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Portrait d’une jeune femme (c.1845)

Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877) Portrait d’une jeune femme (Portrait of a Young Woman) c.1845 Oil on canvas, 28.3 x 21.0 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Painted when Courbet was studying in Paris and making his living as a portraitist, this young woman…

Testa maschile e leone (1501-1508)

Carpaccio, Vittore (c.1460-c.1526) Testa maschile e leone (Male Head and Lion) 1501–1508 Brush, chalk and gouache on paper, 23.2 × 12.1 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Recto: Celebrated for his lively religious narrative cycles, Carpaccio was a prolific draftsman whose vibrant brushwork, often…

Elizabeth Siddal (c.1860)

Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) Elizabeth Siddal c.1860 Watercolour and graphite on paper, laid on fine linen on a stretcher, 33.4 x 24.6 cm Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge See also: • Siddal, Elizabeth (1829-1862)

Algernon Charles Swinburne (1861)

Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) Algernon Charles Swinburne 1861 Watercolor, chalk and graphite on paper, 18.2 x 15.8 cm Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge See also: • Swinburne, Algernon Charles (1837-1909)

Tête de Victor Hugo (c.1883)

Rodin, Auguste (1840-1917) Tête de Victor Hugo (Head of Victor Hugo) c.1883 Bronze, 32 x 20 cm National Museum Wales, Cardiff See also: • Hugo, Victor (1802-1885)

Santa Margarita de Antioquía (1630-1634)

Zurbarán, Francisco de (1598-1664) Santa Margarita de Antioquía (Saint Margaret of Antioch) 1630–1634 Oil on canvas, 163 × 105 cm National Gallery, London The fourth-century saint Margaret was said to come from the city of Antioch. Her father, a pagan priest, cast…