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Ferens Art Gallery

Artists featured in this Curation: Thomas Pelham Hall, Paulus Bor (c.1601–1669), Valerio Castello (1624–1659), Benjamin West (1738–1820), Nicolas Régnier (c.1590–1667), Gregorio Lazzarini (1655–1730), Joseph Wright of Derby (1734–1797), Frederic Leighton (1830–1896), Denys Calvaert (1540–1619), Daniel Haringh (1641–1713), and 10 more
20 artworks
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  • Uncle Toby and the Widow Wadman

    Uncle Toby and the Widow Wadman 1868
    Thomas Pelham Hall (active 1827–1886)
    Oil on canvas
    H 25.3 x W 20.3 cm
    Ferens Art Gallery
    Uncle Toby and the Widow Wadman
    Image credit: Ferens Art Gallery

  • Vertumnus and Pomona

    Vertumnus and Pomona c.1640–c.1660
    Paulus Bor (c.1601–1669) (attributed to)
    Oil on canvas
    H 109.5 x W 85.8 cm
    Ferens Art Gallery
    Vertumnus and Pomona
    Image credit: Ferens Art Gallery

  • Tobias Healing the Blind Tobit

    Tobias Healing the Blind Tobit c.1650
    Valerio Castello (1624–1659)
    Oil on canvas
    H 170 x W 217 cm
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    Tobias Healing the Blind Tobit
    Image credit: Ferens Art Gallery

  • Salome with the Head of Saint John the Baptist

    Salome with the Head of Saint John the Baptist 1763
    Benjamin West (1738–1820)
    Oil on canvas
    H 125.3 x W 94.1 cm
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    Salome with the Head of Saint John the Baptist
    Image credit: Ferens Art Gallery

  • Saint Sebastian Tended by the Holy Irene

    Saint Sebastian Tended by the Holy Irene 1650s
    Nicolas Régnier (c.1590–1667)
    Oil on canvas
    H 171.5 x W 219.4 cm
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    Saint Sebastian Tended by the Holy Irene
    Image credit: Ferens Art Gallery

  • Aurora and Tithonus

    Aurora and Tithonus 1700–1720
    Gregorio Lazzarini (1655–1730) (attributed to)
    Oil on canvas
    H 107 x W 81 cm
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    Aurora and Tithonus
    Image credit: Ferens Art Gallery

  • Maria, from Sterne

    Maria, from Sterne 1777
    Joseph Wright of Derby (1734–1797)
    Oil on canvas
    H 100.3 x W 125.7 cm
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    Maria, from Sterne
    Image credit: Ferens Art Gallery

  • Electra at the Tomb of Agamemnon

    Electra at the Tomb of Agamemnon c.1869
    Frederic Leighton (1830–1896)
    Oil on canvas
    H 150 x W 75.5 cm
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    Electra at the Tomb of Agamemnon
    Image credit: Ferens Art Gallery

  • Danaë

    Danaë c.1616
    Denys Calvaert (1540–1619)
    Oil on canvas
    H 109.5 x W 77.6 cm
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    Danaë
    Image credit: Ferens Art Gallery

  • The Death of Dido

    The Death of Dido c.1665–c.1695
    Daniel Haringh (1641–1713)
    Oil on canvas
    H 116.2 x W 115 cm
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    The Death of Dido
    Image credit: Ferens Art Gallery

  • Sappho

    Sappho 1923
    Thomas Esmond Lowinsky (1892–1947)
    Oil on canvas
    H 47.8 x W 51.5 cm
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    Sappho
    Image credit: Ferens Art Gallery

  • The Annunciation

    The Annunciation c.1648/c.1656
    Philippe de Champaigne (1602–1674)
    Oil on canvas
    H 74.3 x W 54.6 cm
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    The Annunciation
    Image credit: Ferens Art Gallery
  • Nativity possibly 17th C
    Dutch School (attributed to)
    Oil on canvas
    H 137.6 x W 191.3 cm
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    Nativity
    Image credit: Bridgeman Images

  • Christ Driving the Moneychangers from the Temple

    Christ Driving the Moneychangers from the Temple 1925
    William Patrick Roberts (1895–1980)
    Oil on canvas
    H 47.2 x W 53.3 cm
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    Christ Driving the Moneychangers from the Temple
    © estate of John David Roberts. By courtesy of The William Roberts Society. Image credit: Bridgeman Images

  • The Supper at Emmaus

    The Supper at Emmaus 1632
    Crijn Hendricksz. Volmarijn (c.1604–1645)
    Oil on panel
    H 89.3 x W 121.5 cm
    Ferens Art Gallery
    The Supper at Emmaus
    Image credit: Ferens Art Gallery

  • The Transfiguration

    The Transfiguration c.1620
    Giuseppe Cesari (1568–1640)
    Oil on panel
    H 88.3 x W 58.9 cm
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    The Transfiguration
    Image credit: Ferens Art Gallery

  • The Apotheosis of Nelson

    The Apotheosis of Nelson c.1805–1818
    Pierre Nicolas Legrand (1758–1829)
    Oil on canvas
    H 60.3 x W 49.5 cm
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    The Apotheosis of Nelson
    Image credit: Ferens Art Gallery

  • Margaret Roper (1505–1544)

    Margaret Roper (1505–1544) c.1832
    Charles Landseer (1799–1879)
    Oil on canvas
    H 216 x W 285 cm
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    Margaret Roper (1505–1544)
    Image credit: Ferens Art Gallery

  • The Trial of William Lord Russell in 1683

    The Trial of William Lord Russell in 1683
    George Hayter (1792–1871)
    Oil on canvas
    H 70 x W 108 cm
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    The Trial of William Lord Russell in 1683
    Image credit: Ferens Art Gallery

  • The Press Gang

    The Press Gang 1858
    Alexander Johnston (1815–1891)
    Oil on canvas
    H 138.4 x W 123.2 cm
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    The Press Gang
    Image credit: Ferens Art Gallery

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  • Oliver Goldsmith's Medical Advice Rejected by His Patient in Favour of the Advice of the Apothecary
    Thomas Pelham Hall
  • The Hermit
    Charles Landseer (1799–1879)
  • The Agony in the Garden
    Denys Calvaert (1540–1619)
  • Sir Charles Cockerell (1755–1837), Bt
    George Hayter (1792–1871)
  • An Athlete Wrestling with a Python
    Frederic Leighton (1830–1896)
  • The Supper at Emmaus
    Crijn Hendricksz. Volmarijn (c.1604–1645)
  • Reason Ordering Temperance to Restrain Avarice
    Gregorio Lazzarini (1655–1730)
  • Saint Sebastian Tended by the Holy Irene
    Nicolas Régnier (c.1590–1667)
  • The Death of Dido
    Daniel Haringh (1641–1713)
  • Miss Jean Brady
    Thomas Esmond Lowinsky (1892–1947)
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