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Thomas Theodor Heine painted “Puppy Siegfried” in 1921
Siegfried the Puppy. 1921. Thomas Theodor Heine (1867-1948)
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Portrait of Felix Yusupov
Portrait of Felix Yusupov. Artist: Johannes Linse, 1920s
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Albrecht Dürer
Albrecht Dürer. Clear off this instant, or I shall fetch the constable. 1510
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Gustave Courbet's The Origin of the World in Your Kitchen
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Guido Reni's painting of Atalanta and Hippomenes and the myth of their transformation into lions
Take to Your Heels, You Fool! Guido Reni. Atalanta and Hippomenes, 1622-1625. The picture is based on the myth of the beautiful Atalanta, who invited the men who fell in love with her to run away from her, and entirely unarmed at that. She herself pursued them with a
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Catherine the Great at Sixty-Two
Catherine the Great at sixty-two. Portrait by Johann Baptist von Lampi the Elder
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The Story of Anne Boleyn in Two Pictures
NB! · Archaeology · Art · Museums
Head of Zeus with traces of red and brown pigment in the Cyrene museum
Head of Zeus with traces of its original colouring. Red and brown pigment is well preserved on the hair. Archaeological Museum of Cyrene, Libya
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English satire of the Prince Regent, the future George IV, and his foreign tailors
To waste your time before a Glass Exposes oft a monstrous Ass! An English satire on the Prince Regent, surrounded by foreign tailors recommended by Prince Esterházy. The pointedly boundless lower deck of the future King George IV, at that time Regent of Great Britain in place of his incapacitated
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Edvard Munch and I Draw Faces in Much the Same Way
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The Pluralist
A satirical image mocking members of the clergy who draw several incomes at the expense of their primary duties. A priest balances in the heavens, resting upon the spires of four different churches while eyeing a fifth
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Artemisia Gentileschi
Artemisia Gentileschi. Promised not to nag