Rafael Romero Barros. Still Life with Oranges (‘Bodegón de naranjas’), 1863 (Museo de Bellas Artes de Córdoba).

Oil on canvas: 68 x 54 cm.

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Andy Dixon. Expensive Painting - Desserts, 2016 (private collection).

Acrylic/ mixed media on canvas: 167.6 x 261.6 cm.

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David Ligare. Still Life with Torso and Cactus, ca. 2001 (private collection).

Oil on canvas: 102 x 122 cm.

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Pieter Aertsen. The fat Kitchen (‘Det fede køkken’, ‘Voluptas Carnis’), 1570 (Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen).

Oil on wood: 213 x 110 cm. Neatly divided by the drying meats. The carrots and cabbages on the left, the wise owl on the right. Family first.

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Wilhelm Trübner. Gorgon’s Head (‘Gorgenhaupt’), 1891 (French & Company, New York).

Oil on board: 58 x 43.2 cm.

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Juan Bautista Martínez del Mazo. The Infanta Margarita of Austria (‘La infanta doña Margarita de Austria’), ca. 1665 (Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid).

Oil on canvas: 212 x 147 cm. Also known as ‘Infanta Margarita Teresa in a Pink Dress’. Juan Bautista Martínez del Mazo (pupil and son-in-law of Diego Velázquez) was appointed the new court painter in 1661. A cut down version (copy?) lies at the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna. Velázquez`s ‘Infanta Margarita Teresa in a Blue Dress’: here.

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Pieter Bruegel the elder. Hunters in the Snow - Winter (‘Jäger im Schnee - Winter’), 1565 (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna).

Oil on oak: 117 x 162 cm. A balcony motif. With winter games, a chimney on fire, and a guy who really, really hurt his knee.

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Sarah Awad. Conversation, 2013 (artist’s portfolio).

Oil on canvas: 213.4 x 152.4 cm.

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Edvard Munch. House Wall in Moonlight (‘Husvegg i måneskinn’), ca. 1924 (Munchmuseet, Oslo).

Oil on canvas: 90 x 68 cm. Photo credit: Sidsel de Jong.

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Gerald Leslie Brockhurst. Zeitgeist, ca. 1935 (private collection).

Oil on canvas: 111.8 x 88.9 cm. Auctioned at Christie’s London, December 2015. The artist’s wife. Otherworldly elegance. Impatient, emancipated. Painted right after ‘Jeunesse Dorée’. It seems the two were in a tense relationship with the occasional arguments. It is said Brockhurst attacked this painting with a knife, leaving visible slashes in the canvas. 

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Giovanni Francesco Castiglione. God creating the Animals, ca. 1660 (private collection).

Oil on canvas: 257.5 x 295.6 cm(!). Auctioned at Christie’s London, December 2012. That donkey is up to no good. Giovanni Francesco Castiglione (1641-1710), son and assistant of Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (1609-1664). It is thought that many paintings which are ascribed to Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione are copies after him, or originals by his son.

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Kees van Dongen. Two Angels (‘Deux anges’), ca. 1910 (private collection).

Oil on canvas: 54.8 x 45.9 cm. Auctioned at Christie’s London, February 2017.

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Jacob/ Jacques Jordaens (attributed). The Apotheosis of Aeneas (‘Aeneas' apoteose’), ca. 1617 (Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen).

Oil on canvas: 213 x 236 cm.

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David Jagger. An elegant Lady, ca. 1930 (private collection).

Oil on canvas: 91.8 x 71.4 cm. Auctioned at Christie’s London, December 2012.

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Jacob van Oost the elder (attributed). Head of a young Girl, ca. 1640 (private collection).

Oil on canvas on panel: 41.9 x 31.8 cm. Auctioned at Christie’s New York, January 2012.

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Willem Claesz Heda. Still Life with a gilded Beer Tankard (‘Stilleven met vergulde bierkan’), 1634 (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam).

Oil on wood: 44.5 x 62 cm.

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Lucas Cranach the elder (attributed). Venus, 1531 (Stiftung Fürst Liechtenstein, Vienna).

Oil on oak: 38.7 x 24.5 cm. From the art collection of the Prince of Liechtenstein. Seized by French authorities in 2016 over authenticity concerns (Christian Goller?).

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Clara Peeters. Still Life with Cheeses, Artichoke and Cherries, ca. 1625 (Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles).

Oil on wood: 33.3 x 46.7 cm.

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Henri Matisse. Red Interior - Still Life on a Blue Table (‘Intérieur rouge, nature morte sur table bleue’), 1947 (Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf).

Oil on canvas: 116 x 89 cm.

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Orazio Gentileschi. Head of a Woman, ca. 1635 (private collection).

Oil on wood: 42 x 37 cm. Auctioned at Sotheby’s New York, January 2017.

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Sarah Harvey. Virtuous Desire, 2010 (private collection).

Oil on linen: 82 x 110 cm. Sarah Harvey: "…My paintings of figures floating are predominantly self portraits. I aim to create paintings that arouse both a sense of well being and pleasure, whilst simultaneously suggesting notions of insecurity, fantasy and sexuality. Entirely suspended by the water, the human forms are fragmented by the ripples and swirls created by the water, abstracting them, and often with implausible results such as the appearance of disfiguration or distortion”.

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Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida. Hunting for Shellfish - Beach at Valencia (‘Buscando mariscos - playa de Valencia’), 1907 (private collection).

Oil on canvas: 60.3 x 94.9 cm. Auctioned at Sotheby’s New York, November 2013.

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Johannes Cornelisz Verspronck. Portrait of a Girl Dressed in Blue (‘Portret van een meisje in het blauw’), 1641 (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam).

Oil on canvas: 82 x 66.5 cm.

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Edvard Munch. The Yellow Log (‘Den gule tømmerstokken’), 1912 (Munchmuseet, Oslo).

Oil on canvas: 159.5 x 129.5 cm. Exaggerated perspective and contrasting colours.

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Rembrandt van Rijn. Self-Portrait at the Age of 63, 1669 (National Gallery, London).

Oil on canvas: 86 x 70.5 cm. Painted in the final year of Rembrandt’s life. Having outlived his wife and his children. Having gone through the humiliation of insolvency. Reflective loneliness. Hands clasped. It is done.

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Ta Men+ (他们+, Lai Shengyu and Yang Xiaogang). Girls with famous Paintings, 2016 (artist’s portfolio).

Oil on canvas: 90 x 140 cm. A new generation, standing on the shoulders of giants.

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