Caravaggio, Saint John the Baptist in the Wilderness, 1604

Caravaggio, Saint John the Baptist in the Wilderness, 1604, originally uploaded by Gatochy.

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Caravaggio [Italian Baroque Era Painter, ca.1571-1610]

Caravaggio, Boy Bitten by a Lizard (detail) 1594

Caravaggio, Boy Bitten by a Lizard (detail) 1594, originally uploaded by Gatochy.

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Caravaggio [Italian Baroque Era Painter, ca.1571-1610]

Caravaggio, Bacchus (detail 2) 1596

Caravaggio, Bacchus (detail 2) 1596, originally uploaded by Gatochy.

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Caravaggio [Italian Baroque Era Painter, ca.1571-1610]

Caravaggio, Bacchus (detail) 1596

Caravaggio, Bacchus (detail) 1596, originally uploaded by Gatochy.

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Caravaggio [Italian Baroque Era Painter, ca.1571-1610]

Caravaggio, Bacchus, 1596

Caravaggio, Bacchus, 1596, originally uploaded by Gatochy.

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Caravaggio [Italian Baroque Era Painter, ca.1571-1610]

Rubens, Adam and Eve, 1597

Rubens, Adam and Eve, 1597, originally uploaded by Gatochy.

Peter Paul Rubens [Flemish Baroque Era Painter, 1577-1640]

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Rembrandt, Portrait of a Lady with an Ostrich-Feather Fan, 1660

A Strong Woman, originally uploaded by Solitaire Miles.

Rembrandt van Rijn [Dutch Baroque Era Painter and Engraver, 1606-1669]

Hans Hoffman, A Hare in the Forest, 1585

Hans Hoffman, A Hare in the Forest, 1585, originally uploaded by Gatochy.

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Hans Hoffmann [German Painter, ca.1550-1591].

"Hoffmann's golden-brown hare is based on Albrecht Dürer's famous and influential watercolor which, much like his Stag Beetle, shows a hare against a plain ground. Hoffmann had seen Dürer's hare while in Nuremburg. Later, when he went to work in the court of Emperor Rudolf II, he helped the Emperor acquire the watercolor for his Kunstkammer. Hoffmann's hare differs from Dürer's however, appearing amid a striking arrangement of elegant plants and insects. At the time it was painted, this arrangement of nearly life-size subjects was entirely unique, not only within Hoffmann's body of work, but also within the tradition of German nature study."

Albrecht Dürer, A Young Hare, 1502

Albrecht Dürer, A Young Hare, 1502, originally uploaded by Gatochy.

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Albrecht Dürer [German Northern Renaissance Painter and Engraver, 1471-1528]

Bartolomeo Veneziano, Lucrezia Borgia

Bartolomeo Veneziano, Lucrezia Borgia, originally uploaded by Gatochy.

Bartolomeo Veneziano (1502 – 1555)