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Frontispiece Woman Bathing (H endrikje Stoeffels, 1654), National Gallery GIOTTO -26 Death of the Knight of Celano. Upper Church of St. Francis, Assist From a photograph by A nderson, Rome SIMONE MARTINI (MEMM l) -26 Investiture of St. Martin. Lower Church of St. Francis, Assisi From a photograph by A nderson, Rome LEONARDO DAVINCI 56 Mona Lisa (L aG ioconda). Louvre From a photograph by Neurdein Freres, Paris MICHELANGELO -64 The Birth of A dam. Sixtine Chapel, Rome From a photograph by G. Brogi, Florence TITIAN -94 Bacchus and A riadne. National Gallery VELASQUEZ -I2O Las Hilanderas (T heT apestry-W eavers). Prado, Madrid REMBRANDT -124 1. Portrait of aM an in Polish Head-dress. Hermitage, Petrograd 2. Portrait of Himself, c. 1664. National Gallery TURNER 138 The Fighting Temeraire. National Gallery CONSTABLE -138 A Lock.
(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)
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