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Hope of the hopeless

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Processional Banner of St. Sebastian

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  Matthäus Schiestl (German/Austrian 1869-1939)

  Frau an einer Waldkapelle

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Hugo Simberg, The Garden of Death, 1896.

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Zanino Di Pietro and Giovanni Di Francia - Trinity, Madonna on the Throne and the Assumption of the Soul of Mary. Detail. 1430 - 1440

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Tintern Abbey, Wales.

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An illustration from a 1908 issue of Punch magazine.

On that note, here’s my collection of vintage music and musicians.

Shiver in wonderment: Weblog ◆ Books ◆ Videos ◆ Music ◆ Etsy

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Executioner sword with inscription:  Inscription: When I raise this sword, so I wish that this poor sinner will receive eternal life.

Germany, 1600s

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Ancient Roman bronze perhaps depicting Bacchus (Dionysus), dated to the mid 1st century BCE. The bust is a Roman copy of an original Hellenistic bronze. Currently located in National Archaeological Museum in Naples. Source: AncientRome.ru.

This photograph dates to c. 1880. 

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Photography:  Iran - Kashan. Inside the traditional Abbāsi House (late 18th century). Photographer: Nicolas Boyer

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Puppies (detail) - Maruyama Okyo, c. 1790

Tokyo Fuji Art Museum, currently on exhibition in the Museum of Kyoto.

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The apparition of the Virgin to St Francis of Assisi and Bonaventure Luigi Serra –19th. century

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Two-faced Memento Mori gold ring, late 17th-century [1125x577]

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The Alchemical Tree of Life standing under the Influences of the Heavens, by Wolfgang Killian

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Figure Vessel, Metropolitan Museum of Art: Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas

Rogers Fund, 1987 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY Medium: Ceramic