Giorgio Morandi. Still Life ('Natura morta'), 1949 (Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid).

Oil on canvas: 26 x 35 cm.

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Paul Sieffert. Sleeping Girl (‘Jeune fille endormie’), 1934 (private collection).

Oil on canvas: 97 x 162 cm. Auctioned at Sotheby’s New York, February 2018. Ass-man Sieffert left quite a repetitive oeuvre, but this work kind of stands out for its limited palette.

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Van Limbourg brothers. Book of Hours of the Duke of Berry - June ('Très riches heures du Duc de Berry - Juin'), ca. 1415 (Musée Condé, Chantilly).

Manuscript illumination/ miniature on vellum: ca. 22.5 x 13.6 cm(!). Detail.

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Petrus Christus. Portrait of a Young Woman (‘Bildnis einer jungen Frau’), ca. 1470 (Gemäldegalerie, Berlin).

Oil on oak: 29 x 22.5 cm(!). The unexpected beauty of extensive craquelure.

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Jan van Goyen. Path through the Dunes (‘Weg in den Dünen’), 1629 (Städel Museum, Frankfurt).

Oil on oak: 31.8 x 56.9 cm.

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Julie Heffernan. Self-Portrait with Scroll II, 2017 (artist’s portfolio).

Oil on canvas: 200.7 x 142.3 cm.

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Peter Paul Rubens. Union of Earth and Water, ca. 1618 (State Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg).

Oil on canvas: 222.5 x 180.5 cm. Cybele, with the horn of plenty, represents earth. Neptune, resting on the trident, represents water. The union is blessed by the goddess of victory descending from mount Olympus. Oil on panel study at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.

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Gari Melchers. The Communicant, ca. 1900 (Detroit Institute of Arts).

Oil on canvas: 160.7 x 109.2 cm. Have a look at the elaborate frame at the DIA site.

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Jocelyn Hobbie. Chrysanthemums and Stars, 2017 (artist’s portfolio).

Oil on canvas: 61 x 76.2 cm.

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Winfred Gaul. Four little Roses X, 1966 (Galerie Schlichtenmaier, Grafenau/ Stuttgart).

Polyvinyl acetate on canvas: 120 x 140 cm.

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Liu Xiaodong (刘小东). Pink Phoenix, 2011 (Faurshou Foundation, Beijing).

Oil on canvas: 200 x 200 cm. Update (2020): Auctioned at Christie’s Online, July 2020.

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Greta Freist. The Dancer (‘La danseuse’), 1938 (Albertina, Vienna).

Oil on canvas: 99.2 x 72.2 cm. A self-portrait. Collection Österreichische Nationalbank.

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Piet Mondriaan/ Mondrian. Composition No. II, 1913 (Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo).

Oil on canvas: 88 x 115 cm.

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Edward Hopper. Hotel Room, 1931 (Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid).

Oil on canvas: 152.4 x 165.7 cm.

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Agnolo Bronzino (Agnolo di Cosimo). Cosimo I de’ Medici in Armour, ca. 1545 (Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney).

Oil on poplar: 86 x 67 cm. A work that exists in many replicas and copies. Other versions at: Gallerie degli Uffizi, Museo Nazionale di Palazzo Mansi, Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Muzeum Narodowe w Poznaniu, and Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de La Habana. 

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Juan van der Hamen (y León). Plate with Plums and Morello Cherries (‘Plato con ciruelas y guindas’), ca. 1631 (Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid).

Oil on canvas: 20 x 28 cm(!).

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Jean-Siméon Chardin. The Ray (‘La Raie’), ca. 1726 (Musée du Louvre, Paris).

Oil on canvas: 114 x 146 cm. Chardin’s reception piece to the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture in 1728. Pendant to the painting ‘The Buffet’.

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Abraham Mignon. Still Life with Fruit, Oysters, and a Porcelain Bowl (‘Stilleven met vruchten, oesters en een porseleinen kom’), 1679 (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam).

Oil on wood: 55 x 45 cm.

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Maurice de Vlaminck. The sunny Village (‘Le village ensoleillé’), ca. 1926 (private collection).

Oil on canvas: 54 x 65.2 cm. Auctioned at Christie’s New York, May 2016. Curious for the lack of his signature apocalyptic skies.

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Balthus (Balthasar Klossowski). Thérèse Dreaming ('Young Girl resting'), 1938 (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).

Oil on canvas: 149.9 x 129.5 cm. Still controversial in the USA, and reason for protests and petitions.

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More > Opinion/ discussion at: New Yorker 2013, New York Times 2017, Frieze.com 2017, New Yorker 2018.
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