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Born June 22, 1972 (age 52) • Nairobi • Kenya
Pablo Picasso
Pablo Picasso
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French artist Henri Matisse
Henri Matisse
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Max Ernst
Max Ernst
German artist
Richard Hamilton
British artist
Rembrandt: Self-Portrait
Rembrandt
Dutch artist
Leonardo da Vinci: self-portrait
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian artist, engineer, and scientist
Michelangelo
Michelangelo
Italian artist
Edgar Degas
Edgar Degas
French artist
Peter Paul Rubens: self-portrait
Peter Paul Rubens
Flemish artist
Vincent van Gogh: Self-Portrait
Vincent van Gogh
Dutch painter
Tintoretto: Last Supper
Tintoretto
Italian painter
Nicolas Poussin: Adoration of the Golden Calf
Nicolas Poussin
French painter
Raphael: The Grand Duke's Madonna
Raphael
Italian painter and architect
Albrecht Dürer: Self-Portrait in Furred Coat
Albrecht Dürer
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Honoré Daumier
Honoré Daumier
French artist
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres: Self-portrait
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
French painter
Paul Klee
Paul Klee
Swiss-German artist
Thomas Eakins, detail of a self-portrait, oil on canvas, 1902; in the National Academy of Design, New York.
Thomas Eakins
American painter
van Dyck, Anthony
Anthony van Dyck
Flemish painter
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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