Paul Van Somer Works Online
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Original works by Paul Van Somer available for purchase at art galleries worldwide
Paintings in Museums and Public Art Galleries Worldwide:
 Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas 
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The Royal Collection, London, UK
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Denver Art Museum / Berger Collection, Colorado
Portrait of a Young Lady, ca.1620
North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh
Statens Museum for Kunst (National Gallery of Denmark), Copenhagen
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Tate Gallery, London, UK
National Art Databases and Museum Inventories:
Art Fund for UK Museums
D'Outre Manche Database of British Art in French Public Collections
Art Market:
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Artarchiv Sample Artist Symbols + Monograms
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Christie's Past Sale Archive NEW!
(database goes as far back as 1991; images go about as far back as 1999)
Sotheby's Sold Lot Archive NEW!
(database goes as far back as 1998; images where permitted by copyright go about as far back as 2001)
Pictures from Image Archives:
Paul Van Somer in the Art Renewal Center
Paul Van Somer in the Web Gallery of Art
Bildindex der Kunst und Architektur (in German) 
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Ciudad de la Pintura (in Spanish)
New York Public Library Digital Gallery
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Miscellaneous Sites:
UK Government Art Collection
Articles and Reference Sites:
Grove Dictionary of Art Online (excerpt) 
Union List of Artist Names (Getty Museum)
Reference sheet with basic information about the artist and pointers to other references.
Oxford Dictionary of Art (eNotes)
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