An Elephant c.1637 by Rembrandt

Rembrandt van Rijn

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Autumn in Amsterdam

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Self Portrait with Mouth open C. 1628-9

Rembrandt van Rijn

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Pen and brown ink with grey wash, 127x95mm Born to a family of millers in Leiden, Rembrandt left university at 14 to pursue a career as an artist. The decision turned out to be a good one since after serving his apprenticeship in Amsterdam he was singled...

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A young women sleeping

Rembrandt van Rijn

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Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669) Brush and brown wash with some white bodycolour, 246x203mm

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The artist drawing from a model

Rembrandt van Rijn

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Rembrandt Van Rijn (1606-1669)Pen and brown iron-gall ink, on paperwashed brown, 188x164mm At The British Museum

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Pablo Picasso

PABLO PICASSO

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A Master of the erotic thème, as he was of many thèmes and styles, Pablo Picasso did his most erotic series of drawings in 1968 at the age of 87. This period includes the finest of the Master's erotic works, yet he exhibited another erotic series painted...

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Egon Schiele

egon schiele

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This tortured figure of a man with an erection is a self-portrait painted by Schiele near the end of his short life.After ten years of financially unrewarding effort, Schiele had an exhibition in 1918 that was a complete success.But the artist did not...

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Gustave Klimt 1862-1918

Gustave klimt

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Refinement of technique and of sentiment is reflected in this erotic drawing by the Viennese artist Gustav Klimt.klimt who was at the height of his fame during the early years of the last century, skillfully used the clothing of his models to herhance...

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James MacNeil Whistler (1834-1903)

MacNeil Whistler

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MacNeil Whistler, Rotherhithe, 1860 Etching and drypoint. Between 1863 and 1902 the famous American painter and Etcher james MacNeil Whistler visited the netherlands on several occasions. During is travels in the Netherlands he stayed for a time in Amsterdam,The...

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Me blogging

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