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Born September 16, 1886 • Karlsruhe • Germany
Died August 29, 1953 (aged 66) • New York City • New York

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Winold Reiss
Du Bois by Reiss
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Portrait of John Singer Sargent in profile, wearing a suit and tie, facing to the right with a trimmed beard and short hair.
John Singer Sargent
Italian-born American painter
Mengs, Anton Raphael: Portrait of Isabel Parreño y Arce, Marquesa de Llano
Anton Raphael Mengs
Bohemian painter
Emanuel Leutze: Washington Crossing the Delaware
Emanuel Leutze
German-born American 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
Italian artist, engineer, and scientist
Pablo Picasso
Pablo Picasso
Spanish artist
Titian: Venus of Urbino
Titian
Italian painter
Raphael: The Grand Duke's Madonna
Raphael
Italian painter and architect
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Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
Italian artist
Piero della Francesca: The Flagellation of Christ
Piero della Francesca
Italian painter
The Adoration of the Shepherds by Giorgione
Giorgione
Italian painter
The Birth of the Virgin, fresco by Domenico Ghirlandaio, 1486–90; in the choir of Santa Maria Novella, Florence.
Domenico Ghirlandaio
Italian painter
Joan Miró
Joan Miró
Spanish artist
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Andrea del Sarto
Italian painter
Gustav Klimt: The Kiss (Lovers)
Gustav Klimt
Austrian painter
Parmigianino
Parmigianino
Italian artist
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Il Pisanello
Italian painter and medalist
Fresco by Simone Martini showing Saint Martin of Tours holding a crucifix and gesturing as he speaks to Emperor Julianus, surrounded by soldiers and tents in a medieval camp.
Simone Martini
Italian painter
Champaigne, Philippe de: The Dream of Saint Joseph
Philippe de Champaigne
Flemish-born painter
Zuccaro, Federico: The Dead Christ Supported by Angels
Federico Zuccaro
Italian painter
The Last Supper
Andrea del Castagno
Italian painter

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