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| Jan Brueghel the Elder Gypsy Gathering ca. 1614 Prado |
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| David Teniers Landscape with Gypsies ca. 1641-45 Prado |
Here are several paintings from past centuries selected and grouped for the sake of their big aggressive skies. It would be supreme to see them in one large room, side by side. But that will never happen, of course, with their ownership divided among 1) the Prado in Madrid, 2) the Met in New York, and 3) the Getty in Los Angeles.
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| Pierre Henri de Valenciennes Sky at Dusk ca. 1800 Metropolitan Museum |
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| Pierre Henri de Valenciennes Stormy Sky ca. 1800 Metropolitan Museum |
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| Francesco Guardi Fantastic Landscape ca. 1765 Metropolitan Museum |
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| Simon Denis Cloud Study ca. 1796-1806 Metropolitan Museum |
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| Simon Denis Sunset, Rome 1790s Metropolitan Museum |
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| William Turner of Oxford Stonehenge, Twilight ca. 1840 Getty |
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| Philips Koninck Panoramic Landscape ca. 1649 Metropolitan Museum |
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| Jan van Goyen View of Haarlem 1646 Metropolitan Museum |
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| Hendrick Jacobsz Dubbels Amsterdam, Winter ca. 1656-60 Prado |
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| Claude-Joseph Vernet The Kite 1782 Prado |