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Ludwig Sigmundt (1861-1936) 

The Palmenhaus Schönbrunn

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Elihu Vedder (1836-1923), ‘The Phorcydes’, “American Art & American Art collections”, Vol. 2, 1889 Source “In Greek mythology the Graeae (/ˈɡraɪiː/; English translation: “old women”, “grey ones”, or “grey witches”; alternatively spelled Graiai (Γραῖαι) and Graiae), also called the Grey Sisters, and the Phorcides (“daughters of Phorcys”), were three sisters who shared one eye and one tooth among them. Their names were Deino (or Dino), Enyo, and Pemphredo (or Pephredo). The Graeae were daughters of the sea-deities Phorcys and Ceto, (from which their name the Phorcydes derived), and sisters to the Gorgons. The Graeae took the form of old, grey-haired women. Their age was so great that a human childhood for them was hardly conceivable. In Theogony, however, Hesiod ironically describes the Graeae as being “fair-cheeked.” In Prometheus Bound, the Graeae are described as being half-swan.” (Source)

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George Spencer Watson (1869-1934) Portrait of a lady holding a parasol, 1904

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Charles Allan Gilbert - Vanitas.

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Albert Edelfelt Parisienne Reading or Virginie, 1880

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Richard Bergh Nordic Summer Evening, circa 1900

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Georg Pauli Fate, Life, Truth, Beauty, 1905

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Alfred Stevens (1823 - 1906) Un soir à la mer

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Douglas Strachan - Orpheus leaving Eurydice (1909)

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František Drtikol Female nude among trees, 1944

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Edward William Rainford Rosalind Telling Celia that Orlando is in the Forest, circa 1850

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Dante Gabriel Rossetti The Bower Garden, 1859

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Arne Kavli Woman in lamplight, 1900

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André Brasilier Les Miroirs, 1982

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Guillaume Seignac (1870 - 1924) The Red Rose

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George Dunlop Leslie - Sun and Moon Flowers

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Solomon Joseph Solomon Eve