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Mythical love

Well folks, all these mythicals characters could meet under trees and between flowers.

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By Bayros, F. Von - Scene in a garden. Two nymphs, centaur and cupid

By Bayros, F. Von – Scene in a garden. Two nymphs, centaur and cupid

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Hair

By Degas - Studies of hairstyle with short bang

By Degas – Studies of hairstyle with short bang

By Burne Jones, E. - Preliminary studies for the Masque of Cupid

By Burne Jones, E. – Preliminary studies for the Masque of Cupid

By Zenou, Izak - A blonde girl with a notebook

By Zenou, Izak – A blonde girl with a notebook

By Matisse - Lying woman

By Matisse – Lying woman

By Toulouse-Lautrec - The headdress of Mademoiselle Marcelle Lender

By Toulouse-Lautrec – The headdress of Mademoiselle Marcelle Lender

By Mount, Shepard Alonzo - The woman of the corset and chignon

By Mount, Shepard Alonzo – The woman of the corset and chignon

By Anquetin, Louis - The artist portrayed by himself

By Anquetin, Louis – The artist portrayed by himself

By Modigliani, Amedeo - Study of a head

By Modigliani, Amedeo – Study of a head

By Ellenrieder, Marie - Portrait of a girl raising her gaze

By Ellenrieder, Marie – Portrait of a girl raising her gaze

By John, Augustus E.- Four studies of disheveled children

By John, Augustus E.- Four studies of disheveled children

By Shunsho, Katsukawa - The hairdresser and the makeup man

By Shunsho, Katsukawa – The hairdresser and the makeup man

By Beardsley, Aubrey - The woman of a stolen lock of hair

By Beardsley, Aubrey – The woman of a stolen lock of hair

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Angels, putti and cherubs

By Chagall - The head of a singer angel

By Chagall – The head of a singer angel

By Beham, Sebald - A cupid beside a flaming urn

By Beham, Sebald – A cupid beside a flaming urn

By Pontormo - An angel holding his garments

By Pontormo – An angel holding his garments

By Giorgione - Study of a winged putto

By Giorgione – Study of a winged putto

By Carracci, Lodovico - An angel playing a harp

By Carracci, Lodovico – An angel playing a harp

By Goltzius - Profile of a cupid

By Goltzius – Profile of a cupid

By Runge, P. O. - Iris and cherubs under a star

By Runge, P. O. – Iris and cherubs under a star

By David after da Cortona - An angel carrying a crown with his left hand

By David after da Cortona – An angel carrying a crown with his left hand

By Fetti, Domenico - A long-haired angel seated on a little cloud

By Fetti, Domenico – A long-haired angel seated on a little cloud

By Botticelli, Sandro - Study of the head of an angel

By Botticelli, Sandro – Study of the head of an angel

By Tiepolo - Sketch of floating angels

By Tiepolo – Sketch of floating angels

By Barocci, Federico - Studies of a cherub and an arm

By Barocci, Federico – Studies of a cherub and an arm

By Nigreti, Iacopo - The fall of the rebel angels

By Nigreti, Iacopo – The fall of the rebel angels

By Dürer - Study of seven cherubs

By Dürer – Study of seven cherubs

By Blake, William - An angel

By Blake, William – An angel

By Vincidor, Tommaso - An study to the small tapestries of King León X

By Vincidor, Tommaso – An study to the small tapestries of King León X

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Mythology

By Redon - Leda persuaded by the swan

By Redon – Leda persuaded by the swan

By Delacroix - The instruction of Achilles with bows and arrows

By Delacroix – The instruction of Achilles with bows and arrows

By Carracci - The female wolf suckles Romulus and Remus

By Carracci – The female wolf suckles Romulus and Remus

By Corinth, L. - The childhood of Zeus

By Corinth, L. – The childhood of Zeus

By Poussin - Nymph riding on a ram, besieged by a Satyr while cupid sleeps

By Poussin – Nymph riding on a ram, besieged by a Satyr while cupid sleeps

By Fuseli - Antigone buried her brother

By Fuseli – Antigone buried her brother

By Daumier - Drunken Silenus is helped

By Daumier – Drunken Silenus is helped

By Blake, W. - The suffering of Laocoon

By Blake, W. – The suffering of Laocoon

By Dalí - The nymph Laurel-woman

By Dalí – The nymph Laurel-woman

By Spranger, Bartholomeus - Spirited Pegasus

By Spranger, Bartholomeus – Spirited Pegasus

By Rodin - Woman raped by a centaur

By Rodin – Woman raped by a centaur

By Runge, P. O. - The god Thor

By Runge, P. O. – The god Thor

By Barbier, G. - Preparatory drawing for The Birth of Venus in the shell

By Barbier, G. – Preparatory drawing for The Birth of Venus in the shell

By Dürer - the bare goddess Nemesis

By Dürer – the bare goddess Nemesis

By Goltzius, H. - Dionysus the drinker holds a cluster of grape under the sign of Scorpio

By Goltzius, H. – Dionysus the drinker holds a cluster of grape under the sign of Scorpio

