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A detailed, busy drawing of peasant life. Scenes of drinking and dancing, with figures relieving themselves, and an archery contest in the bottom right. In the upper left, the state of a saint is carried at the head of a religious procession.

Kermis at Hoboken

Pieter Bruegel the Elder

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The painting offers a disorienting scene of partially constructed floor levels, jutting beams and extremes of light and dark. Auerbach’s use of red throughout the work gives fiery intensity to the painting, as if we are witness to an intense, almost hellish, vision.

Rebuilding the Empire Cinema, Leicester Square

Frank Auerbach

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A detailed etching print depicting a rabbit hunt in action. On a hill overlooking a river, a hunter takes aim at two rabbits as his dog looks on - another hunter appears to stalk him with a spear. A castle can be seen in the top right of the scene.

Rabbit Hunt

Pieter the Elder Bruegel

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Ornate jug with saz leaves on a green fish-scale ground and an embellished curved silver handle and rim, Circa 1560

Jug

Probably Iznik, Around 1560

From the early 16th century, the Ottoman Empire became Venice’s main trading partner in the Eastern Mediterranean. The Ottomans exported to Europe their highly prized pottery made in the imperial workshops of Iznik, near Istanbul. Jugs like this were...

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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

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A watercolour drawing of Peterborough Cathedral, showing the intricate decorative details, and a close, off-centre viewpoint from the west. A man is seen sitting on one of the column bases, and a group of three or four people are standing talking nearby.

Peterborough Cathedral from the west front

Thomas Girtin

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Claude Lorrain (1600-1682), Study for 'The Arrival of Aeneas at Pallenteum', 1675

Study for 'The Arrival of Aeneas at Pallenteum'

Claude Lorrain

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A white bust of Mette, Paul Gauguin’s Danish wife on a plinth

Portrait of Mette Gauguin

Paul Gauguin

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A watercolour drawing on a two-page spread, with the crease visible in the centre. Rolling mountains take up the entire scene, with a dark cloudy sky in the background and a small figure visible on the path. The whole scene is in hues of deep blues, greys and browns.

Forest of Radnor, with the Black Mountains in the distance

Francis Towne

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Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788), Wooded landscape with herdsman, cows and sheep, 1784-5

Wooded landscape with herdsman, cows and sheep

Thomas Gainsborough

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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

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Professor Lynda Nead

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