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Results for "Decorative Painting"12 records

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The Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons, 16 October 1834 by Joseph Mallord William Turner, The Cleveland Museum of Art

The Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons, 16 October 1834

Joseph Mallord William Turner (d. 1851)

1835 · Painting, oil on canvas

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Branch Hill Pond, Hampstead by John Constable, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Branch Hill Pond, Hampstead

John Constable (d. 1837)

1828 · Painting, oil on canvas

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Noah:  The Eve of the Deluge by John Linnell, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Noah: The Eve of the Deluge

John Linnell (d. 1882)

1848 · Painting, oil on canvas

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British Manufactory; A Sketch by Benjamin West, The Cleveland Museum of Art

British Manufactory; A Sketch

Benjamin West (d. 1820)

1791 · Painting, oil on paper mounted on wood

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Under the Trees (from "The Public Gardens") by Édouard Vuillard, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Under the Trees (from "The Public Gardens")

Édouard Vuillard (d. 1940)

1894 · Painting, distemper on fabric

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Antiochus and Stratonice by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Antiochus and Stratonice

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (d. 1867)

c. 1838 · Painting, oil on linen

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Portrait of Colonel Charles Heathcote by Joseph Wright of Derby, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Portrait of Colonel Charles Heathcote

Joseph Wright of Derby (d. 1797)

c. 1771–72 · Painting, Oil on canvas

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Portrait of George Pitt, First Baron Rivers by Thomas Gainsborough, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Portrait of George Pitt, First Baron Rivers

Thomas Gainsborough (d. 1788)

1769 · Painting, oil on canvas

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Cordelia Parting from her Sisters by Ford Madox Brown, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Cordelia Parting from her Sisters

Ford Madox Brown (d. 1893)

1854 · Painting, pen and oil on paper on panel

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Blessing of a Yacht on the Belon River by Maurice Denis, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Blessing of a Yacht on the Belon River

Maurice Denis (d. 1943)

1899 · Painting, oil on canvas

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Rocky, Wooded Landscape with a Dell and Weir by Thomas Gainsborough, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Rocky, Wooded Landscape with a Dell and Weir

Thomas Gainsborough (d. 1788)

c. 1782–1783 · Painting, oil on canvas

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The Large Tree by Paul Gauguin, The Cleveland Museum of Art

The Large Tree

Paul Gauguin (d. 1903)

1891 · Painting, oil on canvas

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