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Venice Rewards the Fine Arts
Michelangelo Morlaiter
An elegant 18th-century Venetian allegory celebrating the arts through luminous color and dramatic composition.
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The Rescue
John Everett Millais
A dramatic Pre-Raphaelite masterpiece depicting a heroic rescue, illuminated by the intense, flickering light of a fire.
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Ahimelech Giving the Sword of Goliath to David
Arent de Gelder
A dramatic 17th-century scene of an elder priest bestowing a legendary sword upon a young hero, rendered in a masterly Rembrandt-inspired style.