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George Caleb BINGHAM - Fur traders on Missouri (1845)

on July 04, 2022

Allston Bierstadt Bingham Cole Friedrich George Caleb Bingham

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Albert BIERSTADT - Rocky Mountains (1863)

on July 01, 2022

Albert Bierstadt Bierstadt Church Cole Cozens Daubigny Hobbema T. Rousseau

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Joseph BEUYS - Felt dress (1970)

on June 30, 2022

Beuys Broodhaers Duchamp Joseph Beuys Oldenburg Schwitters

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Gian Lorenzo BERNINI - Ecstasy of Santa Teresa (1646-1652)

on June 29, 2022

Bernini Caravaggio Carracci Gian Lorenzo Bernini Michelangelo Reni

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George BELLOWS - Forty-two boys (1907)

on June 28, 2022

Bellows Eakins George Bellows Hopper Vuillard Wyeth

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Bernardo BELLOTTO - View of the Ponte delle Navi, Verona (about 1745)

on June 27, 2022

Bellotto Bernardo Bellotto Bonington Canaletto Gentile Bellini Guardi Pannini

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Hans BELLMER - The spinning top (about 1937-1956)

on June 24, 2022

Bellmer Brauner Dalí Delvaux Ernst Hans Bellmer Matta Tanguy

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Giovanni BELLINI - Naked woman in the mirror (1515)

on June 23, 2022

Gentile Bellini Giorgione Giovanni Bellini Ingres Mantegna Tiziano

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Gentile BELLINI - The miracle of the Cross (1500)

on June 22, 2022

Bellotto Canaletto Gentile Bellini Giovanni Bellini Guardi Hiroshige

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Max BECKMANN - Departure (1932-1935)

on June 21, 2022

Beckmann Bosch Ensor Heckel Kokoschka Max Beckmann Orozco Siqueiros

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Domenico BECCAFUMI - Tanaquilla, wife of Lucumone (about 1520)

on June 20, 2022

Beccafumi Cranach Domenico Beccafumi Goya Parmigianino Rosso Fiorentino

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André BEAUNEVEU - San Filippo (c. 1380-1385)

on June 17, 2022

André Beauneveu Antonello da Messina Beayneveu Fouquet Limbourg Van Eyck

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Frédéric BAZILLE - The artist's atelier (1879)

on June 16, 2022

Bazille Frédéric Bazille Manet Monet Renoir Sisley Teniers

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