By Rubens - Hercules crowned by two putti

By Rubens – Hercules crowned by two putti

By Da Vinci - A girl deifying the Unicorn

By Da Vinci – A girl deifying the Unicorn

By Bakst, L. - The appeal of Narcissus

By Bakst, L. – The appeal of Narcissus

By Géricault - Girl raped by a Faun

By Géricault – Girl raped by a Faun

By Boucher, F. - Triton offering a shell

By Boucher, F. – Triton offering a shell

By Tiepolo - Diana resting at night

By Tiepolo – Diana resting at night

By Le Brun - Satyr lures Bacchus

By Le Brun – Satyr lures Bacchus

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Architecture, furniture and decoration

By Friedrich - German Hilda Abbey

By Friedrich – German Hilda Abbey

By Van de Venne, A.- Prince's bedroom

By Van de Venne, A.- Prince’s bedroom

By Warnsinck, I. -  Blueprint for the construction of an orphanage

By Warnsinck, I. – Blueprint for the construction of an orphanage

By anonymous french author of 19th - Triumphal arch

By anonymous french author of 19th – Triumphal arch

By Godwin, E. W. - Tite street in Chelsea. London

By Godwin, E. W. – Tite street in Chelsea. London

By Piranesi - Villa Adriana at Tivoli. The Teatro Marittimo. Rome

By Piranesi – Villa Adriana at Tivoli. The Teatro Marittimo. Rome

By Gramatté, Walter - Living-room

By Gramatté, Walter – Living-room

By Petitot, Ennemond A. - Inner of a temple for homages

By Petitot, Ennemond A. – Inner of a temple for homages

By Troost, A. B.- Project for an old building in Sneek. Holland

By Troost, A. B.- Project for an old building in Sneek. Holland

By Danckerts, Cornelis - Facade of a house

By Danckerts, Cornelis – Facade of a house

By Holland, Henry - Inside Drury Lane Theatre

By Holland, Henry – Inside Drury Lane Theatre

By Michelangelo - Design of an ornate ark with a cupid

By Michelangelo – Design of an ornate ark with a cupid

By Delacroix - Inner courtyard of an arab building

By Delacroix – Inner courtyard of an arab building

By Schwechten, Franz - Railway station. Saxony

By Schwechten, Franz – Railway station. Saxony

By Wendel,  J. C. - Dutch church of 18th century

By Wendel, J. C. – Dutch church of 18th century

By Altdorfer - A majestic building to depict a biblical scene

By Altdorfer – A majestic building to depict a biblical scene

By Adam, Robert - The main staircase of the palace house of 20 Portman Square in London

By Adam, Robert – The main staircase of the palace house of 20 Portman Square in London

By Lewis, J. Frederick - Inside a large oriel of a building in Granada. Spain

By Lewis, J. Frederick – Inside a large oriel of a building in Granada. Spain

By Guardi, F. - Architectural whim

By Guardi, F. – Architectural whim

By Dam, J. Van - Decoration of a hallway

By Dam, J. Van – Decoration of a hallway

By Brancusi - Temple

By Brancusi – Temple

By myself - Jean Nouvel's Agbar Tower in Barcelona. Night view

By myself – Jean Nouvel’s Agbar Tower in Barcelona. Night view

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Mythology

By Grien, Hans Baldung – Head of Saturn

By Cézanne – Study of Cupid and Centaur, two apples and a bather

By Tintoretto – Study of a statue of Atlas

By Carracci – Bacchante for the Triumph of Bacchus and Ariadne

By Rodin – Sisyphus

By Dürer – Asclepius with a glass and snake

By Rubens – Venus lamenting Adonis

By Delacroix – Apollo in his chariot

By Tiepolo – Psyche transported to Olympus

By anonymous – Saturn to one of their children

By Poussin – A young Bacchus

By Fantin Latour – The toilet of Venus

By Corinth – The Rape of Europa

By Ingres – Study for ‘Paphos Venus’

By Heckel – Phoenix (Soaring bird)

By Picasso – Deïaneira and Nessus

By Lorrain, Claude – Classical landscape with Pegasus and mythological figures

By Guercino – Venus, Cupid and Mars

By Cellini – Apollo

By Da Vinci – Venus and Cupid

By Boucher – Venus

By Franceschini, Baldassare Il Volterrano – Aeolus supported by the winds

By Le Brun – Supported by a satyr Silenus

By Waterhouse, John William – Drawing for Boreas

By Carracci, Lodovico – Hercules and the Hydra

By Dürer – Death of Orpheus

By Van Dyck – Diana and Endymion

By Primaticcio – June waking up the dreams

By Delacroix Children of Niobe killed by Diana

By Tiepolo, Giandomenico – A family of Satyrs in a kitchen

By anonymous of the Italian School (17th century). Apollo playing the lyre on Mountain Parnassus for the muses

By Raphael – Leda and the Swan

By Rubens – Sleep Pan

By Ribera – Bacchus scene with satyrs, cupids, and a donkey braying

By Fantin Latour – Abandoned Ariadne

By Poussin – Hyacinth and Apollo

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