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[https://www.metmuseum.org/departments/european-paintings-1250-1800 by THE MET] | [https://www.metmuseum.org/departments/european-paintings-1250-1800 by THE MET] | ||
The Met’s celebrated European Paintings collection encompasses more than 2,500 works of art from the thirteenth through the early twentieth century. In addition to the department’s galleries, pictures hang in the Robert Lehman Collection, the Jack and Belle Linsky Collection, and in other departmental galleries at The Met Fifth Avenue, as well as at The Met Cloisters. | The Met’s celebrated European Paintings collection encompasses more than 2,500 works of art from the thirteenth through the early twentieth century. In addition to the department’s galleries, pictures hang in the Robert Lehman Collection, the Jack and Belle Linsky Collection, and in other departmental galleries at The Met Fifth Avenue, as well as at The Met Cloisters. | ||
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[https://www.oxfordartonline.com/page/1653 by Oxford Art Online] | |||
The 'Venus' of Willendorf is one of the most famous carvings from Europe's Palaeolithic period. Its extremely corpulent figure and emphasis on the female reproductive anatomy and lack of facial features have long inspired speculation that its function was as a fertility figure. | |||
