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A 1767 oil on canvas portrait by Louis-Michel van Loo of the French author and philosopher Diderot (1713-1784). (Louvre Museum, Paris)

An 1889 oil on canvas painting, Wheatfield with Cypresses, by Vincent van Gogh (1853-90), the Dutch post-impressionist artist. Painted in September near Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France. The artist painted a series...

An 1889 oil on canvas painting, Bedroom in Arles, by Vincent van Gogh (1853-90), the Dutch post-impressionist artist. Painted in October, this was the artist's own room in the Yellow House he rented. He has painted all...

Former President Martin Van Buren, daguerrotype by Mathew Brady, around 1849-50. Yale University Library.

A model of the microscope created by Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (1632-1723). Made by the Boerhaave Museum, Leiden, 1983. The microscope used a glass bead as a magnifier, giving a much greater magnification than other...

US President Martin Van Buren, oil on canvas by Henry Inman, circa 1837. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

An 1888 oil on canvas painting, Pink Peach Trees, by Vincent van Gogh (1853-90), the Dutch post-impressionist artist. Painted in the spring shortly after Vincent had arrived in the south of France. Fascinated by the...

An 1888 oil on canvas portrait, Joseph Roulin Sitting on a Chair, by Vincent van Gogh (1853-90), the Dutch post-impressionist artist. Painted in August in Arles, France. Roulin was the artist's local postman...

The memorial in Oude Learl, Delft, the Netherlands to Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (1632-1723), the most important microscopist of the Scientific Revolution.

An 1888 oil on canvas painting, Trinquetaille Bridge, by Vincent van Gogh (1853-90), the Dutch post-impressionist artist. Painted in October in Arles when the artist concentrated on urban scenes now the local greenery...