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From Dutch "Meesterstuk", and German "Meisterstück". It is a consummate example of skill or excellence, as in an [[art]].
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Some masterpieces reach outstanding high prices. They embellish the walls of [[museum]]s and places of private collectors.
 
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== This week ==
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<big><big><big>Selected Masterpieces</big></big></big>
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[[File:Loutherbourg The Falls of the Rhine at Schaffhausen 1788.jpg]]
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[[Philippe De Loutherbourg]], The Falls of the Rhine at Schaffhausen, 1788,
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[[Thomas Cole]] Landscape Scene from the Last of the Mohicans.  
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[[Thomas Cole]], Landscape Scene from the Last of the Mohicans, 1827.  
 
   
 
   
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[[File:Rousseau Mont-Saint-Michel 1832.jpg|thumb|left|330px]]
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[[Theodore Rousseau]], Mont-Saint-Michel, 1832.
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[[File:Boulanger Rehersal the Flute Player.jpg|thumb|340px|[[Gustave Boulanger]], A Performance of The Flute Player..., 1861.]]
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[[File:Velázquez La rendición de Breda 1635.jpg|thumb|center|380px|[[Diego Velázquez]], La Rendición de Breda, 1635.]]
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:::: [[File:Ivan Shishkin, Autumn Forest 1876.jpg|thumb|left|350px|Ivan Shishkin, Autumn Forest 1876.]]
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[[File:Murillo - Adoration of the Magi.jpg|thumb|center|260px|[[Bartolomé Esteban Murillo]], Adoration of the Magi, ca. 1655-1660.]]
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'''Water Traveller''' by Alex Mbugus.
      
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Masterpieces at the Detroit Institute of Arts with greatest value.
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File:Henri Matisse The Window 1916.jpg|[[Henri Matisse]], The Window, 1916. Estimated value: $150 million.
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File:Breugel The Wedding Dance ca 1566.jpg|[[Pieter Bruegel the Elder]], The Wedding Dance, ca. 1566. Estimated value: $100 million.
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Image:Church Cotopaxi.jpg|[[Frederic Edwin Church]], Cotopaxi. Estimated value: $70 million.
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File:Van Gogh Self Portrait 1887.jpg|[[Vincent van Gogh]], Self Portrait, 1887. Estimated value: $60 million.
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A masterpiece at the Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid.
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[[File:Giambattista Tiepolo, The Immaculate Conception, 1767 - 1769.jpg]]
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[[Giovanni Battista Tiepolo|Giambattista Tiepolo]], The Immaculate Conception, 1767 - 1769.
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== See also ==
 
== See also ==
 
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[[File:Antonio Canova Cupids Kiss Hermitage.jpg|thumb|280px|[[Antonio Canova]], Cupids Kiss [[State Hermitage Museum|Hermitage]].]]
 
*[[Painting Masterpieces]]
 
*[[Painting Masterpieces]]
 
*[[Painting Schools]]
 
*[[Painting Schools]]
 
*[[Painting]]
 
*[[Painting]]
*[[World treasures]]
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*[[World famous paintings]]
 
*[[Painting Galleries]]
 
*[[Painting Galleries]]
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[[File:Willem Kalf Still life with silver jug 1634-1693 WC PD.jpg|thumb|left|270px|Willem Kalf, Still life with silver jug, ca. 1655-1657.]]
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[[File:Renoir, Jardin de la rue Cortot, 1876.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Renoir]], Jardin de la rue Cortot, 1876.]]
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[[File:The Rooks Have Come Back was painted by Alexei Savrasov 1871.jpg|center|thumb|240px|The Rooks Have Come Back by Alexei Savrasov, 1871.]]
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[[File:Fragonard Jeroboam Offering Sacrifice for the Idol 1752.jpg|thumb|center|370px|[[Jean-Honoré Fragonard]], Jeroboam Offering Sacrifice for the Idol, 1752.]]
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== External links ==
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[[File:Pierre Dupuis Nature morte aux prunes et aux abricots XVII.jpg|thumb|280px|Pierre Dupuis, Nature morte aux prunes et aux abricots, XVII.]]
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*[http://www.wetcanvas.com/ArtSchool/Hagan/what_makes_a_masterpiece.htm WHAT MAKES A MASTERPIECE?]
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*[https://www.museodelprado.es/en/visit-the-museum/15-masterpieces 15 Masterpieces.] Museo Nacional del Prado.
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[[File:Fragonard Blind Man s Bluff 1773-1776.jpg|thumb|left|[[Jean-Honoré Fragonard]], Blind Man's Bluff, 1773-1776.]]
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[[File:Joseph von Fuhrich, Waldesruh, 1835.jpg|thumb|left|Joseph von Führich, Waldesruh, 1835.]]
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[[File:Giorgione - The Tempest.jpg|thumb|center|270px|Giorgione, The Tempest, ca. 1507- 1508.]]
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<big><big>''MAKING ART WITH ART''</big></big>
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[[Category:Artistic Movements]]
 
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