Category Archives: mytholgy

Venus and Two Cupids

Posted on July 11, 2020 by ubu507

Andrea del Brescianino Oil on canvas, 150 x 66 cm Galleria Borghese, Rome

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Diana and the Hound

Posted on June 20, 2018 by ubu507

Date 1923 Edward McCartan American, 1879–1947

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The Birth of Venus

Posted on January 18, 2018 by ubu507

George Spencer Watson (1869–1934) Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum

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Hygeia

Posted on August 2, 2016 by ubu507

Henry Howard Thirlestane Castle

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Venus and Cupid

Posted on July 24, 2016 by ubu507

Thomas Faed (1825/1826–1900) Glasgow Museums Resource Centre (GMRC)

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Undine

Posted on May 12, 2016 by ubu507

Object Label Chauncey Bradley Ives American (1810-1894) Undine Rising from the Waters, modeled ca. 1880-1882 . An undine is a legendary figure, a mortal sea sprite that lacks a soul. She must assume human form and trick a man into marriage … Continue reading →

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Circe

Posted on February 11, 2016 by ubu507

by Beatrice Offor Date painted: 1911 Oil on canvas, 90 x 50 cm Collection: Bruce Castle Museum (Haringey Culture, Libraries and Learning)

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Marble relief with a dancing maenad

Posted on January 20, 2016 by ubu507

Adaptation of work attributed to Kallimachos Period: Early Imperial, Augustan Date: ca. 27 B.C.–A.D. 14 Culture: Roman Medium: Marble, Pentelic The Met

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