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MASTERPIECES GALLERY

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From Dutch "Meesterstuk", and German "Meisterstück". It is a consummate example of skill or excellence, as in an art.

Some masterpieces reach outstanding high prices.

Selected Masterpieces

Philippe De Loutherbourg, The Falls of the Rhine at Schaffhausen, 1788,

Thomas Cole, Landscape Scene from the Last of the Mohicans, 1827.

Theodore Rousseau, Mont-Saint-Michel, 1832.

Masterpieces at the Detroit Institute of Arts with greatest value.

Henri Matisse, The Window, 1916. Estimated value: $150 million.
Pieter Bruegel the Elder, The Wedding Dance, ca. 1566. Estimated value: $100 million.
Frederic Edwin Church, Cotopaxi. Estimated value: $70 million.
Vincent van Gogh, Self Portrait, 1887. Estimated value: $60 million.

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+File:Henri Matisse The Window 1916.jpg|[[Henri Matisse]], The Window, 1916. Estimated value: $150 million.
 File:Breugel The Wedding Dance ca 1566.jpg|[[Pieter Bruegel the Elder]], The Wedding Dance, ca. 1566. Estimated value: $100 million.
 Image:Church Cotopaxi.jpg|[[Frederic Edwin Church]], Cotopaxi. Estimated value: $70 million.