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Born 1717 • St. Petersburg • Russia
Died April 23, 1786 (aged 69) • London • England
Subjects Of Study blot drawing

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Cozens, Alexander: Vale near Matlock, Derbyshire
Alexander Cozens: Imaginary Landscape of Tree with Distant Mountains
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J.M.W. Turner: The Fighting Temeraire Tugged to Her Last Berth to Be Broken Up, 1838
J.M.W. Turner
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Self-portrait of Leonardo da Vinci drawn in red chalk, showing an elderly man with long hair and a flowing beard, with a serious, contemplative expression.
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Albrecht Dürer: Self-Portrait in Furred Coat
Albrecht Dürer
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“View with the Roman Campagna,” watercolour by John Cozens, last quarter of the 18th century; in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London
John Robert Cozens
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Oskar Kokoschka
Oskar Kokoschka
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Self-portrait by John Constable
John Constable
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Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
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Greta Bridge, watercolour by John Sell Cotman, c. 1805; in the British Museum.
John Sell Cotman
British painter
Macbeth and Banquo encounter the Three Witches, illustration by John Gilbert for an edition of Shakespeare's works, 1858–60.
Sir John Gilbert
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Rembrandt: Self-Portrait
Rembrandt
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Peter Paul Rubens: self-portrait
Peter Paul Rubens
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Vincent van Gogh: Self-Portrait
Vincent van Gogh
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Nicolas Poussin: Adoration of the Golden Calf
Nicolas Poussin
French painter
Thomas Eakins: Portrait of Dr. Samuel D. Gross  (The Gross Clinic)
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Thomas Gainsborough
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Peasant Dance by Pieter Bruegel the Elder shows villagers dancing, drinking, and socializing outdoors near rustic buildings, with musicians playing in the foreground.
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Claude Lorrain: Ulysses Returns Chryseis to Her Father
Claude Lorrain
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Winslow Homer: Breezing Up (A Fair Wind)
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