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'The Cauldron' reduction linocut by Joshua Miles (lemmy.ml)

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Nocturne in Black and Gold: The Falling Rocket by James Whistler (upload.wikimedia.org)

Self Portrait - Norman Rockwell (1960) (uploads8.wikiart.org)

Portrait de l'artiste sous les traits d'un moqueur - Joseph Ducreux (1793) (upload.wikimedia.org)

Not often you see an accomplished artist make such an direct and confronting self portrait.

Gypsy Girl - Franz Hals (1628–30) Oil on wood. (upload.wikimedia.org)

Fath Ali Shah - Mihr 'Ali (1800's) (upload.wikimedia.org)

Fat’h Ali Shah commissioned great numbers of lifesize portraits of himself and his sons, works which formed the backdrop to court ceremonies. The works, painted by Mihr 'Ali and his predecessor as court painter, Mirza Baba, portrayed Fat’h Ali Shah in his many stately roles, and were intended to show his power as a ruler...

Phoenix Egg - Thetis Blacker (1981) Batik on cotton (marinaelphick.files.wordpress.com)

Two Women at a Window - Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1655-6) oil on canvas (upload.wikimedia.org)

Shoda Koho - Black Cat (1930’s) (i.imgur.com)

Inspired by a haiku poem by Kawabata Bosha (1900-1941): “In the thick of the leaves / the eyes of a black cat / ominous flashes of gold”

Woman Reading - Peter Vilhelm Ilsted (1907) (1.bp.blogspot.com)

Peter Ilsted and Vilhelm Hammershøi, together with Carl Holsøe (1863–1935), were leading artists in early 20th-century Denmark. All three artists were members of the Free Exhibitions (Den Frie Udstilling), a progressive artists association founded in 1891. They are famous for painting images of “Sunshine and Silent...