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This piece by Dutch Renaissance artist Johannes Vermeer depicts an everyday scene in which a young woman prepares for her day, and washes with a pitcher and basin. She looks out the stained glass window at left, while a map of the Dutch Republic…

Johannes Vermeer

First painting by Henri Matisse that demonstrates African influence.

Matisse's first portrait of Germain Augustin Barthélémy Montargès.

Set in a lively inn, this genre scene shares a couple's brief sublime moment with the viewer. While a young cavalier raises a glass into the corner of a frame, his companion clutches at his shoulder, pulling him back down to reality, or perhaps…