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Silver nose ornament, Chimu culture, Peru, circa 1300-1532

from The Museo Larco, Lima, Peru

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lili butler reading at the butler house, giverny (detail)

theodore earl butler, 1908

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“Crescent Lady” by Warren B. Davis (1865-1928)

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KHNOPFF, Fernand Mask of a Young Englishwoman 1891 Polychromed plaster, height 41 cm Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts, Brussels

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LASTMAN, Pieter Pietersz. Juno Discovering Jupiter with Io 1618 Oil on oak, 54 x 78 cm National Gallery, London

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LAURANA, Francesco Battista Sforza c. 1474 Marble, height 51 cm Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence

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LAURANA, Francesco Death-mask of a Woman (Battista Sforza?) 1472 Terracotta, traces of paint, height 34,5 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris

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LE SUEUR, Eustache The Muses: Clio, Euterpe and Thalia 1652-55 Oil on wood, 130 x 130 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris

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LONGHI, Alessandro Portrait of a Lady c. 1770 Oil on canvas, 100 x 80 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence

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A Sleeping Nymph Watched by a Shepherd Angelica Kauffmann (1741–1807) Victoria and Albert Museum

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A spanking dog day - & real melter in the country published title George Hunt (active 1820–1845) and M. Egerton (active 1821–1827) and Henry Pyall (1795–1833) Victoria and Albert Museum

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A Woman Holding a Marguerite George Henry Boughton (1833–1905) Victoria and Albert Museum

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A young woman in Turkish dress Greek School Victoria and Albert Museum

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Dutch Snow Scene with Skaters Jan Griffier I (c.1652–1718) Merchant Adventurers’ Hall

Freeze, freeze thou bitter sky Thou dost not bite so nigh As benefits forgot: Though thou the waters warp Thy sting is not so sharp As friend remembered not. -- Shakespeare