Metamorphoses with Stephen Fry

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Metamorphoses with Stephen Fry in the museum

  1. Nicolas Poussin, The inspiration of a poet, 1628

    1. Nicolas Poussin, The inspiration of a poet, 1628

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  2. Georg I Lotter, Bokaal met Orpheus en andere voorstellingen uit de Metamorfosen, ca. 1650

    2. Georg I Lotter, Bokaal met Orpheus en andere voorstellingen uit de Metamorfosen, ca. 1650

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  3. Louis Finson, The Four Elements, ca. 1611

    3. Louis Finson, The Four Elements, ca. 1611

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  4. Auguste Rodin, La Terre (The Earth), 1896

    4. Auguste Rodin, La Terre (The Earth), 1896

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  5. Tintoretto, Minerva and Arachne, ca. 1575–1585

    5. Tintoretto, Minerva and Arachne, ca. 1575–1585

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  6. Louise Bourgeois, Spider Couple, 2003

    6. Louise Bourgeois, Spider Couple, 2003

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  7. Jacob Jordaens, The abduction of Europe, 1643

    7. Jacob Jordaens, The abduction of Europe, 1643

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  8. after Michelangelo Buonarroti, Leda and the Swan, after 1530

    8. after Michelangelo Buonarroti, Leda and the Swan, after 1530

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  9. Correggio, Jupiter and Io, ca. 1531–1532

    9. Correggio, Jupiter and Io, ca. 1531–1532

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  10. Hendrick Goltzius, The Sleeping Danaë Being Prepared for Jupiter, 1603

    10. Hendrick Goltzius, The Sleeping Danaë Being Prepared for Jupiter, 1603

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  11. Hubert Gerhard, Perseus with the head of Medusa, 1585–1590

    11. Hubert Gerhard, Perseus with the head of Medusa, 1585–1590

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  12. Auguste Rodin, Pygmalion et Galatée, ca. 1889

    12. Auguste Rodin, Pygmalion et Galatée, ca. 1889

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  13. Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, Narcissus, ca. 1597–1598

    13. Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, Narcissus, ca. 1597–1598

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  14. Medardo Rosso, Bambino al sole (Child in the sun), 1891–1892

    14. Medardo Rosso, Bambino al sole (Child in the sun), 1891–1892

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  15. Giuseppe Arcimboldo, Emperor Rudolph II as Vertumnus, 1590

    15. Giuseppe Arcimboldo, Emperor Rudolph II as Vertumnus, 1590

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  16. Ulay, Dreaming of Self-Impression, 1973–1974

    16. Ulay, Dreaming of Self-Impression, 1973–1974

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  17. Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Sleeping Hermaphroditus, 200 AD/1620 

    17. Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Sleeping Hermaphroditus, 200 AD/1620 

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  18. Branch stump with crooked spoons, 1578–1587

    18. Branch stump with crooked spoons, 1578–1587

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  19. Jeremias Ritter, Drinking vessel in the form of Acteaon, ca. 1615–1620

    19. Jeremias Ritter, Drinking vessel in the form of Acteaon, ca. 1615–1620

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  20. Femmy Otten, We Once Were One, 2022

    20. Femmy Otten, We Once Were One, 2022

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  21. Luca Giordano, Apollo and Marsyas, ca 1695

    21. Luca Giordano, Apollo and Marsyas, ca 1695

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  22. René Magritte, Le modèle rouge III, 1937

    22. René Magritte, Le modèle rouge III, 1937

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