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Reading Don Quixote
Ignacio Merino
A dramatic and highly detailed 19th-century history painting depicting a scholarly reading in a formal interior.
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Scholarly, moody, and old-world works with gravity.
Moody palettes, old-world formality, and scholarly subjects give this style its literary charm and quiet intensity.
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The Tlaxcalan Senate
Rodrigo Gutiérrez
A powerful 19th-century historical painting depicting an assembly of the Tlaxcalan Senate in dramatic lighting.
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Ateliê do Artista em Paris
Rodolfo Amoedo
An intimate and detailed watercolor study of Rodolfo Amoedo's Parisian studio, filled with the tools and treasures of a 19th-century artist.
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Joachim of Fiore showing the Portraits of Saint Dominic and Saint Francis
Gregorio Vasquez de Arce y Ceballos
An intricate colonial-era narrative painting exploring themes of religious history and architectural perspective.
Old World Portraits
Miranda in La Carraca
Arturo Michelena
A poignant and masterfully executed portrait of the Venezuelan revolutionary Francisco de Miranda in his final days of imprisonment.