Artist: Jean-paul Riopelle (1923 - )
Nationality: Canadian
Movement: Modern Canadian School
Media: Painting
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Biography:
Jean-Paul Riopelle began painting landscapes as a child, and eventually studied at Montreal Polytechnic majoring in architecture. In 1943, he reverted back to art and attended the Montreal Ecole des Beaux Arts and the Ecole du Meuble. His interest in abstraction developed when he met Paul-Emile Borduas, a member of the French-Canadian art group, Les Automatistes. They also sparked Riopelle’s interest in Surrealism and mechanical techniques. In 1947, he moved to Paris and continued his studies in Surrealism with the help of Marcel Decamp. His paintings became very sculptural as he began squeezing paint directly from the tube and shaping it with a palette knife. In the late 1950’s, Riopelle also created bronze sculptures of figures. His latest work is in mixed media and collage.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (100)
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Jean-Paul Riopelle untitled, plate on p. 156 in the book, 1¢ Life ([Bern: E. W. Kornfeld, 1964]) color lithograph 1964
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Jean-Paul Riopelle untitled, plate on p. 157 in the book, 1¢ Life ([Bern: E. W. Kornfeld, 1964]) color lithograph 1964
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Jean-Paul Riopelle untitled, plate on pp. 56-57 in the book, 1¢ Life ([Bern: E. W. Kornfeld, 1964]) color lithograph 1964
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©Yousuf Karsh ; Yousuf Karsh, Canadian (born in Armenia) 1908 Jean-Paul Riopelle USA, 1965 Photograph,
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John Paul Selinger, American, 1850-1909 The Water Seller 1878 Oil on canvas 116.84 x 55.24
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R. Topor The Persecution and Death of Jean Paul Marat color lithograph poster 1983
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Adrien Didier Jean Paul Laurens 19th - 20th century
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Jean Claude Richard Abbe'de Saint-Non Solimene Sacristi de l'eglise de St. Paul a Naples Etching, aquatint 1773
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Godefroy Engelmann Vue de Convent de St. Jean et St. Paul lithograph 18th - 19th century
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Jean Marie Paul Lafonde Portrait of Verdi 19th - 20th century
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Jean Paul Laurens The Execution (Le Supplice de Jeanne d'Arc) wool and silk 1905 - 1907
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Celebration of the Freedom of the Port of Antwerp, 1863 Paul-Jean Clays (Belgian, 1819-1900)Oil on
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P. Main Marie Jean Paul Roch Yves Gilbert Motier, Marquis de Lafayette paint on ivory, gilt metal, glass 19th century
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Jean Paul Laurens Inspiring the Troops (L'Arrivee de Jeanne d'Arc Devant Patay) wool and silk 1899 - 1901
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Dress, fall/winter 1993-1994 Designed by Jean Paul Gaultier (French, b. 1952)Frenchacrylic; L. at center back:
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Porte de la Reine at Aigues-Mortes, 1867 Jean-Frédéric Bazille (French, 1841-1870)Oil on canvas; 31 3/4
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Jean Sahmie Nampeyo Vessel Earthenware, pigment late 20th century
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Domenichino (Domenico Zampieri) Le Ravissement de St. Paul... (the raising of St. Paul )...thriteenth plate in the book... Le MusÈe royal (Paris: P. Didot, l*ainÈ, 1818), vol. 2 engraving and etching 16th - 17th century
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Paul Cezanne - The Artist's Son, Paul 1885-1890 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art French
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Jean Baptist Masse Portrait of Maria de Medici as Minerva Engraving 1708
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Pierre-Paul Prud'hon "Je ne me bats point contre un insensÈ," from Jean-Jacques Rousseau's La Nouvelle HÈloise (1804) Black and gray ink with opaque watercolor on wove paper 1804
