Shabti box of Paramnekhu

Shabti box of Paramnekhu, Metropolitan Museum of Art: Egyptian Art

Funds from various donors, 1886 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY Medium: Wood, gesso, paint

http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/544703

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Princess Louise of Prussia, 1801, Louise Elisabeth Vigee Le Brun

Medium: pastel, paper

Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun, a prominent French portrait painter of the late eighteenth century.

https://www.wikiart.org/en/louise-elisabeth-vigee-le-brun/princess-louise-of-prussia-1801-1

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Vision, Jacek Malczewski

Jacek Malczewski, one of the most revered painters of Poland, associated with the patriotic Young Poland movement following the century of Partitions.

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Portrait of Simonetta Vespucci, 1476, Sandro Botticelli

Sandro Botticelli, an Italian painter of the Early Renaissance.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simonetta_Vespucci

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandro_Botticelli

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Art by Paulina Klime

ArtStation – Paulina Klime

Paulina Klime (@paulinaklime)

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The Disintegration of the Persistence of Memory, 1954, Salvador Dali

Medium: oil, canvas

Spanish Artist Salvador Dali, a founding father is Surrealism.

Source: artist-dali

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surrealism

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The Rooks Have Come Back, 1871, Aleksey Savrasov

Medium: oil, canvas

Alexei Kondratyevich Savrasov, a Russian landscape painter and creator of the lyrical landscape style.

https://www.wikiart.org/en/aleksey-savrasov/rooks-have-returned-1871

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Constellation: The Morning Star, 1940, Joan Miro

Medium: gouache, paper

Spanish artist Joan Miro, a Surrealist whose work has been described as a re-creation of the childlike and a sandbox for the subconcious mind.

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Flying carpet, 1926, Viktor Vasnetsov

Viktor Vasnetsov, a Russian artist who specialized in mythological and historical subjects.

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At the Theater, 1879, Mary Cassatt

Mary Cassatt, an American painter and printmaker who was born in Pennsylvania, but lived much of her adult life in France.

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Vase, Metropolitan Museum of Art: Medieval Art

Title: Vase

Date: 16th century

Culture: Italian

Medium: Earthenware, tin-glaze

Dimensions: Overall: 12 3/8 x 10 11/16 in. (31.5 x 27.1 cm)

Classification: Ceramics

Credit Line: Gift of Henry Walters, 1924

Accession Number: 24.159.2

Source: metmuseum.org

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Woman in Peasant Dress, 1940, Paul Klee

Medium: paper

Paul Klee, a Swiss-German artist with Expressionist, Surrealist, and Cubist influences. 

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Bottle-Shaped Vase, 1661-1722, Cleveland Museum of Art: Chinese Art

Size: Overall: 12.1 cm (4 ¾ in.) Medium: porcelain

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Snow Effect: Winter in the Suburbs, 1883, Georges Seurat

Medium: oil, wood

Georges Seurat, a French Post-Impressionist painter and draftsman.

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The Grand Canal, 1875, Edouard Manet

Medium: oil, canvas

Edouard Manet, a French painter and a pivotal figure in the transition from Realism to Impressionism.

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The Trinquetaille Bridge, 1888, Vincent van Gogh

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Lovers 2, 1905, Konstantin Somov

Konstantin Somov, a Russian artist associated with the Mir iskusstva.

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by Sahibdin, Metropolitan Museum of Art: Asian Art

Gift of Ernest Erickson Foundation, 1988 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY Medium: Ink and opaque watercolor on paper

http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/38027

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Jug, c. 1600-1450 BC, Cleveland Museum of Art: Greek and Roman Art

Size: Diameter: 6.7 cm (2 5/8 in.); Overall: 9.5 cm (3 ¾ in.); Diameter of lid: 2.1 cm (13/16 in.) Medium: black-glazed earthenware

https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.1992

Source: cma-greek-roman-art

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