September 7
The Great Piece of TurfAlbrecht Durer1503Albertina, Vienna Can you believe this is a watercolor? Northern Renaissance art never ceases to amaze me.

The Great Piece of Turf
Albrecht Durer
1503
Albertina, Vienna

Can you believe this is a watercolor? Northern Renaissance art never ceases to amaze me.

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February 3
Gustave Courbet The Stone Breakers 1849 Oil on canvas. Destroyed in the bombing of Dresden in 1945.

Gustave Courbet

The Stone Breakers

1849

Oil on canvas.

Destroyed in the bombing of Dresden in 1945.

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August 25
Jean-François Millet The Gleaners Oil on canvas 1857 Currently in the collection of the Musée d’Orsay, Paris.

Jean-François Millet

The Gleaners

Oil on canvas

1857

Currently in the collection of the Musée d’Orsay, Paris.


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