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Also Known As Theodor Baburen • Theodoor Baburen
Born c.1594 or c.1595 • Utrecht • Netherlands
Died February 21, 1624 • Utrecht • Netherlands
Movement / Style Utrecht school • tenebrism

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Caravaggio
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Orazio Gentileschi and Giovanni Lanfranco: Saint Cecilia and an Angel
Orazio Gentileschi
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La Tour, Georges de: The Fortune Teller
Georges de La Tour
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Eeckhout, Gerbrand van den: Group Portrait
Gerbrand van den Eeckhout
Dutch painter and poet
Geertgen tot Sint Jans: John the Baptist in the Wilderness
Geertgen tot Sint Jans
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Honthorst, Gerrit van: A Concert
Gerrit van Honthorst
Dutch painter
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.
Leonardo da Vinci
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Diego Velázquez
Diego Velázquez
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Bartolomé Esteban Murillo: Grape and Melon Eaters
Bartolomé Esteban Murillo
Spanish painter
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Quentin Massys
Flemish artist
The Annunciation to the Shepherds, oil on canvas by Jacopo Bassano, probably 1555/1560; in the Samuel H. Kress Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. 106.1 × 82.6 cm.
Jacopo Bassano
Italian painter
James Tissot: Saint Jude
James Tissot
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The Confessional
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Gianantonio Guardi
Venetian painter
The Synagogue, oil on canvas by Alessandro Magnasco, 1725–30; in the Cleveland Museum of Art.
Alessandro Magnasco
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Albertinelli, Mariotto: Madonna and Child with St. John the Baptist
Mariotto Albertinelli
Italian painter
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David Teniers, the Elder
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Artemisia Gentileschi: Judith with Her Maidservant
Artemisia Gentileschi
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Zurbarán, Francisco de
Francisco de Zurbarán
Spanish painter

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