Caesar van Everdingen, Trompe l'Oeil with a Bust of Venus, 1665. (Mauritshuis, The Hague ). #art#
The Vintage Festival - Lawrence Alma-Tadema, 1871.
The festival is set in the villa of Marcus Holconius Rufus, a prominent citizen of Pompeii at the time of that city’s destruction in AD 79. (National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne).
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The Eclipse of the Sun in Venice, July 6, 1842 - Ippolito Caffi (Italian, 1809–1866). #art#
Aurora and Cephalus - French Neoclassical School, c. 1810. This painting depicts Cephalus, son of Hermes and Herse, who in Greek mythology was beloved by the goddess of Dawn (Eos or Aurora), and was carried off by her to live on Mount Olympus.
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Joan of Arc - Sir John Everett Millais, 1865. (Private collection).
