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An 1875 oil on canvas painting, Hanging the Laundry out to Dry, by Berthe Morisot (1841-95), the French impressionist painter. Painted in Gennevilliers, an outer suburb of Paris where new housing had recently been built. The painting is a...

An 1881 oil on canvas painting, Peasant Hanging the Washing, by Berthe Morisot (1841-95), the French impressionist painter. Depicting a scene from the banlieues of Paris where new housing was recently built for poorer families so that they...

Coronation of Melisende of Jerusalem as depicted in the 13th-century French manuscript Fr. 779. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris.

An 1885 oil on canvas self-portrait by Berthe Morisot (1841-95), the French impressionist painter. The art world was still dominated by men in the 19th century, and for a respectable bourgeoise woman to show herself as an artist was highly...

Image of Katherine Pangonis, the author of Queens of Jerusalem: The Women Who Dared to Rule.

Queens of Jerusalem: The Women Who Dared to Rule by Katherine Pangonis.

An 1888 oil on canvas painting, The Sower, by Vincent van Gogh (1853-90), the Dutch post-impressionist artist. Painted in November near Arles in southern France. Sowers are a recurring theme in the artist's work, seen by him as a symbol through...

An 1887 oil on canvas painting, Self-portrait with Grey Felt Hat, by Vincent van Gogh (1853-90), the Dutch post-impressionist artist. Painted in September-October and showing the influence of the Pontillists Vincent had met in Paris. The...

An 1888 oil on canvas painting, Trinquetaille Bridge, by Vincent van Gogh (1853-90), the Dutch post-impressionist artist. Painted in October in Arles when the artist concentrated on urban scenes now the local greenery and colours in nature...

An 1889 oil on canvas painting, Wheatfield with a Reaper, by Vincent van Gogh (1853-90), the Dutch post-impressionist artist. Painted in September in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence in southern France, plein air, and part of a series of the same scenes...