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Silver George III condiment vase with two handles and a lid, depicting two figures on the vase

Condiment Vase and Cover

Louisa Perina Courtauld (1729-1807) and George Cowles (died in 1811), 1771-72

Louis-François Roubiliac (1729–1807) ran the silver business upon her husband Samuel’s death in 1765. After a couple of years on her own, she went into partnership with George Cowles, her...
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A painting of a sleeping, naked woman sitting in a sensuous pose. She has an elongated face and long dark hair, and her public hair is visible. She leans on a red shape on the right with a blue wall visible behind her.

Female Nude

Amedeo Modigliani

This striking female nude is one of several painted by Amedeo Modigliani between 1916 and 1917. Beyond the reclining figure’s apparent gracefulness and tranquillity, the painting presents a radical reworking...
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Bucket of engraved brass with silver inlay, the decoration continuing over the base, 1475-1550

Bucket

Attributed to Zayn al-Din, Northwestern Iran, Turkey, Egypt or Syria, Around 1475-50

Louis-François Roubiliac (1729–1807) ran the silver business upon her husband Samuel’s death in 1765. After a couple of years on her own, she went into partnership with George Cowles, her...
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A white bust of Mette, Paul Gauguin’s Danish wife on a plinth

Portrait of Mette Gauguin

Paul Gauguin

Louis-François Roubiliac (1729–1807) ran the silver business upon her husband Samuel’s death in 1765. After a couple of years on her own, she went into partnership with George Cowles, her...
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Incense burner of pierced and engraved brass inlaid with silver, with images of the planets within roundels, Mamluk, Syria, 13th century

Incense Burner

Syria (Mamluk Sultanate, 1250-1517), Around 1280-90

Louis-François Roubiliac (1729–1807) ran the silver business upon her husband Samuel’s death in 1765. After a couple of years on her own, she went into partnership with George Cowles, her...
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This beautifully painted dish shows the close ties between painting and pottery in Umbria, central Italy. The image is based on a detail from a painting by Pietro Vannucci, known as Perugino

Dish with one of the Magi

16th century, Italy (Deruta)

Louis-François Roubiliac (1729–1807) ran the silver business upon her husband Samuel’s death in 1765. After a couple of years on her own, she went into partnership with George Cowles, her...
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This three-panel work, known as ‘The Seilern Triptych’, is one of the finest examples of Northern Renaissance painting. The central panel depicts Christ’s burial, shortly after his body is taken down from the cross (seen in the left wing, where the two thieves executed with him remain).

The Entombment

Attributed to Robert Campin

Louis-François Roubiliac (1729–1807) ran the silver business upon her husband Samuel’s death in 1765. After a couple of years on her own, she went into partnership with George Cowles, her...
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A drawing of a richly dressed woman holding a prayer, also wearing a pompom-topped cap with a veil.

Helena Fourment

Peter Paul Rubens

This striking female nude is one of several painted by Amedeo Modigliani between 1916 and 1917. Beyond the reclining figure’s apparent gracefulness and tranquillity, the painting presents a radical reworking...
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