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An 1875 oil on canvas painting, Amongst the Wheat, by Berthe Morisot (1841-95), the French impressionist painter. Painted at Genneviliers, an outer suburb of Paris and showing how the industry of city life was encroaching...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...