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John James AUDUBON - Rose spoonbill (1835-40)

on May 31, 2022

Agasse Audubon Catlin David John James Audubon Stubbs

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Richard Parkers BONINGTON - Rouen seen from the quais (1821)

on May 30, 2022

Bellotto Corzens Delacroix Gentile Bellini Gros Parkers Bonington Richard Parkers Bonington

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Jean ARP - Leaves and navels I (1930)

on May 30, 2022

Arp Cornell Hepworth Jean Arp Mondrian Schwitters

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Giuseppe ARCIMBOLDO - Summer (1573)

on May 27, 2022

Arcimboldo Dalí De Heem Giuseppe Arcimboldo Koons Magritte

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David BOMBERG - The mud bath (1914)

on May 26, 2022

Bellows Boccioni Bomberg Braque David Bomberg Lewis Nash Picasso

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Alexander ARCHIPENKO - Walking woman (1912)

on May 26, 2022

Alexander Archipenko Archipenko Braque Giacometti Lipchitz Picasso

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Karel APPEL - Ghost with mask (1952)

on May 25, 2022

Appel Baselitz De Kooning Dubuffet Karel Appel Pollock

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Christian BOLTANSKI - Reserve of dead Swiss (1990)

on May 24, 2022

Andre Boltanski Christian Boltanski Kiefer Poussin Teniers

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Antonello da Messina - Saint Jerome in the study (about 1475-1476)

on May 24, 2022

Antonello da Messina Bellini Campin Patenier Reni Van Eyck

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Sofonisba ANGUISSOLA - Self portrait (about 1600)

on May 23, 2022

Anguissola Ramsay Sittow Sofonisba Anguissola Van Dyck Verrocchio Vigée-Lebrun

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Arnold BÖCKLIN - Fight of centaurs (1873)

on May 20, 2022

Arnold Böcklin Böcklin Delacroix Géricault Giulio Romano Schmidt-Rottluff

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Beato Angelico - Annunciation (about 1441-43)

on May 20, 2022

Beato Angelico Martini Piero della Francesca Tintoretto

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Andrea del Sarto - Assumption of the Virgin (about 1526)

on May 19, 2022

Andrea Del Sarto Fra' Bartolomeo Murillo Perugino Piero di Cosimo

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Umberto BOCCIONI - Head + light + environment (1912)

on May 18, 2022

Balla Boccioni Carrà Feininger Klee Léger Umberto Boccioni

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Carl ANDRE - Zinc and magnesium floor (1969)

on May 18, 2022

Albers Andre Brancusi Carl Andre Judd LeWitt Long Serra Stella

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Jacopo AMIGONI - Juno receives the head of Argos (about 1730)

on May 17, 2022

A. Gentileschi Amigoni Boucher Fragonard Jacopo Amigoni Luini Tiepolo

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Albrecht ALTDORFER - The battle of Alexander at Issus (about 1480)

on May 16, 2022

Albrecht Altdorfer Altdorfer Dossi Dürer Leonardo Patenier Uccello

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William BLAKE - Pietà (1795 circa)

on May 13, 2022

Etty Martin Moreau Redon Turner William Blake

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Lawrence ALMA-TADEMA - A good observation point (1895)

on May 13, 2022

Alma-Tadema Carpaccio Lawrence Alma-Tadema Leighton Poussin Waterhouse

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Peter BLAKE - On the balcony (1955-1957)

on May 12, 2022

Hamilton Hockney Jones Peter Blake Rauschenberg Schwitters

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Washington ALLSTON - Landscape with lake (1804)

on May 12, 2022

Allston Bierstadt Cozens Hodler Lorrain Martin Turner Washington Allston West

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Alessandro ALGARDI - Bust of Cardinal Paolo Emilio Zacchia (about 1625-30)

on May 11, 2022

Alessandro Algardi Algardi Bacon Carracci Cernini Houdon Manzù

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Josef ALBERS - Homage to the Square (1964)

on May 11, 2022

Albers Andre Josef Albers Kelly Klee Reinhardt Van Doesburg Vasarely

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Francis BACON - Study from the Portrait of Innocent X by Velázquez (1953)

on May 03, 2022

Bacon Bosch Francis Bacon Manzù Soutine Sutherland Velàzquez

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