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Title Page of Defending Clerical Marriage
Image by Katharina Zell

Title Page of Defending Clerical Marriage

Title page of Defending Clerical Marriage (1524), an open letter by reformer and theologian Katharina Zell (nee Schütz, l. 1497-1562).
House of the Zells
Image by Henri Armand-Delille

House of the Zells

Home of Matthäus and Katharina Zell, illustration by Henri Armand-Delille, 1902. National University Library of Strasbourg.
The Cotton Market, New Orleans by Degas
Image by Musée-des-Beaux-Arts, Pau

The Cotton Market, New Orleans by Degas

An 1873 oil on canvas painting, The Cotton Market, New Orleans (aka The Cotton Office), by Edgar Degas (1834-1917), the French impressionist painter. The scene shows a busy office with 13 people, including buyers, brokers, and office layabouts...
The Dance Class by Degas
Image by Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Dance Class by Degas

An 1874 oil on canvas painting, The Dance Class, by Edgar Degas (1834-1917), the French impressionist painter. The expert conducting the class, probably an examination in the Paris Opera, is Jules Perrot (1810-1892). The scene is one that...
Absinthe by Degas
Image by Musée d'Orsay

Absinthe by Degas

A c. 1876 oil on canvas painting, Absinthe (aka In the Café), by Edgar Degas (1834-1917), the French impressionist painter. Here is a depiction of the impoverished and alienated lives of the capital's poor. Degas used two models for this...
The Star by Degas
Image by Musée d'Orsay

The Star by Degas

A c. 1876 pastel on paper, The Star (l'étoile), by Edgar Degas (1834-1917), the French impressionist painter. The artist painted many scenes of ballerinas, but most, like this one, are not of the dancers performing but either rehearsing or...
Saints Augustine and Monica
Image by Ary Scheffer

Saints Augustine and Monica

Saints Augustine and Monica, oil on canvas painting by Ary Scheffer, 1854. National Gallery, London.
Interior by Degas
Image by Philadelphia Museum of Art

Interior by Degas

A c. 1868 oil on canvas painting, Interior, by Edgar Degas (1834-1917), the French impressionist painter. Degas left the relationship between the man and woman in this scene deliberately obscure and would not explain it to friends. The artist...
Saint Augustine Ordained a Bishop
Image by Fr Lawrence Lew, O.P.

Saint Augustine Ordained a Bishop

Saint Augustine Ordained a Bishop, detail from a Netherlandish triptych painted c. 1490. Cloisters Museum, New York.
Jockeys before the Race by Degas
Image by Barber Institute of Fine Arts

Jockeys before the Race by Degas

A c. 1878-9 oils, gouache, and pastels on card painting, Jockeys before the Race, by Edgar Degas (1834-1917), the French impressionist painter. Degas was particularly interested in capturing horses, usually in the tense moments before a race...
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