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L’Arno a Firenze (1740)

Bellotto, Bernardo (1721-1780) L’Arno a Firenze (The Arno in Florence) 1740 Oil on canvas, 62 × 90 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest See also: • Firenze (Italia)

A View in Cologne (c.1660-1665)

Van der Heyden, Jan (1637-1712) A View in Cologne c.1660–1665 Oil on oak, 33.1 x 42.9 cm National Gallery, London This is one of at least four versions that Jan van der Heyden made of this scene of Cologne and its half-built…

View of the Westerkerk, Amsterdam (1660)

Van der Heyden, Jan (1637-1712) View of the Westerkerk, Amsterdam probably 1660 Oil on oak, 90.7 x 114.5 cm National Gallery, London This is one of the ultimate seventeenth-century examples of what today we might think of as a high-resolution image.…

Course de chariots (1876)

Gérôme, Jean-Léon (1824-1904) Course de chariots (Chariot Race) 1876 Oil on cradled panel, 86.3 × 156 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Jean-Léon Gérôme claimed that he based this almost cinematic depiction of a chariot race at the Circus Maximus stadium in…

Quai du Pothuis, Pontoise (1868)

Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) Quai du Pothuis, Pontoise (The Little Bridge, Pontoise) 1868 Oil on canvas, 52 x 81 cm Kunsthalle Mannheim, Mannheim See also: • Pontoise (France)

Une rue à Marly (1876)

Sisley, Alfred (1839-1899) Une rue à Marly (A Street in Marly) 1876 Oil on canvas, 50 x 65 cm Kunsthalle Mannheim, Mannheim See also: • Marly-le-Roi (France)

Santa Caterina d’Alessandria e committente (c.1480)

Pinturicchio (c.1454-1513) Santa Caterina d’Alessandria e committente (Saint Catherine of Alexandria with a Donor) c.1480 Oil on wood, 56.5 x 38.1 cm National Gallery, London This painting was made for private worship, and the donor who commissioned it is shown kneeling…