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Parahi Te Marae (1892)

Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Parahi Te Marae (The Sacred Mountain) 1892 Oil on canvas, 101 × 82.5 cm Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia Compare: Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Parahi te marae c.1892 Fogg Museum, Cambridge     See also: • Tahiti (French Polynesia)

Poèmes Barbares (1896)

Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) Poèmes Barbares (Savage Poems) 1896 Oil on canvas, 64.8 x 48.3 cm Fogg Museum, Cambridge, MA Gauguin’s model for this painting was likely Pau’ura a Tai, a 14-year-old girl whom the artist described as his “native wife”…

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…