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Leconte de Lisle (c.1840-1841)

Millet, Jean-François (1814-1875) Leconte de Lisle c.1840–1841 Oil on canvas, 117 x 81 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington See also: • Leconte de Lisle, Charles (1818-1894)

Daniel in the Lions’ Den (c.1614-1616)

Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) Daniel in the Lions’ Den c.1614–1616 Oil on canvas, 224.2 x 330.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Peter Paul Rubens’s enormous painting, based on the Old Testament story of Daniel, puts us right in the lions’…

Apollo insegue Dafne (c.1755-1760)

Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) Apollo insegue Dafne (Apollo Pursuing Daphne) c.1755–1760 Oil on canvas, 68.5 x 87 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Throughout his career Tiepolo painted small pictures of mythological themes, which proved extremely popular. The subjects of these works…

Autorretrato (1948)

Siqueiros, David Alfaro (1896-1974) Autorretrato (Self-Portrait) 1948 Oil on hardboard, 120.7 x 90.8 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington