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Il Sogno (c.1533)

Michelangelo (1475-1564) Il Sogno (The Dream) c.1533 Black chalk on laid paper, 27.8 x 39.8 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London

Ambroise Vollard (1908)

Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Ambroise Vollard 1908 Oil on canvas, 81.6 x 65.2 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London See also: • Vollard, Ambroise (1866-1939)

Jeune femme se poudrant (1888-1890)

Seurat, Georges (1859-1891) Jeune femme se poudrant (Young Woman Powdering Herself) 1888–1890 Oil on canvas, 95.5 x 79.5 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London In this particular painting, Young Woman Powdering Herself, the modulation of light and shadow on the…

Pala delle Convertite (c.1491-1494)

Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Pala delle Convertite (The Trinity with Saints Mary Magdalen and John the Baptist) c.1491–1494 Tempera on panel, 215 x 192 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London The Trinity with Saints is one of the most important paintings by Botticelli…

Vincent Price

(1911–1993) Vincent Leonard Price Jr. Filmography as Actor: The Ten Commandments 1956 Director: Cecil B. DeMille Starring: Charlton Heston, Yul Brynner   Born May 27 1911 St. Louis, MO (USA) Died October 25 1993 Los Angeles, CA (USA) Cause of death Cancer (lung)…

La Gare de Lordship Lane, Dulwich (1871)

Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903) La Gare de Lordship Lane, Dulwich (Lordship Lane Station) 1871 Oil on canvas, 44.5 x 72.5 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London Pissarro spent over a year in London, fleeing the Franco-Prussian war. He painted sights around his…

Landscape with the Flight into Egypt (1563)

Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) Landscape with the Flight into Egypt 1563 Oil on panel, 37.1 x 55.6 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London In this captivating work, Pieter Bruegel depicts the biblical story of the Virgin Mary, Joseph and their infant son…