Examples of Famous Works
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Arnolfini Portrait, Jan van Eyck, 1434
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La donna velata, Raphael, 1516
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The Rape of Europa, Titian, 1562
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The Raising of the Cross, Peter Paul Rubens, 1610–11
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Bust of an old man with helmet, Rembrandt, 1630
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Innocent X, Velázquez, c 1650
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The Toilet of Venus, François Boucher, 1751
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The Blue Boy, Thomas Gainsborough, 1770
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Le Moulin de la Galette, Pierre-Auguste Renoir 1876
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Portrait of Dr. Gachet, Vincent van Gogh, 1890
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The Cardplayers, Paul Cézanne, 1892
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Water Lilies, Claude Monet, 1916
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