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Gleaners by Jean-François Millet

The Gleaners by Jean-François Millet The Gleaners by Jean-François Millet depicts three peasant women gleaning a field of stray stalks of wheat after ...
12:58 9 January 2020

The Belles Heures of Jean of France, Duke of Berry

Belles Heures of Jean de Berry The Belles Heures or The Beautiful Hours is a beautifully illuminated manuscript book containing prayers to be said by ...
11:15 9 January 2020

Captain Robert Scott’s Emperor Penguin Egg

Captain Robert Scotts Emperor Penguin Egg This Emperor Penguin egg was collected on Captain Robert Falcon Scott’s last expedition to the Antarctic in ...
9:45 9 January 2020

Death of General Montgomery in the Attack on Quebec by John Trumbull

The Death of General Montgomery in the Attack on Quebec The Death of General Montgomery in the Attack on Quebec, December 31, 1775 by John Trumbull de...
6:37 9 January 2020

“The Washington Family” by Edward Savage

The Washington Family by Edward Savage The Washington Family by Edward Savage is a life-sized group portrait that includes George Washington, Mar...
23:41 8 January 2020

“Olive Trees with the Alpilles in the Background” by Vincent van Gogh

Olive Trees with the Alpilles in the Background by Vincent van Gogh Olive Trees with the Alpilles in the Background by Vincent van Gogh depicts green ...
23:09 8 January 2020

Doorway from the Church of San Nicolò, San Gemini

Doorway from the Church of San Nicolò, San Gemini The Doorway from the Church of San Nicolò, San Gemini is an example of the reuse of materials d...
12:14 8 January 2020

Griffith Observatory

Griffith Observatory Virtual Tour The Griffith Observatory is located on the south-facing slope of Mount Hollywood in Los Angeles Griffith Park. The ...
12:12 8 January 2020

Portraits by El Greco

Portraits by El Greco Doménikos Theotokópoulos (1541 – 1614), widely known as El Greco (The Greek), was a painter of the Spanish Renaissance. El Greco...
10:53 8 January 2020

National Portrait Gallery, London

The National Portrait Gallery houses a collection of portraits of historical importance and famous British people. It was the first in the world.
10:09 8 January 2020

Mauritshuis

Mauritshuis The Mauritshuis houses the Royal Cabinet of Paintings, which consists of 841 objects, mostly Dutch Golden Age paintings. The collection ha...
1:29 8 January 2020

“Houses of Parliament, London” by Claude Monet (Art Institute of Chicago)

Houses of Parliament, London by Claude Monet  The Houses of Parliament by Claude Monet is one in a series of paintings of the Palace of West...
23:46 7 January 2020

“The Last Supper” by Ugolino di Nerio

The Last Supper by Ugolino di Nerio The Last Supper by Ugolino di Nerio shows the scene of the Last Supper of Jesus with his apostles, as it...
7:21 7 January 2020

“Frederick the Great Playing the Flute at Sanssouci” by Adolph Menzel

Frederick the Great Playing the Flute at Sanssouci by Adolph Menzel Frederick the Great Playing the Flute at Sanssouci by Adolph Menzel depicts the Ki...
10:51 5 January 2020

Greensboro sit-in Lunch Counter

Greensboro sit-in Lunch Counter This 4-seat section of what used to be the Whites Only lunch counter from the Woolworth department store in Greensboro...
8:46 5 January 2020

Gamble House

Gamble House, Pasadena, California The Gamble House is an iconic American Craftsman home constructed in 1908. Today it is an American National Histori...
2:13 5 January 2020

Kleobis and Biton (The ‘Twins’ of Argos)

Kleobis and Biton (The Twins of Argos) This pair of identical marble Kouri is the work of an archaic workshop of Argos from 580 BC. These sculptures a...
11:45 4 January 2020

Winged Victory of Samothrace

Winged Victory of Samothrace This colossal monument is a statue of the winged figure of Nike, the Greek goddess of Victory. This sculpt...
9:58 4 January 2020

“The Virgin and Child Enthroned, with Narrative Scenes” by Margarito d’Arezzo

The Virgin and Child Enthroned, with Narrative Scenes The Virgin and Child Enthroned, with Narrative Scenes by Margarito dArezzo depicts the Virgin, w...
3:07 4 January 2020

“The Virgin and Child with St. Anne” by Leonardo da Vinci

The Virgin and Child with St. Anne by Leonardo da Vinci The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne by Leonardo da Vinci depicts the grandmother of Jesu...
13:12 3 January 2020

Spring by Lawrence Alma-Tadema

Spring by Lawrence Alma-Tadema Spring by Lawrence Alma-Tadema depicts the festival of Cerealia in a classical Roman marble terraced street. In ancient...
9:30 3 January 2020

National Gallery of Canada

National Gallery of Canada The National Gallery of Canada is one of Canadas premier art galleries with an extensive, varied collection of paintings, d...
7:37 3 January 2020

Augustus of Prima Porta

Augustus of Prima Porta Augustus of Prima Porta is a portrait statue of Augustus Caesar, the first emperor of the Roman Empire. Carved by expert Greek...
2:17 3 January 2020

First Olympian

Edwin Flack Diary of the First Olympic Games Edwin Harold Flack (1873 – 1935) was Australias first Olympian and only representative in the 1896 Summe...
0:42 3 January 2020

“Self-portrait with Model” by Lovis Corinth

Self-portrait with Model by Lovis Corinth In Self-portrait with Model by Lovis Corinth, the artist is making a statement about his painting process an...
12:45 2 January 2020

“The Three Shades” by Auguste Rodin

The Three Shades by Auguste Rodin The Three Shades by Auguste Rodin was produced in plaster by Auguste Rodin in 1886 for his monumental sculpture The ...
11:45 2 January 2020

“Mary Magdalene” by Girolamo Savoldo

Mary Magdalene by Girolamo Savoldo Mary Magdalene by Girolamo Savoldo is identified in this painting by the pot of ointment in the lower left of ...
10:27 2 January 2020

“Massacre of the Innocents” by Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Massacre of the Innocents by Pieter Bruegel the Elder Massacre of the Innocents by Pieter Bruegel, the Elder, depicts the story from St Matthew’s Gosp...
10:18 2 January 2020

“The Fortune Teller” by Georges de La Tour

The Fortune Teller by Georges de La Tour The Fortune Teller by Georges de La Tour was painted in 1630 and re-discovered in 1960. The painting catches ...
8:21 2 January 2020

Nathaniel Russell House

Nathaniel Russell House Virtual Tour The Nathaniel Russell House is a historic house in Charleston, South Carolina, built by the slave trader and wea...
12:40 31 December 2020