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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Pekka Halonen. Winter Landscape (‘Talvimaisema’), 1917 (private collection).

Oil on canvas: 75 x 61 cm. Auctioned at Bukowskis Helsinki, December 2011.
And a happy new year...

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Diego Velázquez. The Ladies in Waiting (‘Las meninas’), 1656 (Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid).

Oil on canvas: 320.5 x 281.5 cm(!). The young Infanta Margarita Teresa surrounded by her entourage.

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Ali Miller. Engage, 2014 (artist’s portfolio).

Oil on canvas: 121.9 x 91.4 cm.

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Jan van Kessel the elder. A Harbour Scene, with Fish, Crustaceans, Shells, Otters, Tortoises and Turtles on a Beach, 1660 (private collection).

Oil on copper: 20.3 x 29.9 cm. Auctioned at Christie’s London, April 2014.

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Anders Zorn. Lucy Turner Joy, 1897 (St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis/ USA).

Oil on canvas: 61.6 x 76.8 cm.

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Gustav Klimt. The Bride (‘Die Braut’), 1918 (Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna).

Oil on canvas: 165 x 191 cm. Unfinished.

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