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…that the Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry, a 416-page illuminated manuscript and masterpiece of the International Gothic style, has 300 decorated Initial letters?

…that UFOs can sometimes be seen in Renaissance paintings?

…that in Chinese art the three Vinegar tasters are allegorical figures representing Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism?

…that a genetic defect prevented Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec from growing more than 1.5 m (5 ft) tall?

…that Giulio Romano, mentioned in The Winter's Tale, is the only Renaissance artist to feature in a play by William Shakespeare?

…that the Pre-Raphaelite painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti had an obsession with wombats?

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