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Les Halles (1895) by Léon Lhermitte (French, 1844-1925). Location of painting: Petit Palais, Paris. Showing the hustle and bustle of the main marketplace in Paris, late nineteenth century.

Wotan, Götterdämmerung (1906) by Hermann Hendrich (German, 1854-1931). #Mythology #Wagner

The work of John Anster Fitzgerald (1819–1906). 1860s. (a) The Artist's Dream (b) Dreams (c) The Captive Robin and (d) The Fairies Banquet. Fitzgerald often gave his art mysterious titles, with art dealers and collectors later renaming them (causing confusion today). #Fairies

The Death of Arthur (c.1862) by John Mulcaster Carrick (British, 1833 - 1896). Sir Bedevere with the dying King Arthur. In the background a mysterious barge containing three queens (Morgan le Fay, the Queen of Northgalis and the Queen of the Wastelands). #Myth #Avalon

The Abbey in the Oakwood (1809-10) by Caspar David Friedrich (German, 1774-1840). Medieval ruins. A waxing moon suggests a cosmic scale against which human civilizations rise and fall in a moment. #Macabre

Departure for the Sabbat [witches' sabbath] (1910) by Albert Joseph Pénot (French, 1862-1930). #gothicgirl

The birth of Aphrodite (1887) by Ivan Ajvazovskij (Russia, 1817-1900). Private Collection. According to Greek mythology, Aphrodite was born from churning sea-foam. She became the lover of Poseidon (god of the sea). #MaritimeArt #Mythology

Moon (1902), colour lithograph by Alphonse Mucha (1860-1939). It is said that Mucha could draw before he could walk. #Czech #CostumeDesign

Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May (1909) by John William Waterhouse (English, 1849-1917). Inspired by a poem by Robert Herrick: 'Gather ye rosebuds while ye may - Old Time is still a-flying - And this same flower that smiles today - Tomorrow will be dying.' #Time #BritishArt

The Souls of Acheron (1898) by Adolf Hirémy-Hirschl (Hungarian, 1860–1933). Österreichische Galerie Belvedere. Some of the deceased weep and wail, others seem resigned to their fate. #Mercury #GothicArt