Art is the weapon

Landscape with a Calm, 1650 - 1651, From the collection of: The J. Paul Getty Museum

Taj Mahal, 1878, From the collection of: Archaeological Survey of India

Bailarina, Salvador Almaraz, 1959, From the collection of: Fundación Universidad de las Américas Puebla

Madonna and child with infant John the Baptist, Domenico Beccafumi, circa 1542, From the collection of: Art Gallery of New South Wales

Saint John Baptizing in the River Jordan, Nicolas Poussin, about 1630s, From the collection of: The J. Paul Getty Museum

Le massacre des Innocents, Nicolas Poussin, Vers 1628, From the collection of: Château de Chantilly

Pan and Syrinx, Nicolas Poussin, 1637, From the collection of: Old Masters Picture Gallery, Dresden State Art Museums

Landscape with a Calm, 1650 - 1651, From the collection of: The J. Paul Getty Museum

Floral Brocade, Zuber & Cie, 1875–1900, From the collection of: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Frock coat, Unknown, 1786, From the collection of: Palazzo Mocenigo

Textile, Unknown, 1250/1350, From the collection of: Palazzo Mocenigo

Mrs Chaleyat, Atma, 2012-09/2012-09, From the collection of: NOBULO

The Cage, Berthe Morisot, 1885/1885, From the collection of: National Museum of Women in the Arts

Violet and gold, Frederick McCUBBIN, 1911, From the collection of: National Gallery of Australia, Canberra

The rainbow, Willem Roelofs, 1875, From the collection of: Kunstmuseum

The Mill, Rembrandt van Rijn, 1645 - 1648, From the collection of: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

The Stone Bridge, Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn, Around 1638, From the collection of: Rijksmuseum

Christ with the Sick around Him, Receiving Little Children (The 'Hundred Guilder Print'), Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, ca. 1649, From the collection of: The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo

Flowers in a Delft Jar, Alexander Marshal, active 1651–died 1682, British, 1663, From the collection of: Yale Center for British Art

Old Church in Delft with the Tomb of Admiral Tromp, Hendrik van Vliet, 1658, From the collection of: The Toledo Museum of Art

Landscape with Philemon and Baucis, Peter Paul Rubens, 1620/1625, From the collection of: Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien

Putti: a ceiling decoration, Rubens, Sir Peter Paul, c.1660s, From the collection of: Dulwich Picture Gallery

Waiting (L'Attente), Edgar Degas, about 1882, From the collection of: The J. Paul Getty Museum

Ballet Rehearsal on Stage, Edgar Degas, 1874, From the collection of: Musée d’Orsay, Paris

Portrait of Henry Lerolle with two of his daughters, Yvonne and Christine and a mirror, Edgar Degas, 1895 - 1896, From the collection of: Musée d’Orsay, Paris

Louise Halévy Reading to Degas, about 1895, From the collection of: The J. Paul Getty Museum

Dancers, Edgar Degas, 1884 - 1885, From the collection of: Musée d’Orsay, Paris

The Ballet Class, Edgar Degas, 1871 - 1874, From the collection of: Musée d’Orsay, Paris

The Star, Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas, French, 1834 - 1917, c. 1876-1878, From the collection of: Philadelphia Museum of Art

Four Figures on a Step, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, c. 1655–60, From the collection of: Kimbell Art Museum

The Flower Girl, Murillo, Bartolomé Estéban, 1665-70, From the collection of: Dulwich Picture Gallery

The Madonna of the Rosary, Murillo, Bartolomé Estéban, c.1670-80, From the collection of: Dulwich Picture Gallery

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