Highlights From The European Collection
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William Blake, Satan Watching the Caresses of Adam and Eve' (Illustration to 'Paradise Lost'), 1808, pen; watercolor on paper
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John Constable, The Stour-Valley with the Church of Dedham, 1814
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J.M.W. Turner, The Slave Ship 1840, oil on canvas
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Jean-François Millet, The Sower, 1850
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Edouard Manet, Street Singer, 1862
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Edouard Manet, The Execution of Emperor Maximilian, 1867
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Edgar Degas, Racehorses at Longchamp, 1873–1875
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Madame Cézanne in a red armchair, 1877
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Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Dance at Bougival, 1882–1883, (woman at left is painter Suzanne Valadon)
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Vincent van Gogh, Portrait of the Postman Joseph Roulin (1841–1903), 1888
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Claude Monet, The Fort of Antibes, 1888
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La Berceuse (Augustine Roulin), 1889
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Claude Monet, Haystacks, (sunset), 1890–1891
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Paul Cézanne, Self-portrait, 1898-1900
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Claude Monet, Branch of the Seine near Giverny, 1897
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Claude Monet, Water Lilies, 1916
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