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This richly decorated object, called a pax (peace in Latin), was kissed by worshippers at the end of church Mass – a practice called the kiss of peace.

Enamel plaque set in a gilt bronze Pax

Pseudo-Monvaerni Master (active around 1479-1500), 1470-1500

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Two loose sketches, one two thirds of the page, the other in the bottom right corner. In both, a half-figure of Mary Magdalene lifts the lid of a jar of oil.

Studies for Saint Mary Magdalene

Leonardo da Vinci

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A painting by Paul Gauguin that combines beauty and eroticism with a strong feeling of unease. The young woman is not at rest but anxiously aware of the bird and the strange beings behind her, who may be evil spirits.

Nevermore

Paul Gauguin

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Triptych – The Apocalypse

The Myth of Prometheus

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Oskar Kokoschka reworked biblical and mythological stories in the triptych to express his fears for humanity following the Second World War....

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A red chalk sketch of a woman wrapped in a towel, sitting on a stool or otherwise undefined seat. An initial sketch of the scene can be seen in the upper left, loose and undeveloped.

La Toilette

Édouard Manet

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Plate with overglaze painted design of a cat’s face and paws, decorated in yellow and purple paint

Plate with cat's face and paws

Duncan Grant for the Omega Workshops Ltd, 1913

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Large moulded dish with Harpy border decorated in blue with a putto supporting a double coat-of-arms in centre flanked by putti and surmounted by a coronet

Dish with Coat of Arms

Savona, Italy, 1663-78

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Autumnal view of river and trees

Autumn Effect at Argenteuil

Claude Monet

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Professor Lynda Nead

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Two men sit across from each other at a table covered with a brown tablecloth, playing cards. Both men wear overcoats and hats, and the man on the left smokes a pipe. They sit inside a wooden building.

The Card Players

Paul Cézanne

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Charles-Joseph Natoire, The Life Class at the French Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture, 1746

The Life Class at the French Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture

Charles-Joseph Natoire

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A colourful head and shoulders print of a woman with red hair, laughing away from the viewer in a flamboyant manner. She has a mint green shawl and a blue detailed dress, with a red and pink headpiece. The print is outlined in a black rounded rectangle, and the background is a swirly yellow design.

Bust of Mademoiselle Marcelle Lender

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

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