“Madame Gautreau Drinking a Toast” by John Singer Sargent
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“A Young Girl Reading” by Jean-Honoré Fragonard
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“Baptism of Christ” by Jacopo Bassano
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“Enigmatic Combat” by Arshile Gorky
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Comb-Pattern Pottery
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Relief of Hormin with a Weighing of the Heart
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Acrocorinth
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“The Prodigal Son” by Rembrandt
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“Eternal Springtime” by Auguste Rodin
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“Philosopher in Meditation” by Rembrandt
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“Morgan-le-Fay” by Frederick Sandys
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Maori Pātaka or Storehouse Panels
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“The Dream” by Henri Rousseau
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Fremantle Prison & the Gallows Room
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“Picture Gallery with Views of Modern Rome” by Giovanni Paolo Panini
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St Paul Preaching in Athens by Raphael
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“Circe Invidiosa” by John William Waterhouse
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Borgia Map
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“Dante and Beatrice” by Henry Holiday
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“The Seine and Notre-Dame in Paris” by Johan Jongkind
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“Feast of the Rosary” by Albrecht Dürer
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“The Houses of Parliament, Sunset” by Claude Monet (National Gallery of Art, DC)
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“The Headless Horseman Pursuing Ichabod Crane” by John Quidor
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Victory Stele of Esarhaddon
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Ancient Mycenae
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“Young Mother in the Grotto” by Auguste Rodin
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Jewel Tower, Westminster
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SM U-1 German Type U 1 Submarine
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“The Holy Trinity” by El Greco
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London, Houses of Parliament. The Sun Shining through the Fog by Claude Monet (Musée d’Orsay)
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