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Les Saltimbanques (1865)

Daumier, Honoré (1808-1879) Les Saltimbanques (The Saltimbanques Changing Place) 1865 Chalk and watercolor on paper, 40.4 x 31.9 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford

The Feast of Herod (1531)

Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) The Feast of Herod 1531 Oil on panel, 81.3 x 119.7 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford The biblical story of Salome was popular during the Middle Ages and Renaissance, when it was seen as a cautionary tale of…

La Piazza San Marco e la Piazzetta (c.1731)

Canaletto (1697-1768) La Piazza San Marco e la Piazzetta (The Square of Saint Mark’s and the Piazzetta, Venice) c.1731 Oil on canvas, 66 x 102.9 cm Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford Canaletto‘s chief subject was the city of Venice, which he often painted for…