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Paul Adolphe Rajon Greeks at Prayer etching 19th century
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Mourner, ca. 1453 Étienne Bobillet (Franco-Netherlandish, active in Bourges, 1453); Paul de Mosselman (Franco-Netherlandish, active
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Mourner, ca. 1453 Étienne Bobillet (Franco-Netherlandish, active in Bourges, 1453); Paul de Mosselman (Franco-Netherlandish, active
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Paul Adolphe Rajon Rembrandt in his Studio Etching 19th century
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Paul Pontius Portrait of Paul Pontius (Paul de Pont) Graveur Engraving 17th century
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Paul Jean Clays - Ships lying off Flushing 1869 oil on wood The National Gallery, London French
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Paul Jean Clays - Ships lying near Dordrecht 1870 oil on canvas The National Gallery, London French
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Paul Gavarni Paul! mon ami! me prendriez-vous... Lithograph 19th century
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Jean Baptiste Carpeaux - Portrait of Jean-Leon Gerome 1872-75 patinated plaster Hood Museum of Art French
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Jean-Baptiste Greuze Jean-Baptiste Greuze oil on canvas 18th - 19th century
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Pansies, 1903 Ignace-Henri-Jean-Théodore Fantin-Latour (French, 1836-1904)Oil on canvas; 9 x 11 1/8 in. (22.9 x
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Chuck Close - Paul III 1996 oil on canvas Cleveland Museum of Art American
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Paul Angier Roman Ruins, After Paul Pannini line engraving 18th century
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Otto van Veen Le spectacle de la vie humaine..., themes from Horace with commentary by Jean LeClerc (The Hague: Joannes van Duren, 1755) book with 103 engravings ca. 1600 - 1628
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Vincenzo Foppa - St. Paul 1450-1460 tempera on panel Minneapolis Institute of Arts Italian
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The Woman in the Waves, 1868 Jean-Désiré-Gustave Courbet (French, 1819-1877)Oil on canvas; 25 3/4 x
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Otto van Veen Plate 64 in the book Le spectacle de la vie humaine ..., themes from Horace with commentary by Jean Le Clerc (The Hague: Joannes van Duren, 1755) engraving ca. 1600 - 1628
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Otto van Veen Plate 63 in the book Le spectacle de la vie humaine ..., themes from Horace with commentary by Jean Le Clerc (The Hague: Joannes van Duren, 1755) engraving ca. 1600 - 1628
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Otto van Veen Plate 50 in the book Le spectacle de la vie humaine ..., themes from Horace with commentary by Jean Le Clerc (The Hague: Joannes van Duren, 1755) engraving ca. 1600 - 1628
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Otto van Veen Plate 62 in the book Le spectacle de la vie humaine ..., themes from Horace with commentary by Jean Le Clerc (The Hague: Joannes van Duren, 1755) engraving ca. 1600 - 1628
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Otto van Veen Plate 61 in the book Le spectacle de la vie humaine ..., themes from Horace with commentary by Jean Le Clerc (The Hague: Joannes van Duren, 1755) engraving ca. 1600 - 1628
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Otto van Veen Plate 57 in the book Le spectacle de la vie humaine ..., themes from Horace with commentary by Jean Le Clerc (The Hague: Joannes van Duren, 1755) engraving ca. 1600 - 1628
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Otto van Veen Plate 60 in the book Le spectacle de la vie humaine ..., themes from Horace with commentary by Jean Le Clerc (The Hague: Joannes van Duren, 1755) engraving ca. 1600 - 1628
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Otto van Veen Plate 56 in the book Le spectacle de la vie humaine ..., themes from Horace with commentary by Jean Le Clerc (The Hague: Joannes van Duren, 1755) engraving ca. 1600 - 1628
