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A Sailor Taking Leave of his Girl
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A good deal of George Burchett's commissions are re-tinting old designs . A sailor , home on leave , calls to have a design coloured . Burchett's assistant and son , Leslie , looks...
A Girl in Japanese Gown. The Kimono
A Girl in Japanese Gown. The Kimono
After the opening-up of Japan and the expansion of trade routes in the mid-nineteenth century, Japonisme immediately spread across Europe and America. Just as the paintings of the ...
Doris with Ruff Collar
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In June 1905, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, his friend Fritz Bleyl and their colleagues at the Technische Hochschule, Erich Heckel and Karl Schmidt, established Die Brücke (The Bridge), G...
Pond with Water Lilies
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Venetian Onion Seller
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During his stay in Paris, Sargent travelled to various places he considered exotic in search of new themes for his painting. He visited Spain in 1879 and the following year, after ...
Bahramgur hunting with Fitna (painting recto; text verso), Illustrated folio from a manuscript of Haft Paykar by Nizami.
Bahramgur hunting with Fitna (painting recto; text verso), Illustrated folio from a manuscript of Haft Paykar by Nizami.
This single detached folio comes from a copy of the Khamsa of Nizami, the 12th century Iranian poet. The Khamsa is a popular and often illustrated text, especially in the 15th and ...
Sleeping Cupid (Eros)
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Marble Eros, reclining, cradles his head in his left arm and lies asleep on a lion skin (that of the Nemean lion), the paws of which are visible from the back side of the sculpture...
A Hunting Prince Steadies and Fires His Matchlock Gun on an Attendant's Shoulder
A Hunting Prince Steadies and Fires His Matchlock Gun on an Attendant's Shoulder
On the right is a kneeling prince, distinguished by his earring and ornate turban. He wears yellow trousers, a long, striped robe (jama), and a waist sash (patka). Tucked and hangi...