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The Adoration of the Kings (1564)

Bruegel, Pieter the Elder (c.1525-1569) The Adoration of the Kings 1564 Oil on oak, 112.1 × 83.9 cm National Gallery, London The Virgin sits in front of a dilapidated stable with the naked Christ Child on her knee. Three men offer…

Wivenhoe Park, Essex (1816)

Constable, John (1776-1837) Wivenhoe Park, Essex 1816 Oil on canvas, 56.1 x 101.2 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington We look out onto a landscape with low, grassy hills to the left, a lake to the right, and a brick building in…

La fuga in Egitto (c.1515)

Carpaccio, Vittore (c.1460-c.1526) La fuga in Egitto (The Flight into Egypt) c.1515 Oil on panel, 72 x 111 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Joseph, Mary, and her newborn son, Jesus, have fled Bethlehem and are on the road to Egypt. They…

Natività (c.1473-1475)

Botticelli, Sandro (c.1445-1510) Natività (The Nativity) c.1473–1475 Fresco transferred to canvas, 161.3 x 137.2 cm Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia Sandro Botticelli is arguably the most renowned Renaissance master of the 15th century. The Nativity is not only the sole Botticelli…

Don Quichotte (c.1865-1868)

Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille (1796-1875) Don Quichotte (Don Quixote) c.1865–1868 Oil on canvas, 189.9 x 138.1 cm Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati See also: • Cervantes, Miguel de (1547-1516)

Paysage près de Crémieu (c.1849)

Daubigny, Charles-François (1817-1878) Paysage près de Crémieu (Landscape near Crémieu) c.1849 Oil on canvas, 62.87 x 90.81 cm Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis See also: • Crémieu (France)

Abraham dismissing Hagar and Ishmael (1640)

Rembrandt (1606-1669) Abraham dismissing Hagar and Ishmael 1640 Oil on oak panel, 39 × 53.2 cm Victoria and Albert Museum, London CAI.78 is signed and dated Rembrandt f. 1640, and was generally accepted as an autograph work until 1973. However, the earliest…