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Willaerts, Allegory of the Victory of the Dutch over the Spanish Fleet at Gibraltar, 25 April 1607, first quarter 17th century 

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Vermeer (Dutch, mid 1600s), Girl with the Pearl Earring

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Dutch buildings, Bruges

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Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Dutch, late 1500s)

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Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Dutch, late 1500s)

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Jakarta, old town (Dutch colonial building)

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Jakarta, old town (Dutch colonial building)

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Old canal houses, Amsterdam

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Bosch, from The Temptation of St. Anthony

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Hieronymus Bosch, "Touched by the Devil"

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Rembrandt

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Known as the "Birth of Venus", the composition actually shows the goddess of love and beauty arriving on land, on the island of Cyprus, born of the sea spray and blown there by the winds, Zephyr and, perhaps, Aura. The goddess is standing on a giant scallop shell, as pure and as perfect as a pearl. She is met by a young woman, who is sometimes identified as one of the Graces or as the Hora of spring, and who holds out a cloak covered in flowers. Even the roses, blown in by the wind are a reminder of spring. The subject of the painting, which celebrates Venus as symbol of love and beauty, was perhaps suggested by the poet Agnolo Poliziano.

It is highly probable that the work was commissioned by a member of the Medici family, although there is nothing written about the painting before 1550, when Giorgio Vasari describes it in the Medici's Villa of Castello, owned by the cadet branch of the Medici family since the mid-15th century. This hypothesis would seem to be born out by the orange trees in the painting, which are considered an emblem of the Medici dynasty, on account of the assonance between the family name and the name of the orange tree, which at the time was 'mala medica'.

Unlike the "Allegory of Spring", which is painted on wood, the "Birth of Venus" was painted on canvas, a support that was widely used throughout the 15th century for decorative works destined to noble houses.

Botticelli takes his inspiration from classical statues for Venus' modest pose, as she covers her nakedness with long, blond hair, which has reflections of light from the fact that it has been gilded; even the Winds, the pair flying in one another's embrace, is based on an ancient work, a gem from the Hellenistic period, owned by Lorenzo the Magnificent.

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Known as the "Birth of Venus", the composition actually shows the goddess of love and beauty arriving on land, on the island of Cyprus, born of the sea spray and blown there by the winds, Zephyr and, perhaps, Aura.

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Botticelli's Madona Magnificat

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Botticelli's Primavera

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Giorgione - The Tempest

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Giorgione - Three Philosophers

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The Penitence of Saint Jerome by Joachim Patinir, Netherlands Renaissance (1515)

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The Laughing Cavalier (1624) by Dutch painter Frans Hals (1582-1666)

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Assumption of the Virgin by Titian

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Sacred-and-Profane-Love by Titian (1514)

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Disturbingly Hilarious Part 1 "A group of lost souls is being squashed by a pair of huge ears, with a knife wedged between them."  H. Bosch

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"One rich stinker is pooping coins. The figure right next to him is throwing up." 

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"One rich stinker is pooping coins. The figure right next to him is throwing up." 

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"A man wearing a pale-red robe and a pig dressed up as a nun try to persuade a soul to sign a document."

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"A man wearing a pale-red robe and a pig dressed up as a nun try to persuade a soul to sign a document."

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Garden of Earthly Delights

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View of Delft - Vermeer

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Hunters in the Snow - Bruegel

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Detail from The Temptation of St. Anthony

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The Glass of Wine - Jan Vermeer (mid 1500s)

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The Fight Between Carnival & Lent - Bruegel

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The Tower of Babel - Bruegel

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Winter Landscape with Bird Trap - Bruegel

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The Milkmaid - Vermeer (1659)

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Rembrandt - The Nightwatch

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Boy in a Fanciful Costume - Rembrandt

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Tintoretto - Creation of the Animals

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Tintoretto - Summer (1542)

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Michaelangelo - School of Athens

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The Last Supper - Leonardo da Vinci (digital restoration)

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Kublai Khan - artwork from the Travels of Marco Polo

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Bruegel

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Perseus and Andromeda, 1576–1578

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Alms of St. Christina - Veronese (mid 1500s, Italian)

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Feast at the House of Levi - Veronese (1573)

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Baker Oostwaert and his Wife - Jan Steen (mid 1600s, Dutch)

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Adonis & Venus - Veronese (mid 1500s, Italian)

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Jan Steen (1626-1679) | Mauritshuis

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Traditional 'Gadang' House, Java, Indonesia

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The Doctor's Visit - Jan Steen (mid 1600s, Dutch)

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Traditional Lodge House, indonesia

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Ancient temple and garden, Indonesia

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Battle Between Love & Chastity - by Pietro Perugino (Italian, 1503)

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Dante by Michelino (mid 1400s)

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Michaelangelo by de Volterra (1545)

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Mystic Nativity by Boticelli

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Pergrino by Raphael

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Saint George & The Dragon by Uccello (1470ish)

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St Jerome La Messina (1474)

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Madonna de Senica by Raphael

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"The Ugly Duchess" by Quentin Matsys