If caught, they could be, and frequently were, taken before a magistrate, flogged and then returned to theiroldmaster.
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Research into this wider context has questioned theoldmasternarrative in a number of significant ways.
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This is the work that is like cleaning anoldmaster.
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Theoldmaster-man relationship, which was all right in the last century, does not fit the situation today.
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He was suggesting that since everybody cannot have anoldmasterwe should not help the art market, but that is a fallacious argument.
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I gather that some are buyingoldmasterpaintings nowadays.
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I think that for theoldmasterto do anything of that kind would be most foolish.
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Its very entry at the top of theoldmasterdrawings market in 1982 to 1983 has lifted prices dramatically throughout the entire range.
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There are lots of people who bluff themselves and each other into the belief that they know what anoldmasteris.
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Theoldmasterhas obviously lost neither his skill nor his wit, and it was great to hear him.
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Collections ofoldmasterpaintings are rather different from museum collections with a wide range of objects.
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It is yet another move away from theoldmasterand servant relationship to one where employees can feel that they are partners in the provision of goods and services.
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A young mistress can be just as second-hand as anoldmaster, if successful, and it is very important that we should tackle the whole problem.
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X-ray analysis shows that the painting originally had a small dog relieving himself on a pile ofoldmasterpaintings.
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They claim that they are on vacation and wanted to see theiroldmaster.
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