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Photo credit: : Manchester Art Gallery

Artist Dress and Textiles, Portraits: British 16th and 17th C 21

Who painted this betrothal portrait and its pair, and who is portrayed?

Photo credit: : Museums Sheffield

Subject or sitter Continental European after 1800 17

Is this the Jewish Ghetto in Rome?

Photo credit: : Compton Verney

Subject or sitter Continental European before 1800, Dress and Textiles 45

Who is the sitter in this portrait by Giuseppe Bonito?

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Discoveries

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28 March 2019 — News

A ‘Carelli’ painting of a Middle Eastern Scene, but which Carelli?

Middle-Eastern Scene, drawing and watercolour on paper by Gabriel Carelli (1820–1900)
Photo credit: : Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum

6 March 2019 — News

Justo Ruiz Luna confirmed as artist of ancient harbour view

Reconstruction of the Ancient Port of Rome, late 19th C, oil on canvas by Justo Ruiz Luna (1865–1926)
Photo credit: : Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council

21 February 2019 — News

On the trail of Harry Clifford Pilsbury’s portraits

Daniel Henry Redhead (b.1837), JP, Mayor of Peterborough (1895 & 1905), oil on canvas, attributed to Harry Clifford Pilsbury (1870–1925)
Photo credit: : Peterborough Museum & Art Gallery

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