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6 database entries

ID Title Artist Date Place of Execution No. of Ground Layers Colour-code Layers
M536 Portrait of Robert Cheseman HOLBEIN THE YOUNGER, Hans 1533 London 2 LY-G
M537 Portrait of a nobleman with a hawk HOLBEIN THE YOUNGER, Hans 1542 London 2 LY-W
M609 Portrait of Sir Norton Knatchbull HOOGSTRATEN, Samuel van 1667 London 1 Br
M737 Minerva protects Pax from Mars ('Peace and War') RUBENS, Peter Paul 1629 - 1630 London 2 R-G
M738 The Ambassadors HOLBEIN THE YOUNGER, Hans 1533 London 2 LY-G
M761 Portrait of Adam Wachendorff, with a Putto Blowing Bubbles KETEL, Cornelis 1574 London 2 LY-W
Portrait of Robert Cheseman
M536: Portrait of Robert Cheseman
(1533) HOLBEIN THE YOUNGER, Hans Painted in: London

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panel

Portrait of a nobleman with a hawk
M537: Portrait of a nobleman with a hawk
(1542) HOLBEIN THE YOUNGER, Hans Painted in: London

Paint layers (oil)

panel

Portrait of Sir Norton Knatchbull
M609: Portrait of Sir Norton Knatchbull
(1667) HOOGSTRATEN, Samuel van Painted in: London

Paint layers (oil)

canvas

Minerva protects Pax from Mars ('Peace and War')
M737: Minerva protects Pax from Mars ('Peace and War')
(1629-1630) RUBENS, Peter Paul Painted in: London

Paint layers (oil)

canvas

The Ambassadors
M738: The Ambassadors
(1533) HOLBEIN THE YOUNGER, Hans Painted in: London

Paint layers (oil)

panel

Portrait of Adam Wachendorff, with a Putto Blowing Bubbles
M761: Portrait of Adam Wachendorff, with a Putto Blowing Bubbles
(1574) KETEL, Cornelis Painted in: London

Paint layers (oil)

panel

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