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Artworks to see before you die: Volume two

Great Sphinx, Giza
The face that launched a thousand ships ... Ancient Egypt: Great Sphinx, Giza (c2500BC) Photograph: Bridgeman Art Library
Study for The Leaping Horse, c.1825  by John  Constable
The trees glisten with tics and flecks ... John Constable: A Study for The Leaping Horse (c1825) Photograph: Bridgeman Art Library
Jupiter and Io by Correggio
A woman is embraced by a cloud ... Correggio: Jupiter and Io (early 1530s) Photograph: Bridgeman Art Library
Still life with Poultry, Vegetables and Fruit
Poised on the edge of a deep darkness ... Sanchez Cotan: Still life with Poultry, Vegetables and Fruit (1602) Photograph: Bridgeman Art Library
Sancho and Don Quixote; by Honore  Daumier
Strange and stark ... Honore Daumier: Don Quixote and Sancho Panza (c1855) Photograph: Bridgeman Art Library
The Death of Marat, 1793  by  Jacques Louis David
Unbending revolutionary courage ... Jacques-Louis David: The Death of Marat (1793) Photograph: Bridgeman Art Library
Women of Algiers by Eugene Delacroix
Sensual shock ... Eugene Delacroix: Women of Algiers (1834) Photograph: Corbis
St George by Donatello
Savage force and strength ... Donatello: St George (c1415-1417) Photograph: Bridgeman Art Library
Maesta: eleven scenes from the Passion by Duccio di Buoninsegna
An altarpiece that glows with sensitive humanity ... Duccio: Maesta (1308-1311) Photograph: Bridgeman Art Library
The Gross Clinic by Thomas Copperthwait Eakins 1875
More than merely medical matters ... Thomas Eakins: The Gross Clinic (1875) Photograph: Bridgeman Art Library
My Bed by Tracey Emin 1998
Detractors said it was disgusting ... Tracey Emin: My Bed (1998) Photograph: David Levene
The Wilton Diptych
Luminous and delicate ... English or French: Wilton Diptych (c1395-1399) Photograph: Bridgeman Art Library
The Madonna of Chancellor Rolin
Hypnotic miniaturist detail ... Jan van Eyck: The Madonna of Chancellor Rolin (1435) Photograph: Bridgeman Art Library
The Nightmare by Henry Fuseli
Erotic masterpiece ... Henry Fuseli: The Nightmare (1781) Photograph: Bridgeman Art Library
Perdita
Here's to you, Mrs Robinson ... Thomas Gainsborough: Mrs Robinson, 'Perdita' (1781) Photograph: Bridgeman Art Library
Sunflowers
All the myths about Vincent are true ... Vincent van Gogh: Sunflowers (1888) Photograph: Bridgeman Art Library
Terracotta warrior army in the tomb of the Emperor Qin Shihuang Di
Ancient China: Terracotta warriors from the tomb complex of the First Emperor of Qin (221-206BC) Photograph: Press Association
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