Clara Peeters. Still Life with Sparrowhawk, Fowl, Porcelain and Shells (‘Bodegón con gavilán, aves, porcelana y conchas’), ca. 1611 (Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid).

Oil on wood: 52 x 71 cm.

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Alyssa Monks. Squid, 2011 (artist’s portfolio).

Oil on linen: 122 x 81 cm.

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Ambrosius Bosschaert. A Bouquet of Flowers, ca. 1619 (Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles).

Oil on copper: 27.9 x 22.9 cm(!).

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Egon Schiele. Edith with striped Dress, sitting (‘Edith in gestreiftem Kleid, sitzend’), 1915 (Leopold Museum, Vienna).

Pencil and gouache on paper: 50.8 x 40.2 cm. The artist’s wife Edith Schiele-Harms.

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Joachim Beuckelaer. Kitchen Scene with Christ at Emmaus (‘Keukenscène met Christus en de Emmaüsgangers’), 1560 (Mauritshuis, The Hague).

Oil on wood: 109.5 x 169 cm.

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Parmigianino (Francesco Mazzola). Antea, ca. 1530 (Museo di Capodimonte, Naples).

Oil on canvas: 135 x 88 cm. Unidentified sitter and contested date. The name ‘Antea’ was attached to the picture only in the late 17th century, after the artist’s death. That right arm is freakishly long. 

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Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. The Milliner: Miss Louise Blouet d’Enguin (‘La modiste: Melle Louise Blouet d'Enguin’), 1900 (Musée Toulouse-Lautrec, Albi).

Oil on canvas: 61 x 49.3 cm.

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Willem Claesz Heda. Still Life with Silver, Glass and a Watch (‘Bodegón con vaso de plata y reloj’), 1633 (Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid).

Oil on wood: 52 x 74 cm.

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Albrecht Dürer. Self-Portrait (‘Selbstbildnis im Pelzrock’), 1500 (Alte Pinakothek, Munich).

Oil on lime: 67.1 x 48.9 cm.

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Sarah Awad. Seated Woman VII, 2013 (artist’s portfolio).

Oil on canvas: 274.3 x 213.4 cm(!).

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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. The female Artist Marcella (‘Artistin Marcella’), 1910 (Brücke-Museum, Berlin).

Oil on canvas: 101 x 76 cm.

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George Romney. Emma Hart as Circe, ca. 1782 (Tate Britain, London).

Oil on canvas: 53.3 x 49.5 cm. Born as ‘Amy Lyon’, she became the mistress of the honourable Charles Francis Greville. He requested her to change her name ‘Emma Hart’. Wanting a painting of her, he sent her to sit for George Romney. Through the popularity of Romney’s work, and through her famous beauty, she became well known in society circles. She later married sir William Hamilton, more than twice her age. That wedding gave her the title ‘Lady Hamilton’ which she would use for the rest of her life. While still married to Hamilton, she started an affair with Horatio Nelson, the British flag officer in the Royal Navy. The affair became public knowledge and scandal. Emma gave birth to a daughter, while both she and Nelson were still married. After Hamilton and Nelson had died, she fell deeply into debt. She died in Calais, living in poverty.

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Amedeo Modigliani. Nude with Necklace, 1917 (Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York).

Oil on canvas: 73 x 116.7 cm.

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John Currin. Maenads, 2015 (artist’s portfolio).

Oil on canvas: 121.9 x 91.4 cm.

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Pablo Picasso. Gentleman with a Pipe and Flowers (‘Le gentilhomme à la pipe et fleurs’), 1968 (Rosengart Collection, Lucerne).

Oil on canvas: 145.5 x 97 cm.

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René-Xavier Prinet. Kreutzer Sonata (‘La Sonate à Kreutzer’), ca. 1901 (private collection).

Oil on canvas: 116.8 x 104.1 cm. Auctioned at Sotheby’s New York, November 2011. Sentimentalism. The subject comes from Leo Tolstoy's novella of the same title published in 1889, named after Beethoven’s sonata (Sonata No. 9 in A Major for piano and violin, Op. 47). The main character ends up killing his wife, after having attended a passionate recital by his wife and a violinist of Beethoven's Kreutzer Sonata. The violinist escapes.

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Malcolm T. Liepke. Red Rocker, 2014 (artist’s portfolio).

Oil on canvas: 86 x 116 cm. Photo-referenced from: ‘Re-visions’ 1978 by Marcia Resnick.

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Abraham Mignon. The overturned Bouquet (‘De omvergeworpen ruiker’), ca. 1670 (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam).

Oil on canvas: 89.5 x 71.5 cm. That idiot cat is knocking over the precious vase. The water is already pouring out. The mouse is getting away. This is anarchy.

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Hilo Chen. Beach 165, 2010 (private collection).

Oil on canvas: 61 x 61 cm.

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Johannes Vermeer. The Milkmaid (‘Het melkmeisje’), ca. 1658 (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam).

Oil on canvas: 45.5 x 41 cm.

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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. Sertig Valley Landscape (‘Landschaft Sertigtal’), 1924 (private collection, Switzerland).

Oil on canvas: 110 x 150 cm.

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Piet Mondriaan/ Mondrian. Composition with Red (‘Composition No. 1 with Grey and Red’), 1939 (Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice).

Oil on canvas: 105.2 x 102.3 cm.

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Paul César Helleu. Portrait of Alice Louis-Guérin, 1885 (Musée Bonnat-Helleu, Bayonne).

Pastel on canvas: 118 x 74 cm. He’s definitely going to marry her (she’s the one in that John Singer Sargent portrait of 1889).

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