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Charles Napier Kennedy (French, 1852-1898) Perseus and Andromeda, 1890
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The Bath of Venus
Artist: Sir William Richmond (British, 1842-1921)
Date: c. 1895
Medium: Oil on canvas
Collection: Aberdeen Art Gallery, Aberdeen, Scotland
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The beauty of the goddess Venus transcends the painting. The peach and emerald colours surrounding Venus’ body creates an almost golden glow on her skin as she steps into the water.
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Achilles Pities Penthesilea After Slaying Her, from Andrew Lang's Tales of Troy & Greece by Henry Justice Ford (1910)
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'The Ghost Story' by Robert William Buss, (1804 - 1875).
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La fontaine d'amour (triptyque), 1918-9 by Herman Jean Joseph Richir (Belgian, 1866-1942)
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Love is Blind, 1896 by Sigismund Christian Hubert Goetze (English, 1866--1939)
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