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Otto van Veen Plate 55 in the book Le spectacle de la vie humaine ..., themes from Horace with commentary by Jean Le Clerc (The Hague: Joannes van Duren, 1755) engraving ca. 1600 - 1628
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Otto van Veen Plate 58 in the book Le spectacle de la vie humaine ..., themes from Horace with commentary by Jean Le Clerc (The Hague: Joannes van Duren, 1755) engraving ca. 1600 - 1628
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Otto van Veen Plate 54 in the book Le spectacle de la vie humaine ..., themes from Horace with commentary by Jean Le Clerc (The Hague: Joannes van Duren, 1755) engraving ca. 1600 - 1628
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Otto van Veen Plate 53 in the book Le spectacle de la vie humaine ..., themes from Horace with commentary by Jean Le Clerc (The Hague: Joannes van Duren, 1755) engraving ca. 1600 - 1628
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Otto van Veen Plate 51 in the book Le spectacle de la vie humaine ..., themes from Horace with commentary by Jean Le Clerc (The Hague: Joannes van Duren, 1755) engraving ca. 1600 - 1628
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Otto van Veen Plate 52 in the book Le spectacle de la vie humaine ..., themes from Horace with commentary by Jean Le Clerc (The Hague: Joannes van Duren, 1755) engraving ca. 1600 - 1628
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Otto van Veen Plate 59 in the book Le spectacle de la vie humaine ..., themes from Horace with commentary by Jean Le Clerc (The Hague: Joannes van Duren, 1755) engraving ca. 1600 - 1628
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Otto van Veen Plate 66 in the book Le spectacle de la vie humaine ..., themes from Horace with commentary by Jean Le Clerc (The Hague: Joannes van Duren, 1755) engraving ca. 1600 - 1628
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Otto van Veen Plate 67 in the book Le spectacle de la vie humaine ..., themes from Horace with commentary by Jean Le Clerc (The Hague: Joannes van Duren, 1755) engraving ca. 1600 - 1628
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Otto van Veen Plate 68 in the book Le spectacle de la vie humaine ..., themes from Horace with commentary by Jean Le Clerc (The Hague: Joannes van Duren, 1755) engraving ca. 1600 - 1628
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Otto van Veen Plate 79 in the book Le spectacle de la vie humaine ..., themes from Horace with commentary by Jean Le Clerc (The Hague: Joannes van Duren, 1755) engraving ca. 1600 - 1628
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Otto van Veen Plate 80 in the book Le spectacle de la vie humaine ..., themes from Horace with commentary by Jean Le Clerc (The Hague: Joannes van Duren, 1755) engraving ca. 1600 - 1628
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Otto van Veen Plate 82 in the book Le spectacle de la vie humaine ..., themes from Horace with commentary by Jean Le Clerc (The Hague: Joannes van Duren, 1755) engraving ca. 1600 - 1628
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Otto van Veen Plate 83 in the book Le spectacle de la vie humaine ..., themes from Horace with commentary by Jean Le Clerc (The Hague: Joannes van Duren, 1755) engraving ca. 1600 - 1628
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Otto van Veen Plate 84 in the book Le spectacle de la vie humaine ..., themes from Horace with commentary by Jean Le Clerc (The Hague: Joannes van Duren, 1755) engraving ca. 1600 - 1628
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Otto van Veen Plate 85 in the book Le spectacle de la vie humaine ..., themes from Horace with commentary by Jean Le Clerc (The Hague: Joannes van Duren, 1755) engraving ca. 1600 - 1628
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Otto van Veen Plate 86 in the book Le spectacle de la vie humaine ..., themes from Horace with commentary by Jean Le Clerc (The Hague: Joannes van Duren, 1755) engraving ca. 1600 - 1628
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Otto van Veen Plate 87 in the book Le spectacle de la vie humaine ..., themes from Horace with commentary by Jean Le Clerc (The Hague: Joannes van Duren, 1755) engraving ca. 1600 - 1628
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Otto van Veen Plate 88 in the book Le spectacle de la vie humaine ..., themes from Horace with commentary by Jean Le Clerc (The Hague: Joannes van Duren, 1755) engraving ca. 1600 - 1628
