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What is the original name of the surrealist painting Soft Watches painted by Salvador Dalí in 1931?
1The Persistence of Memory
2The Temptation of St. Anthony
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The Persistence of Memory is a surrealist painting painted in 1931 by Salvador Dalí. It is an oil on canvas known to the general public as The Soft Watches and is one of the painter's most famous paintings. The painting has been in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York since 1934.
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The Persistence of Memory is a surrealist painting painted in 1931 by Salvador Dalí. It is an oil on canvas known to the general public as The Soft Watches and is one of the painter's most famous paintings. The painting has been in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York since 1934.
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Where is exhibited the work The Hunters in the Snow by Pieter Bruegel the Elder in 1565?
1Kunsthistorisches Museum
2Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
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The Hunters in the Snow is a painting by Pieter Bruegel the Elder painted in 1565. It is an example of the Flemish Renaissance. The work is kept in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, Austria.
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The Hunters in the Snow is a painting by Pieter Bruegel the Elder painted in 1565. It is an example of the Flemish Renaissance. The work is kept in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, Austria.
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Which American artist painted the famous painting American Gothic in 1930?
1Grant Wood
2Thomas Eakins
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American Gothic is a painting by Grant Wood in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago. Wood was inspired by a cottage designed in the Gothic Revival style with a distinctive top window and decided to paint it with "the kind of people he imagined [he] would live in that house. »
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American Gothic is a painting by Grant Wood in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago. Wood was inspired by a cottage designed in the Gothic Revival style with a distinctive top window and decided to paint it with "the kind of people he imagined [he] would live in that house. »
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What popular name is given to the work The Triumph of Bacchus painted by Diego Velázquez?
1The Drinkers
2The Poets
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The Triumph of Bacchus is an oil on canvas by Velázquez, exhibited in the Prado Museum since 1819. It is popularly known as The Drinkers.
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The Triumph of Bacchus is an oil on canvas by Velázquez, exhibited in the Prado Museum since 1819. It is popularly known as The Drinkers.
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When did Claude Lorrain paint the work Embarkation of the Queen of Sheba?
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21748
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The Embarkation of the Queen of Sheba is a painting by Claude Gellée, known as "le Lorrain", painted in 1648.
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The Embarkation of the Queen of Sheba is a painting by Claude Gellée, known as "le Lorrain", painted in 1648.
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Where is exhibited the work Bacchus and Ariadne painted by Titian in 1523?
1National Gallery, London
2National Gallery of Art, Washington
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Bacchus and Ariadne is a Renaissance painting created by Titian in 1523 and exhibited at the National Gallery in London.
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Bacchus and Ariadne is a Renaissance painting created by Titian in 1523 and exhibited at the National Gallery in London.
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What is the nationality of the painter Salvator Rosa?
1Italian
2Spanish
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Salvator Rosa is an Italian satirical poet, actor, musician, engraver and painter born on July 22, 1615 in Arenella, a district of Naples, and died on March 15, 1673 in Rome.
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Salvator Rosa is an Italian satirical poet, actor, musician, engraver and painter born on July 22, 1615 in Arenella, a district of Naples, and died on March 15, 1673 in Rome.
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When did Diego Velázquez paint the Portrait of Innocent X?
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21750
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The Portrait of Innocent X is a painting in oil on canvas by Diego Velázquez in the summer of 1650, depicting Pope Innocent X and is on display in the Doria-Pamphilj Gallery in Rome.
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The Portrait of Innocent X is a painting in oil on canvas by Diego Velázquez in the summer of 1650, depicting Pope Innocent X and is on display in the Doria-Pamphilj Gallery in Rome.
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Which artist created the cycle of frescoes in the Scrovegni Chapel in Padua?
2Giotto
1Cimabue
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The Scrovegni Chapel is a single nave chapel entirely covered with paintings whose colours are in a remarkable state of preservation. Giotto completed a complex programme covering the New Testament and two apocryphal sources.
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The Scrovegni Chapel is a single nave chapel entirely covered with paintings whose colours are in a remarkable state of preservation. Giotto completed a complex programme covering the New Testament and two apocryphal sources.
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Which pope commissioned the fresco The Last Judgment painted by Michelangelo?
1Clement VII
2Paul III
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The Last Judgment is a fresco painted by Michelangelo on the altar wall of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican. It was commissioned by Pope Clement VII and inaugurated by his successor Paul III in 1541.
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The Last Judgment is a fresco painted by Michelangelo on the altar wall of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican. It was commissioned by Pope Clement VII and inaugurated by his successor Paul III in 1541.
