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Chardin's wonderful brioche @MuseeLouvre - it has always looked a touch burnt to me.
The Romantic period is more usually associated with the rise in medievalism, but it actually started long before. This is the Death of Bertrand du Guesclin in 1380 by #Brenet (1777) and there earlier examples
The biggest splash - by the Master of St Christopher @Pinakotheken. Not surprising the saint is stumbling when it appears as though the Christ Child is pulling at his hair.
The influence of Constable is unmistakeable is this landscape by Paul Huet (1826) @artsmia
Walter #Leistikow is little known outside Germany - which is surprising given the increasing interest in more traditionL landscape artists working around 1900
Thoughtful: St Demetrius by Ortolano @NationalGallery and copied by Scarsellino @mfaboston
Details of the attributes of the four fathers of the church from Michael Pacher's brilliant altarpiece @Pinakotheken
If an idea is good, re-use it: Primaticcio's Ulysses and Penelope @ToledoMuseum, dell' Abbate's Eros and Psyche @DIADetroit