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Otto van Veen Plate 89 in the book Le spectacle de la vie humaine ..., themes from Horace with commentary by Jean Le Clerc (The Hague: Joannes van Duren, 1755) engraving ca. 1600 - 1628
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Otto van Veen Plate 78 in the book Le spectacle de la vie humaine ..., themes from Horace with commentary by Jean Le Clerc (The Hague: Joannes van Duren, 1755) engraving ca. 1600 - 1628
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Otto van Veen Plate 65 in the book Le spectacle de la vie humaine ..., themes from Horace with commentary by Jean Le Clerc (The Hague: Joannes van Duren, 1755) engraving ca. 1600 - 1628
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Otto van Veen Plate 69 in the book Le spectacle de la vie humaine ..., themes from Horace with commentary by Jean Le Clerc (The Hague: Joannes van Duren, 1755) engraving ca. 1600 - 1628
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Otto van Veen Plate 70 in the book Le spectacle de la vie humaine ..., themes from Horace with commentary by Jean Le Clerc (The Hague: Joannes van Duren, 1755) engraving ca. 1600 - 1628
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Otto van Veen Plate 71 in the book Le spectacle de la vie humaine ..., themes from Horace with commentary by Jean Le Clerc (The Hague: Joannes van Duren, 1755) engraving ca. 1600 - 1628
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Otto van Veen Plate 72 in the book Le spectacle de la vie humaine ..., themes from Horace with commentary by Jean Le Clerc (The Hague: Joannes van Duren, 1755) engraving ca. 1600 - 1628
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Otto van Veen Plate 73 in the book Le spectacle de la vie humaine ..., themes from Horace with commentary by Jean Le Clerc (The Hague: Joannes van Duren, 1755) engraving ca. 1600 - 1628
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Otto van Veen Plate 74 in the book Le spectacle de la vie humaine ..., themes from Horace with commentary by Jean Le Clerc (The Hague: Joannes van Duren, 1755) engraving ca. 1600 - 1628
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Otto van Veen Plate 75 in the book Le spectacle de la vie humaine ..., themes from Horace with commentary by Jean Le Clerc (The Hague: Joannes van Duren, 1755) engraving ca. 1600 - 1628
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Otto van Veen Plate 76 in the book Le spectacle de la vie humaine ..., themes from Horace with commentary by Jean Le Clerc (The Hague: Joannes van Duren, 1755) engraving ca. 1600 - 1628
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Otto van Veen Plate 77 in the book Le spectacle de la vie humaine ..., themes from Horace with commentary by Jean Le Clerc (The Hague: Joannes van Duren, 1755) engraving ca. 1600 - 1628
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Otto van Veen Plate 81 in the book Le spectacle de la vie humaine ..., themes from Horace with commentary by Jean Le Clerc (The Hague: Joannes van Duren, 1755) engraving ca. 1600 - 1628
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Otto van Veen Plate 90 in the book Le spectacle de la vie humaine ..., themes from Horace with commentary by Jean Le Clerc (The Hague: Joannes van Duren, 1755) engraving ca. 1600 - 1628
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Otto van Veen Plate 2 in the book Le spectacle de la vie humaine ..., themes from Horace with commentary by Jean Le Clerc (The Hague: Joannes van Duren, 1755) engraving ca. 1600 - 1628
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Otto van Veen Plate 14 in the book Le spectacle de la vie humaine ..., themes from Horace with commentary by Jean Le Clerc (The Hague: Joannes van Duren, 1755) engraving ca. 1600 - 1628
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Otto van Veen Plate 15 in the book Le spectacle de la vie humaine ..., themes from Horace with commentary by Jean Le Clerc (The Hague: Joannes van Duren, 1755) engraving ca. 1600 - 1628
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Otto van Veen Plate 16 in the book Le spectacle de la vie humaine ..., themes from Horace with commentary by Jean Le Clerc (The Hague: Joannes van Duren, 1755) engraving ca. 1600 - 1628
