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Facts

Born May 8, 1837 • Dijon • France
Died December 8, 1911 (aged 74) • Watford • England

Photos

Legros, Alphonse: portrait of Cardinal Manning
“Women at Prayer,” oil painting by Alphonse Legros; in the Tate Gallery, London
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Francisco Goya: Self-portrait
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“Battle of Alexander at Issus,” detail of an oil painting on panel by Albrecht Altdorfer, 1529; in the Alte Pinakothek, Munich
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German artist
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Pablo Picasso
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Canaletto: The Doges' Palace and Piazza San Marco, Venice
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Ribera, José de: Saint Paul the Hermit
José de Ribera
Spanish painter
Baldung, Hans: Three Kings Altarpiece
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German artist
George Grosz.
George Grosz
German artist
Memory, etching on wove paper by Max Klinger, 1894; in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. 27.62 × 15.24 cm.
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Palmer, Samuel: Eventide
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Potter, Paulus: The “Piebald” Horse
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“Parents of the Artist,” oil on canvas by Otto Dix, 1921; in the Öffentliche Kunstsammlung, Basel, Switzerland
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