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Wilhelm Leibl
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Also Known As Maria Hubertus Leibl
Born October 23, 1844 • Cologne • Germany
Died December 4, 1900 (aged 56) • Würzburg • Germany
Movement / Style realism

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Portrait of an Old Woman, etching on wove paper by Wilhelm Leibl, c. 1865; in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. 20.95 × 15.87 cm.
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The Painter and His Pug, self-portrait by William Hogarth, oil on canvas, 1745; in the Tate Gallery, London.
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Self-portrait by Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, pastel, 1775; in the Louvre, Paris.
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Dutch painter
The Broken Pitcher, oil on canvas by Jean-Baptiste Greuze, c. 1772–73; in the Louvre, Paris. 108 × 86 cm.
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French painter
Sir David Wilkie.
Sir David Wilkie
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Gerrit Dou: Self-Portrait
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Self-portrait by Louis-Léopold Boilly, oil on canvas, 1795; in the Museum of Fine Arts, Lille, France.
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French painter
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