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Henri Matisse - The dance (1910)

on June 30, 2020

Dance Ermitage Henri Matisse Man Woman

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Henri Matisse - Conversation (1909)

on June 29, 2020

Ermitage Henri Matisse Man Portrait Woman

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Pablo Picasso - Woman with fan (1908)

on June 26, 2020

Ermitage Pablo Picasso Portrait Woman

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Claude Monet - Waterloo Bridge (1903)

on June 25, 2020

Claude Monet Ermitage Landscape London River Thames

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Pablo Picasso - Absinthe drinker (1901)

on June 24, 2020

Absinthe Ermitage Pablo Picasso Portrait Woman

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Paul Cézanne - Mont Sainte-Victoire (1896-1898)

on June 23, 2020

Ermitage Landscape Mont Sainte-Victoire Nature Paul Cézanne Sainte-Victoire

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Paul Cézanne - Still life (1894-1895)

on June 22, 2020

Ermitage Paul Cézanne Still life

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Paul Gauguin - Where are you going? (1893)

on June 19, 2020

Ermitage Paul Gauguin Portrait Woman

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Vincent van Gogh - Arlesians (1888)

on June 18, 2020

Arlesians Ermitage Portrait Vincent van Gogh Woman

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Pierre-Auguste Renoir - Jeanne Samary standing (1878)

on June 17, 2020

Ermitage Jeanne Samary Pierre-Auguste Renoir Portrait Woman

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Claude Monet - Pond in Montgeron (1876-1877)

on June 16, 2020

Claude Monet Ermitage Montgeron Nature Pond

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Claude Monet - Woman in the Garden (1867)

on June 15, 2020

Claude Monet Ermitage Garden Woman

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Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot - Landscape with lake (1860-1873)

on June 12, 2020

Ermitage Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot Lake Landscape

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Caspar David Friedrich - Riesengebirge (1835)

on June 11, 2020

Caspar David Friedrich Ermitage Landscape Mountains

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Caspar David Friedrich - Port at night (1818-1819)

on June 10, 2020

Caspar David Friedrich Hermitage Night Port Ships

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Antonio Canova - The Three Graces (1813)

on June 09, 2020

Antonio Canova Ermitage Graces Marble Sculpture

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Francisco Goya - Portrait of the actress Antonia de Zárate (1810-1811)

on June 08, 2020

Antonia de Zárate Ermitage Francisco Goya Portrait

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Jacques-Louis David - Sappho and Phao (1809)

on June 05, 2020

Cupid Hermitage Jacques-Louis David Phao Sappho

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Hubert Robert - Ruins of a terrace in a park (c. 1780)

on June 04, 2020

Ermitage Landscape Park Robert Hubert Ruins

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Thomas Gainsborough - Lady in Blue (1770-1780)

on June 03, 2020

Ermitage Lady Portrait Portrait of a lady Thomas Gainsborough

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Anton Raphael Mengs - Perseus and Andromeda (1774-1777)

on June 02, 2020

Andromeda Anton Raphael Mengs Ermitage Pegaso Perseo

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Jean-Honoré Fragonard - The stealthy kiss (1765-1770)

on June 01, 2020

Ermitage Jean Honoré Fragonard Jean-Honoré Fragonard Kiss Lovers

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