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An early painting by the famed Austrian painter Gustav Klimt, thought lost since the 1930s, is on view for the first time since its recent rediscovery.

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You might also spot British actress Audrey Hepburn donning a red hat like those worn by samsui women, or Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer’s Girl With A Pearl Earring balancing baskets like a labourer.

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