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British Baroque

Tate Britain called on the country's stately homes to lend artworks for their upcoming exhibition . Some of the paintings have never been seen before, and it will be the first time that Tate has staged a show devoted to the later 17th century. From the Restoration of Charles II in 1660 to the death of Queen Anne in 1714, the momentous change of the late Stuart period gave rise to a new age of art: one that was preoccupied with status

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