“The Rape of Europa” by Paolo Veronese
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“David” by Michelangelo
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Heroes
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“Venus and Adonis” by Titian
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Portrait of the Four Tetrarchs
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Stargazer
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National Mining Hall of Fame
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Milos
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“Newton after Blake” by Eduardo Paolozzi
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“Saint Jerome as Scholar” by El Greco
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Theatrum Orbis Terrarum
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Hadith Bayad wa Riyad
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Staatliche Sammlung für Ägyptische Kunst
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Akrotiri Archaeological Site
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Jean Béraud’s Art
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New-York Historical Society
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“The Chocolate Girl” by Jean-Étienne Liotard
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Seated Buddha from Gandhara
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Narmer Palette
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Ostraka for Ostracism
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“Self-portrait in a Straw Hat” by Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun
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“Miono-Matsubara” by Charles W Bartlett
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Impression, Sunrise by Claude Monet
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Kave, Goddess Figure
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Queen’s Gallery, Buckingham Palace
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Diogenes by John William Waterhouse
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“Jewish Wedding in Morocco” by Eugène Delacroix
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Egyptian Collection
Stela of Pepi, Chief of the Potters Egyptian Collection Hermitage Museum The civilization of ancient Egypt produced ancient Egyptian art in the Nile ...
Aceh Print
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Dying Gaul
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