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Sphinx with Undine (1902) by Karl Wilhelm Diefenbach (Germany, 1851–1913). Undines are elemental beings associated with water #MythologyMonday #GreatSphinx
Titania Sleeping (1841) by Richard Dadd (England, 1817-1886). A Midsummer Night's Dream. #Shakespeare #ShakespeareSunday
Salomé with the head of John the Baptist (c. 1861) by Jan Adam Kruseman (Netherlands, 1804-1862). #DutchArt
Hero Holding the Beacon for Leander (c. 1885) by Evelyn de Morgan (UK, 1855-1919). Pre-Raphaelite style. Leander fell in love with Hero & swam every night across the water to her. Hero lit a lamp at the top of her tower to guide his way. #Victorian #Romance #womanartists #Myth
Hellelil and Hildebrand, the meeting on the turret stairs (1864) by Frederic William Burton (1816-1900). Taken from a medieval Danish ballad. Hellelil falls love with Hildebrand, Prince of Engelland. Her father disapproves & orders her seven brothers to kill the young prince.
Victorian fairytale art. The best view is from the toadstools. #FairyTaleTuesday
Come unto These Yellow Sands (1842) by Richard Dadd (England, 1817-1886). Interestingly, an 1878 census lists Dadd as both an 'artist' and a 'lunatic'. #Victorian #Fairies #FairyTaleTuesday
Today is Yorkshire Day, a perfect excuse for some John Atkinson Grimshaw (Yorkshire, 1836-1893). #GodsOwnCountry #YorkshireDay2019
Syphilis (1912) by Richard Tennant Cooper (British, 1885-1957). Wellcome. #MedicalArt #STD #Disease
Mermaids (1879) by Konstantin Makovsky (1839-1915). #Victorian #RussianArt #Mythology