February 20th, 2013 at 8:00PM
Francisco de Goya y Lucientes, Carlos III in Hunting Costume (detail), ca. 1788. Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid.

Francisco de Goya y Lucientes, Carlos III in Hunting Costume (detail), ca. 1788. Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid.

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February 20th, 2013 at 12:00PM
Francisco de Goya y Lucientes, Shepherd playing a Dulzaina (1786-1787). Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid.

Francisco de Goya y Lucientes, Shepherd playing a Dulzaina (1786-1787). Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid.

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February 19th, 2013 at 6:13PM
Francisco de Goya y Lucientes, La Boda (The wedding), 1791-92. Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid.

Francisco de Goya y Lucientes, La Boda (The wedding), 1791-92. Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid.

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February 7th, 2013 at 3:54PM
Francisco de Goya y Lucientes, Self-Portrait in the Workshop (1790-95). Oil on canvas, 42 x 28 cm. Museo de la Real Academia de San Fernando, Madrid.

Francisco de Goya y Lucientes, Self-Portrait in the Workshop (1790-95). Oil on canvas, 42 x 28 cm. Museo de la Real Academia de San Fernando, Madrid.

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January 30th, 2013 at 10:04AM
Sebastiano Ricci, Fall of Phaethon (1703-04). Oil on canvas. Museo Civico, Belluno.

Sebastiano Ricci, Fall of Phaethon (1703-04). Oil on canvas. Museo Civico, Belluno.

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January 29th, 2013 at 12:00PM
Ivan Prokof’yevich PROKOF’YEV, Morpheus Sleeping (1782). Bronze. State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg.

Ivan Prokof’yevich PROKOF’YEV, Morpheus Sleeping (1782). Bronze. State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg.

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January 26th, 2013 at 11:10AM
John Henry FUSELI, Dante and Virgil on the Ice of Kocythos (1774). Pen and sepia, watercolour, 390 x 274 mm. Kunsthaus, Zurich.

John Henry FUSELI, Dante and Virgil on the Ice of Kocythos (1774). Pen and sepia, watercolour, 390 x 274 mm. Kunsthaus, Zurich.

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November 1st, 2012 at 2:28PM
Etienne-Louis Boullée, Projet de cénotaphe à Isaac Newton (1784).

Etienne-Louis Boullée, Projet de cénotaphe à Isaac Newton (1784).

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June 24th, 2012 at 9:14PM
cavetocanvas: Canaletto, Capriccio: The Horses of San Marco in the Piazzetta, 1743

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Canaletto, Capriccio: The Horses of San Marco in the Piazzetta, 1743

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May 27th, 2012 at 3:50PM
Antonio Canova, Orpheus and Eurydice (1775-76). Stone. Museo Correr, Venice.

Antonio Canova, Orpheus and Eurydice (1775-76). Stone. Museo Correr, Venice.

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May 7th, 2012 at 1:21PM
Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Le antichità Romane, t. 2, tav. L. ISCRIZIONI de’ SOLDATI PRETORIANI, ritrovate nella Villa de Cinque (1756).

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Le antichità Romane, t. 2, tav. L. ISCRIZIONI de’ SOLDATI PRETORIANI, ritrovate nella Villa de Cinque (1756).

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April 17th, 2012 at 9:20PM
James Gillray, The Blood of the Murdered Crying for Vengeance (1793). Etching. New College, Oxford University, Oxford.

James Gillray, The Blood of the Murdered Crying for Vengeance (1793). Etching. New College, Oxford University, Oxford.

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March 30th, 2012 at 12:35PM
Francisco de Goya (1746-1828), Con razón o sin ella. Etching, 15 x 20.9 cm. The British Museum, London.

Francisco de Goya (1746-1828), Con razón o sin ella. Etching, 15 x 20.9 cm. The British Museum, London.

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March 23rd, 2012 at 1:52PM
Francisco de Goya y Lucientes, The Chinchillas (1799). Etching and aquatint, 210 x 150 mm.

Francisco de Goya y Lucientes, The Chinchillas (1799). Etching and aquatint, 210 x 150 mm.

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March 14th, 2012 at 4:24PM
John Heinrich Füssli, The Three Witches (1782-1783). Oil on canvas, 65 x 91,5 cm. Kunsthaus, Zurich, Switzerland.

John Heinrich Füssli, The Three Witches (1782-1783). Oil on canvas, 65 x 91,5 cm. Kunsthaus, Zurich, Switzerland.

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