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‘the love letter’ - eugen von blaas (1897)


‘bal blanc’ - joseph marius jean avy (1903)

Édouard Vuillard, L'hiver, c.1900

Alexandre Cababel - L'Ange Déchu (The Fallen Angel), 1847, Musée Fabre à Montpellier.

𝒟𝑒𝒶𝓉𝒽 𝑜𝒻 𝒮𝒶𝓅𝓅𝒽𝑜 (1881)
Miguel Carbonell Selva






Amazing paintings by Maxfield Parrish
(July 25, 1870 – March 30, 1966) was an American painter and illustrator active in the first half of the 20th century. He is known for his distinctive saturated hues and idealized neo-classical imagery.




L'ala nera o Il tocco dell'angelo by Roberto Ferri.




Romeo and Juliet (1876) by Frank Dicksee.


After the Ball - Conrad Kiesel

Admont Abbey Library, Austria

Triton and Nereid by Arnold Böcklin (1874)

The Three Fates by Alexander Rothaug (1910)

Magdalene Grieving (1605) by Caravaggio.

Detail from "Mary Magdalene" (1650) by Jan Cossiers




~the moon and the stars~

Dante and Beatrice (detail), by Italian painter Salvatore Postiglione (1906).

Still Life with Cheeses, Artichoke, and Cherries (1625) by Clara Peeters.

Vanitas still life (1600s) by Simon Renard de Saint-André.

For the Last Time (1864) by Emily Mary Osborn.