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Dish with one of the Magi

16th century, Italy (Deruta)

Lustred ceramics were a must-have design accessory of the elite Renaissance home. The technique of lustre originated in Iraq and Egypt and was brought to Spain by Arab potters in...

The Entombment

Attributed to Robert Campin

Lustred ceramics were a must-have design accessory of the elite Renaissance home. The technique of lustre originated in Iraq and Egypt and was brought to Spain by Arab potters in...

Helena Fourment

Peter Paul Rubens

The richly dressed young woman depicted here, holding a prayer book in one hand and drawing back her veil with the other, is Helena Fourment, the daughter of an Antwerp...

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...

 Landscape by Moonlight

Peter Paul Rubens

Lustred ceramics were a must-have design accessory of the elite Renaissance home. The technique of lustre originated in Iraq and Egypt and was brought to Spain by Arab potters in...

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

Lustred ceramics were a must-have design accessory of the elite Renaissance home. The technique of lustre originated in Iraq and Egypt and was brought to Spain by Arab potters in...

Enamel plaque set in a gilt bronze Pax

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

Lustred ceramics were a must-have design accessory of the elite Renaissance home. The technique of lustre originated in Iraq and Egypt and was brought to Spain by Arab potters in...

Studies for Saint Mary Magdalene

Leonardo da Vinci

The richly dressed young woman depicted here, holding a prayer book in one hand and drawing back her veil with the other, is Helena Fourment, the daughter of an Antwerp...

Nevermore

Paul Gauguin

Lustred ceramics were a must-have design accessory of the elite Renaissance home. The technique of lustre originated in Iraq and Egypt and was brought to Spain by Arab potters in...

Portrait of Margaret Gainsborough

Thomas Gainsborough

Lustred ceramics were a must-have design accessory of the elite Renaissance home. The technique of lustre originated in Iraq and Egypt and was brought to Spain by Arab potters in...

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