Under a bower of twining flowered branches, a woman and a man sit naked, side by side in a garden, sharing a kiss. A long, pale orange serpent is coiled along the ground at their feet, its head rising ...
A girl stands facing the viewer. She has light shoulder-length hair with bangs and a round face. She wears a collared, button-up calf-length dress with long sleeves. In her right hand she holds a ...
The vessel is a tall bowl with handles on either side. It is painted black, and in red there are three figures. The figure on the left is nude with laurels in his hair, and is seated playing a flute.
On the side of the coin on the left is the bust of a woman facing right, her hair is elaborately waved and piled in bun on top of head, loose clothing draped over shoulders; surrounding the border, ...
In the foreground, a river is shown flowing horizontally along the bottom of the page. In it, naked human figures float in from the right side. They are all drawn into a whirlwind that rises up from ...
Rome’s first emperor, Augustus (r. 30 BCE–14 CE), wanted his descendants to rule over the Roman Empire, but as his chosen successors died one by one, the power fell to his stepson, Tiberius (r. 14–37 ...
With her large body and frontal pose, the Virgin here functions as a throne for Christ, a visual expression of her status as the Mother of God and source of wisdom. While the symmetry and rigid ...
At left, a young fair skinned woman with long wavy brown hair stands facing us, wearing only an ornate crown and jewels, a richly embroidered open robe around her shoulders. With a leopard at her feet ...
An employee at the Ministry of Finance, Victor Chocquet (1821–1891) met Degas in 1875, and by the second impressionist exhibition, in 1876, had become an avid supporter of the progressive artistic ...
The painting of a man wearing a tuxedo standing in front of a light gray wall. The left arm is bent at waist level, the hand holds a small white object between the fingers. The right arm is bent in a ...
The figure of the man dominates the foreground. The figure is dressed in dark orange with black lapels and shirt front, his skin tone is green, black shadows highlight beneath the eyes and right side ...
At left, a young fair skinned woman with long wavy brown hair stands facing us, wearing only an ornate crown and jewels, a richly embroidered open robe around her shoulders. With a leopard at her feet ...