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A white bust of Mette, Paul Gauguin’s Danish wife on a plinth

Portrait of Mette Gauguin

Paul Gauguin

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Footed dish with Diana and Actaeon changed into a Stag, Casteldurante, probably workshop of Ludovico and Angelo Picchi, about 1550-60

Footed dish with Diana and Actaeon changed into a Stag

Probably the workshop of Ludovico and Angelo Picchi

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This gothic ivory contrasts the tenderness of the Virgin Mary holding the Child with the anguish of the Crucifixion. When the diptych is opened, Mary appears to look directly at her son on the cross

Diptych with the Virgin and Child and the Crucifixion

Paris, 1325-50

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Incense burner of pierced and engraved brass inlaid with silver, with images of the planets within roundels, Mamluk, Syria, 13th century

Incense Burner

Syria (Mamluk Sultanate, 1250-1517), Around 1280-90

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A worn-looking front cover of a manuscript book. The words 'AVANT et après' are seen at the top, and '1903' at the bottom, with 'P Gauguin' in the centre. The text is surrounded by drawings and illustrations, including three masks and details of columns and crests, dotted around the page.

Avant et après (Before and after) 

Paul Gauguin

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This beautifully painted dish shows the close ties between painting and pottery in Umbria, central Italy. The image is based on a detail from a painting by Pietro Vannucci, known as Perugino

Dish with one of the Magi

16th century, Italy (Deruta)

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This three-panel work, known as ‘The Seilern Triptych’, is one of the finest examples of Northern Renaissance painting. The central panel depicts Christ’s burial, shortly after his body is taken down from the cross (seen in the left wing, where the two thieves executed with him remain).

The Entombment

Attributed to Robert Campin

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A red chalk sketch of a woman wrapped in a towel, sitting on a stool or otherwise undefined seat. An initial sketch of the scene can be seen in the upper left, loose and undeveloped.

La Toilette

Édouard Manet

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A colourful head and shoulders print of a woman with red hair, laughing away from the viewer in a flamboyant manner. She has a mint green shawl and a blue detailed dress, with a red and pink headpiece. The print is outlined in a black rounded rectangle, and the background is a swirly yellow design.

Bust of Mademoiselle Marcelle Lender

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

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Two men sit across from each other at a table covered with a brown tablecloth, playing cards. Both men wear overcoats and hats, and the man on the left smokes a pipe. They sit inside a wooden building.

The Card Players

Paul Cézanne

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Black charcoal drawing on yellow paper, with rough abstract pencil strokes. Two clear shapes are seen in the marks - on the left, more circular forms, and on the right, more controlled, linear, and vertical. A vivid yellow splash is visible behind the circular form.

P1958-58

Hans Hartung (1904-1989)

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A black and brown ink drawing on slightly aged paper. Abstract lines and parallel-like hatchings, which look slightly like either eyelashes or crosshatches, form a spiralling composition from the upper right corner of the sheet downwards. The artist marking 'K', circled, and the number '16'. are visible in the bottom left corner.

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