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Orpheus and Eurydice by 1) Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot (1796-1875), 2) Gaetano Gandolfi (1734-1802), 3) George Frederic Watts (1817-1904), and 4) Michel Martin Drolling (1786-1851).
Four illustrations created in 1980 by Jan Kubicek for Boris Zachoder's children's book, “Kam Se Ženou Pulci,” first published in 1973.
Here's the Boris painting that I held up earlier in this thread as an example of good work from him, converted to greyscale. Lovely control of values here.
As I've said in an earlier thread, Corben does not over-render his figures. The intense colour is deceptive. The light areas in his paintings are typically more subdued than one might think. Convert the new cover to greyscale, and subtle modelling of the forms becomes obvious.
Pyrate Queen #1-2, with cover art by Adam Pollina and colourist Tamra Bonvillain.