Petrus Christus, A Goldsmith in his Shop
Petrus Christus (c. 1410/1420 – 1475/1476) was an Early Netherlandish painter active in Bruges from 1444, where, along with Hans Memling, he became...
Zuzanna Stańska 11 February 2018
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Zuzanna Stańska 15 January 2018
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Zuzanna Stańska 14 January 2018
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Magda Michalska 11 January 2018
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Pola Otterstein 10 January 2018
The Beautiful Portraiture of Cecilia Beaux
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Alexandra Kiely 9 January 2018
Enlightenment and Joseph Wright ‘of Derby’
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Magda Michalska 8 January 2018
