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Also Known As James-Joseph-Jacques Tissot
Born October 15, 1836 • Nantes • France
Died August 8, 1902 (aged 65) • Besançon • France

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van Dyck, Anthony
Anthony van Dyck
Flemish painter
Francisco Goya: Self-portrait
Francisco Goya
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Baldung, Hans: Three Kings Altarpiece
Hans Baldung
German artist
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Zorn, Anders: Dagmar
Anders Zorn
Swedish painter and etcher
Honoré Daumier
Honoré Daumier
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Jacques Villon
French painter
Self-portrait by Louis-Léopold Boilly, oil on canvas, 1795; in the Museum of Fine Arts, Lille, France.
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Harpignies, Henri: At Home in the Forest
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Rembrandt: Self-Portrait
Rembrandt
Dutch artist
William Blake
William Blake
British writer and artist
Diego Velázquez
Diego Velázquez
Spanish painter
Arrival of Cardinal Francesco Gonzaga, fresco by Andrea Mantegna, completed 1474; in the Camera degli Sposi, Palazzo Ducale, Mantua, Italy.
Andrea Mantegna
Italian artist
J.M.W. Turner: The Fighting Temeraire Tugged to Her Last Berth to Be Broken Up, 1838
J.M.W. Turner
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Dante Gabriel Rossetti, photograph by Lewis Carroll, 1863
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Lucas Cranach, the Elder
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