Medusa, 1597, Caravaggio
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Bibliothèque nationale de France, Latin 1370 f. 212v (St. Denis). Horae ad usum Parisiensem , dites Heures de Charles VIII. 1475-1500.
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The planet Saturn, 5-26-12 by rednblueobservatory
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Francis Alÿs, The Nightwatch, 2004 [x]
Surveillance cameras observe a fox exploring the Tudor and Georgian rooms of the National Portrait Gallery at night.
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Charles Sherwood Stratton, aka General Tom Thumb, daguerreotype, ca. 1848.
Source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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The solar eclipse of July 28, 1851 is the first correctly exposed photograph of a solar eclipse, using the daguerreotype process.
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Bartolomeo Passerotti - Blood of the Redeemer (detail)
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Étienne Chevalier and Saint Stephen (detail) by Jean Fouquet, cca 1454
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Artemisia Gentileschi - Judith Slaying Holofernes, 1611-12. Oil on canvas
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