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A touching portrait of the family of the artist Jan Brueghel the Elder (1568-1625) by his close friend and collaborator Peter Paul Rubens

The Family of Jan Brueghel the Elder

Peter Paul Rubens

This painting celebrates family and friendship. It is a touching portrait of the family of the artist Jan Brueghel the Elder (1568-1625) by his close friend and collaborator Peter Paul...
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A drawing of a seated woman by Henri Matisse. Her frank, challenging expression combine with her soft contours and the sinuous lines of her revealing clothes

Seated Woman

Henri Matisse

This drawing is a study for a painting that Matisse executed in the summer of 1919. The sitter is Antoinette Arnoux, who modelled for the artist for two years. During...
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Oil painting by Peter Paul Rubens depicting a riverside landscape by moonlight. The sky is very richly textured, and painted in dark blue tones. The moon lights the scene, and in the foreground you can spot a horse grazing by the riverside.

 Landscape by Moonlight

Peter Paul Rubens

This painting celebrates family and friendship. It is a touching portrait of the family of the artist Jan Brueghel the Elder (1568-1625) by his close friend and collaborator Peter Paul...
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A chair with an embroidered floral seat back and a black seat cushion

Chair with Floral Seat Back

Attributed to Roger Fry (1866–1934) for the Omega Workshops Ltd, embroidered by Winifred Gill (1891–1981) or Vanessa Bell (1879–1961), 1913

This painting celebrates family and friendship. It is a touching portrait of the family of the artist Jan Brueghel the Elder (1568-1625) by his close friend and collaborator Peter Paul...
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This richly decorated object, called a pax (peace in Latin), was kissed by worshippers at the end of church Mass – a practice called the kiss of peace.

Enamel plaque set in a gilt bronze Pax

Pseudo-Monvaerni Master (active around 1479-1500), 1470-1500

This painting celebrates family and friendship. It is a touching portrait of the family of the artist Jan Brueghel the Elder (1568-1625) by his close friend and collaborator Peter Paul...
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Two loose sketches, one two thirds of the page, the other in the bottom right corner. In both, a half-figure of Mary Magdalene lifts the lid of a jar of oil.

Studies for Saint Mary Magdalene

Leonardo da Vinci

Leonardo da Vinci was a tireless draughtsman for whom drawing was an essential means of developing compositional ideas. In these two rapid pen and ink sketches he explored the ambitiously...
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A painting by Paul Gauguin that combines beauty and eroticism with a strong feeling of unease. The young woman is not at rest but anxiously aware of the bird and the strange beings behind her, who may be evil spirits.

Nevermore

Paul Gauguin

This painting celebrates family and friendship. It is a touching portrait of the family of the artist Jan Brueghel the Elder (1568-1625) by his close friend and collaborator Peter Paul...
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Thomas-Gainsborough-Portrait-of-Mrs-Gainsborough

Portrait of Margaret Gainsborough

Thomas Gainsborough

This painting celebrates family and friendship. It is a touching portrait of the family of the artist Jan Brueghel the Elder (1568-1625) by his close friend and collaborator Peter Paul...
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A red chalk sketch of a woman wrapped in a towel, sitting on a stool or otherwise undefined seat. An initial sketch of the scene can be seen in the upper left, loose and undeveloped.

La Toilette

Édouard Manet

Manet made this drawing in preparation for an etching. The central figure’s contours have been incised for transfer to the copper plate. The use of red chalk – unusual by...
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Plate with overglaze painted design of a cat’s face and paws, decorated in yellow and purple paint

Plate with cat's face and paws

Duncan Grant for the Omega Workshops Ltd, 1913

This painting celebrates family and friendship. It is a touching portrait of the family of the artist Jan Brueghel the Elder (1568-1625) by his close friend and collaborator Peter Paul...
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Gower House side table

Gower House Side Table, one of a pair

Designed by William Chambers (1723-1796), probably made by Sefferin Alken (active 1744-1783)

This painting celebrates family and friendship. It is a touching portrait of the family of the artist Jan Brueghel the Elder (1568-1625) by his close friend and collaborator Peter Paul...
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