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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.
A Golden Thread (exhib. 1885) by John Melhuish Strudwick (GB, 1849-1937). Bottom level: The three Fates are spinning the thread of life. Pre-Raphaelite style, Strudwick was a pupil of Edward Burne-Jones. #EnglishArt
The Crystal Ball (1902) by John William Waterhouse (England, 1849-1917). Two versions of the same painting - can you spot the difference? An early owner asked for the change. #PreRaphaelite
Finis [The end of all things] (1887) by Maximilian Pirner (Czech, 1853-1924). National Gallery in Prague. #apocalypse #mythology
Battle of Çesme at Night (1848) by Ivan Aivazovsky (Russian, 1817-1900). Aivazovsky National Art Gallery. The destruction of the Ottoman fleet on 7 July, 1770. #MarineArt #Navalbattle