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Peasants Celebrating Twelfth Night by David Teniers the Younger

https://www.nga.gov/artworks/53141-peasants-celebrating-twelfth-night

In the Low Countries, the Feast of Epiphany, or Twelfth Night, is known as Driekoningen (Three Kings). The Christian holiday is traditionally celebrated on January 6th with a festive meal at which friends and relatives gathered to eat, drink, and be merry.
This beautifully executed work is the earliest known of the large number of representations

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Christ Crucified by North European 18th Century, German 18th Century

https://www.nga.gov/artworks/101681-christ-crucified

This devotional carving, with a power that belies its small size, is the National Gallery of Art’s first purchase of a sculpture in ivory. Always a luxury material, ivory was imported into Europe from Africa by way of Egypt since Greek and Roman times, and remained in demand for centuries.
Even if a tusk were large enough to yield the body and arm span in one piece, a considerable

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