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STOCKHOLM CITY, SWEDEN, NATIONAL MUSEUM
At the tip of a peninsula, a short walk from the Royal Opera House, is Sweden's state treasure house of paintings and sculpture. Founded in 1792, it's one of the oldest museums in the world. Its collections include a wide assortment of masterpieces by such artists as Rembrandt and Rubens (Sacrifices to Venus), Perugino (St. Sebastian), Ribera (his oft-rendered Martyrdom of Bartolome), El Greco (Peter and Paul), Giovanni Bellini (Portrait of Christ). Modern works include Manet's Parisienne; Degas's dancers; Rodin's nude male (Copper Age) and his bust of Victor Hugo; van Gogh's Light Movements in Green; landscapes by Cezanne, Gauguin, and Pissarro; and paintings by Renoir, notably La Grenouillere.
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