dutch, 1606-1669, 1660/62

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Distant View of Niagara Falls

Thomas Cole (American, born England, 1801–1848), 1830

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Improvisation No. 30 (Cannons)

Vasily Kandinsky Born Moscow (formerly Russian Empire, now Russia), 1866; died Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, 1944, 1913

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Arrangement in Flesh Color and Brown: Portrait of Arthur Jerome Eddy

James McNeill Whistler (American, 1834–1903), 1894

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Evening Snow on a Floss Shaper (Nurioke no bosetsu), from the series "Eight Views of the Parlor (Zashiki hakkei)"

Suzuki Harunobu 鈴木春信 Japanese, 1725 (?)-1770, c. 1766

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Retable and Frontal of the Life of Christ and the Virgin

Spanish, 1396

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Head of a Luohan

China, Northern Song, Liao, or Jin dynasty, c. 11th century

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The Two Disciples at the Tomb

Henry Ossawa Tanner (American, 1859–1937), c. 1906

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The Assumption of the Virgin

El Greco (Doménikos Theotokópoulos; Greek, active in Spain, 1541–1614), 1577–79

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Still Life with Geranium

Henri Matisse French, 1869–1954, 1906

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The Watermill with the Great Red Roof

Meindert Hobbema (Dutch, 1638–1709), c. 1665

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Panel (Furnishing Fabric)

Designed by Jean Baptiste Huet (French, 1745–1811) after Jean Baptiste Pillement (French, 1728-1808) Jouy-en-Josas or Nantes, France, c. 1786

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Head of a Male Deity (Deva)

Cambodia, probably Angkor Thom, Angkor period, late 12th–early 13th century

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Feathered Tunic

Chimú Peru, south coast, Possibly Nazca Valley,, 1470-1532

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Still Life with Game Fowl

Juan Sánchez Cotán (Spanish, 1560–1627), c. 1600–3

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Husking Bee, Island of Nantucket

Eastman Johnson (American, 1824–1906), 1876

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Acrobats at the Cirque Fernando (Francisca and Angelina Wartenberg)

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French, 1841–1919), 1879

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Interrupted Reading

Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (French, 1796–1875), c. 1870

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Self-Portrait

Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, 1853–1890), 1887

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Winter, from The Seasons

After a design by Charles Le Brun (French, 1619–1690) Woven at the workshop of Étienne Le Blond (French, 1652–1727) and Jean de La Croix (French, 1628–1712) at the Manufacture Royale des Gobelins France, Paris, 1700/20

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The Crucifixion

Francisco de Zurbarán (Spanish, 1598–1664), 1627

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Pillars of the Country

Yao Shou Chinese, 1423-1495, Ming dynasty (1368–1644), 1494

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Royal Horse Inspection

Iran, probably Isfahan Aliquli Jabbadar, Safavid dynasty (1501–1722), late 17th century

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The Young Emperor Akbar Arrests the Insolent Shah Abu’l-Maali, Page from a Manuscript of the Akbarnama

India Designed by Basawan, painted by Shankar, Mughal dynasty (1526-1857), c. 1590-1595

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Crouching Woman

Eugène Delacroix French, 1798-1863, 1827

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View of Cotopaxi

Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826–1900), 1857

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Flower Clouds

Odilon Redon French, 1840-1916, c. 1903

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Self-Portrait in a Fur Cap

Joseph Wright of Derby English, 1734-1797, 1765/68

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Yang Pu Moving His Family

Artist Unknown Chinese, Yuan dynasty (1279–1368) 元朝

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Coronation Stone of Moctezuma Xocoyotzin

Maker unknown (Mexica, Aztec) Probably Tenochtitlan (now Mexico City), Mexico, c. 1503

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Bust of a Youth (Saint John the Baptist)

Francesco Mochi (Italian, 1580–1654), 1630-40

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Plum Vase (Maebyeong) with Clouds, Cranes, and Children Motifs

Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392), late 12th century

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Icebound

John Henry Twachtman (American, 1853–1902), c. 1889

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Cravat End

Flanders, Brussels (present day Belgium), 1700-50

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Funerary Urn (Hunping)

China, Western Jin dynasty (A.D. 265–316), late 3rd century

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The Fountain, Villa Torlonia, Frascati, Italy

John Singer Sargent (American, 1856–1925), 1907

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Tankard (Hanap) with Tulips, Hyacinths, Roses, and Carnations

Turkey Iznik, Ottoman dynasty (1299–1923), Late 16th century

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Vase (Vase étrusque à rouleau)

Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (1756–present) Model designed by Charles Percier (born France, 1764–1838) Decoration designed by Alexandre-Theodore Brogniart (born France, 1739–1813) Flowers and ornament painted by Gilbert Drouet (active France, 1785–1825) Birds painted by Christophe-Ferdinand Caron (active France, 1792–1815) Sèvres, France, 1813

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