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Otto van Veen Plate 17 in the book Le spectacle de la vie humaine ..., themes from Horace with commentary by Jean Le Clerc (The Hague: Joannes van Duren, 1755) engraving ca. 1600 - 1628
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Otto van Veen Plate 18 in the book Le spectacle de la vie humaine ..., themes from Horace with commentary by Jean Le Clerc (The Hague: Joannes van Duren, 1755) engraving ca. 1600 - 1628
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Otto van Veen Plate 19 in the book Le spectacle de la vie humaine ..., themes from Horace with commentary by Jean Le Clerc (The Hague: Joannes van Duren, 1755) engraving ca. 1600 - 1628
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Otto van Veen Plate 20 in the book Le spectacle de la vie humaine ..., themes from Horace with commentary by Jean Le Clerc (The Hague: Joannes van Duren, 1755) engraving ca. 1600 - 1628
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Otto van Veen Plate 21 in the book Le spectacle de la vie humaine ..., themes from Horace with commentary by Jean Le Clerc (The Hague: Joannes van Duren, 1755) engraving ca. 1600 - 1628
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Otto van Veen Plate 22 in the book Le spectacle de la vie humaine ..., themes from Horace with commentary by Jean Le Clerc (The Hague: Joannes van Duren, 1755) engraving ca. 1600 - 1628
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Otto van Veen Plate 23 in the book Le spectacle de la vie humaine ..., themes from Horace with commentary by Jean Le Clerc (The Hague: Joannes van Duren, 1755) engraving ca. 1600 - 1628
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Otto van Veen Plate 13 in the book Le spectacle de la vie humaine ..., themes from Horace with commentary by Jean Le Clerc (The Hague: Joannes van Duren, 1755) engraving ca. 1600 - 1628
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Otto van Veen Plate 12 in the book Le spectacle de la vie humaine ..., themes from Horace with commentary by Jean Le Clerc (The Hague: Joannes van Duren, 1755) engraving ca. 1600 - 1628
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Otto van Veen Plate 1 in the book Le spectacle de la vie humaine ..., themes from Horace with commentary by Jean Le Clerc (The Hague: Joannes van Duren, 1755) engraving ca. 1600 - 1628
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Otto van Veen Plate 3 in the book Le spectacle de la vie humaine ..., themes from Horace with commentary by Jean Le Clerc (The Hague: Joannes van Duren, 1755) engraving ca. 1600 - 1628
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Otto van Veen Plate 4 in the book Le spectacle de la vie humaine ..., themes from Horace with commentary by Jean Le Clerc (The Hague: Joannes van Duren, 1755) engraving ca. 1600 - 1628
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Otto van Veen Plate 5 in the book Le spectacle de la vie humaine ..., themes from Horace with commentary by Jean Le Clerc (The Hague: Joannes van Duren, 1755) engraving ca. 1600 - 1628
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Otto van Veen Plate 6 in the book Le spectacle de la vie humaine ..., themes from Horace with commentary by Jean Le Clerc (The Hague: Joannes van Duren, 1755) engraving ca. 1600 - 1628
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Otto van Veen Plate 7 in the book Le spectacle de la vie humaine ..., themes from Horace with commentary by Jean Le Clerc (The Hague: Joannes van Duren, 1755) engraving ca. 1600 - 1628
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Otto van Veen Plate 8 in the book Le spectacle de la vie humaine ..., themes from Horace with commentary by Jean Le Clerc (The Hague: Joannes van Duren, 1755) engraving ca. 1600 - 1628
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Otto van Veen Plate 9 in the book Le spectacle de la vie humaine ..., themes from Horace with commentary by Jean Le Clerc (The Hague: Joannes van Duren, 1755) engraving ca. 1600 - 1628
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Otto van Veen Plate 10 in the book Le spectacle de la vie humaine ..., themes from Horace with commentary by Jean Le Clerc (The Hague: Joannes van Duren, 1755) engraving ca. 1600 - 1628

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