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Landscape with Rainbow, (detail), oil on canvas by George Henry (1858–1943), photo credit: Manchester Art Gallery

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Declaration of love. 1731, oil on canvas by Jean François de Troy (1679–1752). photo credit: Charlottenburg Palace, Berlin (source: Google Arts and Culture)

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