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Celestial: Comets, Cupids, and Other Heavenly Bodies
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Pompei - Casa dei Vettii Peristilio: Amorini orafi e amorini alla vendita di essenze
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This strange yet "modern" painting is the heavenly section of an "Annunciation", today in the collections of a Madrid bank. It is one of the very last works painted by Greco shortl...
Master of the Animals Finial
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The Constellation Cassiopeia (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from an Arabic manuscript of the Kitab Suwar al-Kawakib of al-Sufi
The Constellation Cassiopeia (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from an Arabic manuscript of the Kitab Suwar al-Kawakib of al-Sufi
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Shallow Bowl with Tall Foot and Knobbed Lid
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Man and Woman, He Created Them
Man and Woman, He Created Them
Nude Male and Female sitting, straddling a rock facing each other. Both woman's arms outstretched, man's right arm above his head, left arm gesturing towards female, cupids and ot...
Cupids in a sailing boat, representing the element water.
Cupids in a sailing boat, representing the element water.
Lettering: Plate III. Water. This plate of a group of cupids is respectfully dedicated by permission to Lady Sarah Bayly, by Her Ladyship's most obedient and obliged servants, Rand...
X-radiograph(s) of "Allegory with Two Cupids"
X-radiograph(s) of "Allegory with Two Cupids"
X-Radiograph Description: X-radiograph; Detail : Cherub bottom right
Burroughs Number: 1064
X-Radiograph(s) of:
Artist: Italian School
Title: Allegory with Two Cupids
Dat...
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