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In the 1890s Repin began to suffer pains in his right hand: from constant painting, a gradual atrophy of the muscles between the thumb and forefinger was developing. The artist could no longer paint with his right hand, and the pain would not even let him hold a palette in
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Bust of Balzac. Work by Rodin
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"There a fire-maned lion shall meet you, and a blue ox, full of eyes; with them the golden eagle of the heavens, whose gaze is so bright, so unforgettable" The words of "The Golden City" ("Gorod zolotoy"), the song by Anri Volokhonsky performed
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Little Red Riding Hood. The Swedish artist Carl Olof Larsson, 1881
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Still life with a carafe of wine, a loaf of bread and small fish. Oil on panel. Georg Flegel, 1637.
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Saint Bernard of Clairvaux Drinks the Breast Milk of the Virgin Mary, Who Is Nursing the Infant Jesus. This curious subject spread from Spain and is connected with an apocryphal tale of a vision of the Abbot of Clairvaux, in which the Mother of God directed a jet of her
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The Fairy's Funeral. John Anster Fitzgerald, 1864