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2017 T H E B URLINGTON MAG A ZINE
GAUGUIN, KANDINSKY AND THE SURREALISTS BONIFACIO DE’ PITATI | CARLO MARATTI | PAULA MODERSOHN-BECKER NO .
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THE ART OF CONSERVATION: THE TRAINING OF PAINTING CONSERVATORS IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
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Keith Vaughan (1912-1977) Eden Camp, 1954 (detail). Gouache and ink on paper, signed and dated, 28 x 35.5cm From: Osborne Samuel
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Andrea Sacchi (Rome or Nettuno, 1599 – Rome, 1661) Portrait of Monsignor Giacomo Franzoni, c. 1640 Oil on canvas, 71.7 x 57.5 cm
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