Ary Scheffer (1795 – 1858, Dutch-born French)

Heavenly And Earthly Love

Orpheus Mourning The Death Of Eurydice

The Ghosts of Paolo and Francesca Appear To Dante And Virgil

Macbeth And The Witches

The Souliot Women

Zack Zdrale (1977, American)

Red Chairs

Bench

Egg

Woman With Egg

Bench

Female

Right Hook

Apparition

Bench

Bundle

Sweep

Evelyn de Morgan (1855 – 1919, English)

Boreas And Oreithyia

The Light Shineth In Darkness And The Darkness Comprehendeth It Not

Luna

Sleeping Earth Waking Moon

Moonbeams

Sleep And Death, The Children Of The Night

Aurora Triumphans – Dawn

The Sea Maidens

The Little Sea Maid

Cadmus And Harmonia

Clytie

Phosphorus And Hesperus

The Martyr – Nazaraea

By The Waters Of Babylon

George Frederic Watts (1817 – 1904, English)

Rhodopis

Nude

The Wife Of Plutus

A Greek Idyll

The Three Graces

The Judgement Of Paris

Life’s Illusions

A Story From Boccaccio

Paolo and Francesca

Orlando Pursuing The Fata Morgana

Fata Morgana

Echo

Diana’s Nymphs

Artemis

Clytie

Woman And Child

She Shall Be Created Woman

Eve Created

Eve Tempted

Eve Tempted

Eve Repentant

Daphne’s Bath

Daphne’s Bath

Achilles And Briseis

Thetis

Thetis

Psyche

Arcadia

Study Of Nude – Standing Figure

Love And Life

Aurora

Tasting The First Oyster

Johann August Nahl (1752 – 1825, German)

The Origin Of The Red Rose

Nude

Irina Batakova (Russian)

Ciro Morrone (1956 , Italian)

La Rosa

Charles Arthur Wheeler (1881 – 1977, Australian)

Goldfish

And So The Story Ends

Seated Nude

Woman In A Mirror

Woman In Middle Eastern Costume

Reverie

The Bathers

Autumn Afternoon

Seated Male and Standing Female

Mark Eliot Lovett (1956, American)

Eratos

Violet

Braids

Satin & Lace

Reflection

Reminiscing

Windy

Nude

Paul-Emile Bécat (1885 – 1960, French)

The following illustrations are taken from Le Diable au Corps by Raymond Radiguet:

The following illustrations are taken from La Vie des Dames Galantes by Pierre de Brantôme:

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