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Apollo and Daphne

PELLEGRINI, Giovanni Antonio c. 1704 Fresco Villa Alessandri, Mira “Father, if your waters still hold charms to save your daughter, cover with green earth this body I wear too well,” and as she spoke a soaring drowsiness possessed her; growing … Continue reading →

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The Stairs

circa 1899 James Jebusa Shannon Cartwright Hall Art Gallery

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Gertrude Elizabeth, née Blood, Lady Colin Campbell

c. 1897 Giovanni Boldini (1842–1931) National Portrait Gallery, London

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2 JOAN BENNETT WYETH

  Always Saying: “Oh, my dear, I don’t believe it.”

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Venus

PALMA VECCHIO c. 1520 Oil on canvas, 113 x 186 cm Gemäldegalerie, Dresden

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Marchesa Florenzi

Heinrich Maria von Hess 1828 Oil on canvas, 192 x 139 cm Neue Pinakothek, Munich

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Woman

Wellington Quirt, artist. Chrysler Art Museum

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Undine

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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Statuette

Artist: D. Marchand Date ca. 1900 Manufacturer: Camus Foundry

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