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Nancy Groves

On the flipside: match the famous paintings to their frames – quiz

Johannes Vermeer Girl with a Pearl Earring, c. 1665.
Johannes Vermeer Girl with a Pearl Earring, c. 1665. Photograph: Mauritshuis, The Hague
  1. Verso by Vik Muniz

    Whose celestial night scene is stickered up like this?

    1. Edward Hopper's Nighthawks

    2. Vincent Van Gogh's Starry Night

  2. Verso by Vik Muniz

    Which Dutch room with a view lies behind here?

    1. Pissarro's View from my Window

    2. Vermeer's View of Delft

  3. Verso 3 
Vik Muniz
Verso (Lucretia), 2012 mixed media, 150 x 133 cm

Vik Muniz: Verso
9 June - 4 September 
Mauritshuis

    Which matronly Rembrandt portrait is framed like this?

    1. A Portrait of A Young Woman

    2. Lucretia

  4. Verso by Vik Muniz

    Which jewelled maiden is hung with these hoops?

    1. Elizabeth I in the Armada Portrait

    2. Vermeer's Girl with A Pearl Earring

  5. Verso 4 
Vik Muniz
Verso (The Goldfinch), 2016 mixed media, 84 x 70 cm

Vik Muniz: Verso
9 June - 4 September 
Mauritshuis

    Which bird is shackled on the back of this canvas?

    1. The Goldfinch by Carel Fabritius

    2. The Magpie by Monet

  6. Verso 5 
Vik Muniz
Verso (Anatomy Lesson), 2016 mixed media, 205,5 x 258 cm

Vik Muniz: Verso
9 June - 4 September 
Mauritshuis

    Which gory lesson is being taught behind here?

    1. Raphael's School of Athens

    2. Rembrandt's The Anatomy Lesson

  7. Verso by Vik Muniz

    Who smiles enigmatically out of this artwork?

    1. Botticelli's Venus

    2. Leonardo's Mona Lisa

  8. Verso 6 
Vik Muniz
Verso (Illha de Itamaraca), 2016 mixed media, 82 x 108 cm

Vik Muniz: Verso
9 June - 4 September 
Mauritshuis

    Which peaceful island scene faces this wall?

    1. Frans Post's View of Itamaraca

    2. The Death of Captain James Cook by Zoffany

Solutions

1:B, 2:B, 3:B, 4:B, 5:A, 6:B, 7:B, 8:A

Scores

  1. 8 and above.

    Back of the net!

  2. 7 and above.

    Pat on the back!

  3. 6 and above.

    Pat on the back!

  4. 5 and above.

    Put your back into it!

  5. 4 and above.

    Put your back into it!

  6. 3 and above.

    Put your back into it!

  7. 2 and above.

    Back to school!

  8. 0 and above.

    Back door for you!

  9. 1 and above.

    Back to school!

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