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An 1870 oil on canvas landscape, The Road to Louveciennes, by Camille Pissarro (1830-1903), the Danish-French impressionist painter. The simple composition and colour tones are typical of the artist's work in this period. He painted many...

A c. 1868 oil on canvas painting, L'Hermitage at Pontoise (aka Hills of the Hermitage), by Camille Pissarro (1830-1903), the Danish-French impressionist painter. The artist lived in Pontoise for two spells and painted many village and rural...

An 1891 gouache and chalk on silk painting, Peasant Women Planting Pea Sticks, by Camille Pissarro (1830-1903), the Danish-French impressionist painter. The artist was interested in capturing an idealised view of rural life in many works...

A c. 1885 oil on canvas, Madame Pissarro Sewing, by Camille Pissarro (1830-1903), the Danish-French impressionist painter. The artist met Julie Vellay, then a cook's assistant, in 1860. They finally married in 1871 and had eight children...

An 1871 oil on canvas, Crystal Palace, by Camille Pissarro (1830-1903), the Danish-French impressionist painter. Pissarro lived and painted in England during the Franco-Prussian War. He met the art dealer Paul Durand-Ruel and this was the...

Saint Peter and Simon Magus, tempera on wood by Benozzo Gozzoli (c. 1420-1497). Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

This map illustrates the main maritime and overland trade arteries that bound the Roman Empire together between the first and third centuries CE. From grain fleets in the Mediterranean to camel caravans across the desert and river barges...

An 1896 oil on canvas, The Great Bridge, Rouen, by Camille Pissarro (1830-1903), the Danish-French impressionist painter. The artist visited Rouen in Normandy several times in his career. He was particularly fascinated in capturing the docks...

A 1902 oil on canvas, View of the Louvre from Across the Seine, by Camille Pissarro (1830-1903), the Danish-French impressionist painter. The artist painted a series of the exact same view but in different atmospheric conditions. (Croker...

An 1867 oil on canvas, A Cove at St. Thomas, by Camille Pissarro (1830-1903), the Danish-French impressionist painter. The artist was born on the island of St. Thomas in the Caribbean. (National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.)