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| François Clouet Portrait of Elisabeth of Valois, Queen Consort of Spain ca. 1560 oil on panel Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio |
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| François Clouet Portrait of diplomat François de Scepeaux 1566 oil on panel Indianapolis Museum of Art |
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| Simon Vouet Portrait of the artist's wife, Virginia da Vezzo ca. 1624-26 oil on canvas (fragment) Gemäldegalerie, Berlin |
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| Nicolas de Largillière Portrait of goldsmith Philippe Roettiers ca. 1680-85 oil on canvas National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin |
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| Nicolas de Largillière Portrait of goldsmith Philippe Roettiers (detail) ca. 1680-85 oil on canvas National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin |
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| attributed to Guillaume Voiriot Portrait of a Lady ca. 1750 oil on canvas Musée du Louvre |
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| Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun Portrait of painter Hubert Robert 1788 oil on panel Musée du Louvre |
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| Jean Restout the Younger Portrait of architect Pierre Vigné, called Vigné de Vigny ca. 1720-30 oil on canvas private collection |
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| follower of Pierre-Paul Prud'hon Young Woman at a Window ca. 1780-1800 oil on canvas Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, County Durham |
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| Jean-Louis Laneuville Portrait of politician Pierre-Charles Ruamps 1792 oil on canvas Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska |
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| Philippe Mercier Portrait of Princess Caroline Elizabeth, daughter of King George II 1728 oil on canvas Hertford Magistrates' Court, Hertfordshire |
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| Henri Fantin-Latour Portrait of painter Édouard Manet 1867 oil on canvas Art Institute of Chicago |
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| Charles Maurin Portrait of a Young Russian Woman 1889 oil on canvas Musée d'Orsay, Paris |
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| Édouard Vuillard Portrait of politician Louis Loucheur 1905 oil on canvas Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille |
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| Édouard Vuillard Portrait of painter Pierre Bonnard ca. 1930-35 oil on canvas Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris |
from Thirteen Implements
This is a book. It is blue.
Those are pages. They are black and white.
That is a famous man. The worms
Do not know his name or color.
– W.S. Graham (1918-1986)