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Edward VI as a Child by Hans Holbein the Younger

https://www.nga.gov/artworks/71-edward-vi-child

After the Reformation had brought social and political upheaval to Germany, creating an unfavorable climate for artists, Holbein moved to England in 1526. He first painted for Sir Thomas More’s circle of high servants of the crown and then became painter to the King himself, Henry VIII.
He rests one hand on the ledge and holds a gold orb on a stick in that hand.

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The Kiss (Le Baiser) by Auguste Rodin

https://www.nga.gov/artworks/1008-kiss-le-baiser

Nineteenth-century viewers and critics were immediately taken with Rodin’s three-dimensional group, entitled Paolo and Francesca , the passionate lovers from the fifth canto of Dante’s Inferno . When one enthusiastic critic referred to it as The Kiss , the new title stuck, and the association with Dante’s ill-fated lovers gave way to a more contemporary, universal response to their passionate embrace.
The man rests his right hand, closer to us, on her hip and she hooks one leg over

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