The birth of our flag. 1874. Henry Peters Gray. American. 1819-1877.

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Invention. 1778-80. Angelica Kauffmann. Swiss. 1741-1807. oil on canvas.

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Jupiter. Jean Baptiste Corneille. French. 1646-1695. drawing. black and white chalk on brown paper.

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Detail : Portrait of a young man. 1760-65. Pompeo Batoni. Italian. 1708-1787.

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Sunrise in Syria. 1874.  Frederic Edwin Church. American. 1826-1900.

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St. Sebastian martyr. 1865. Theodule Ribot. French. 1823-1891. 

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Depiction of a twisted torso of a young man. Annibale Carracci. Italian. 1560-1609. drawing.

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Apollo  granting Phaeton permission to drive the chariot of the sun. 1690-95.

Johann Michael Rottmayr. Austrian. 1654-1730. oil on canvas.

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Portrait of a young man. Jean Dominique Ingres. French. 1780-1867. 

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The martyrdom of St. Bartholomew. 1749. Pompeo Batoni. Italian. 1708-1787. oil on canvas.

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Hercules punishing Busiris. 1675. Jean Baptiste Corneille. French. 1646-1695.

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Prometheus bound. 1670. drawing. Louis Boullonge Young. French. 1609-1674.

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Mercury overcomes the vigilance of Argus. Jean Francois de Troy. French. 1679-1752.  oil on canvas.

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Oedipus at Colonus. 1778. Jean Antoine Giroust. French. 1753-1817.

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Detail : Creusa consumed by the poisoned robes. Jean Francois de Troy. French. 1679-1752. oil on canvas.

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