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Vanessa Bell & Duncan Grant
The Famous Women Dinner Service
"Nell Gwyn," c. 1932-34
📷Piano Nobile/Robert Travers Works of Art Limited

The 50-piece set was a private commission, made for Kenneth Clark (later Mr. "Civilisation") & his wife Jane.

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A white ceramic plate with an abstract border with crosses and circles surrounding a colour drawing of Nell Gwyn in shades of blue, black yellow and brown, 1932-34.
November 3, 2026 at 2:55 PM
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Sir William Orpen, 1878-1931
Self-Portrait, 1910
pencil & wash, 13 in. diameter
National Portrait Gallery, London
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Wash and pencil drawing of a man in a pale green coat seated at an easel, turning to scowl at the observer. He is in a room with cream walls and green curtains. There is table with loose paper on it and a line drawing on yellow paper hanging on the wall between the curtains.
October 27, 2026 at 1:13 PM
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Jean-Siméon Chardin, 1699-1779
The Jar of Apricots, 1758
oil on canvas
57.2 × 50.8 cm
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto

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A still life with wine glasses, knife, bread, fruit, china cups (one with saucer and spoon), a wooden cheese box, a wrapped parcel and a jar of apricots with a tied paper cover, all on a wooden tabletop.
October 13, 2026 at 3:26 PM
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Joyce Wieland, 1930-1998
Mother and Child, 1981
oil on canvas, 42 x 42 cm.
private collection, Toronto

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A circular, expressionist-style painting of a woman holding a baby, surrounded by foliage, in orange, yellow, blue, beige and green.
October 6, 2026 at 3:10 PM
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Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, #botd 1571.
Medusa, c.1598; Uffizi Gallery, Florence

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A severed head, grimacing in open-mouthed horror, with blood pouring from its neck and a mass of writhing snakes as hair. Caravaggio's Medusa, c. 1598, Uffizi Gallery, Florence.
September 29, 2026 at 2:29 PM