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Silver Favourites (c.1903)

Alma-Tadema, Lawrence (1836-1912) Silver Favourites c.1903 Oil on panel, 110 X 71 cm Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester The verse on the frame is from Wordsworth‘s poem ‘Gold and Silver Fishes in a Vase’. See also: • Wordsworth, William (1770-1850)

The Temptation in the Garden of Eden (c.1600)

Brueghel, Jan the Elder (1568-1625) The Temptation in the Garden of Eden c.1600 Oil on oak panel, 84 × 71.3 cm Victoria and Albert Museum, London Compare: Brueghel, Jan the Elder (1568-1625) The Garden of Eden c.1610–1612 Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid    

Homère et son guide (1874)

Bouguereau, William-Adolphe (1825-1905) Homère et son guide (Homer and His Guide) 1874 Oil on canvas, 208.92 x 142.88 cm Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee See also: • Homer (fl. 9th or 8th century BC)

La Toilette de Vénus (1751)

Boucher, François (1703-1770) La Toilette de Vénus (The Toilette of Venus) 1751 Oil on canvas, 108.3 x 85.1 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Boucher executed this painting for Madame de Pompadour, the powerful, official mistress of Louis XV and…

Nymphéas (1908)

Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Nymphéas (Waterlilies) 1908 Oil on canvas, 94.8 x 89.9 cm Worcester Art Museum, Worcester