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The Souls of Acheron (1898) by Adolf Hirémy-Hirschl (Hungarian, 1860–1933). Österreichische Galerie Belvedere. The Olympian god Mercury doing his sombre duty on the banks of Acheron. Souls await transportation across the Acheron on Charon’s ferry (far left). #Death #Judgement
Echo and Narcissus (1903) by John William Waterhouse (English, 1849–1917). Walker Art Gallery. Narcissus fell in love with his own reflection and rejected Echo. She wasted away until all that was left was a whisper. #PreRaphaelite
Passage of the Jews through the Red Sea (1891) by Ivan Aivazovsky (Russian, 1817–1900). A striking scene from a famous Russian maritime painter. #Romanticism
The Siren (1900) by John William Waterhouse (English, 1849-1917). An exhausted shipwrecked sailor meets a enchantress. Will she help him or harm him? #MythologyMonday
A Fish Sale on a Cornish Beach (1884-5) by Stanhope Alexander Forbes (1857–1947). Plymouth Art Gallery. A fish auction on the beach near Newlyn, Cornwall. #Victorian
Springtime (1873) by Pierre Auguste Cot (French, 1837-1883). Met Museum of Art. #Spring
Fog Riders [Nobelreiter] (1896) by Albert Welti (Swiss, 1862-1912). Many of the artist's works involve dreams or nightmares. #Gothic
Memory of a wooded island in the Baltic Sea (Oak trees by the Sea) (1834-35) Carl Gustav Carus (German, 1789–1869). A man with a few strings to his bow - doctor of medicine, doctor of philosophy, professor of obstetrics, director of a maternity clinic - and wrote on art theory.