oldpaintings: “The Catapult, c.1868-72 by Edward John Poynter (English, 1836–1919) ”
oldpaintings: “Woman Writing a Letter, c.1655 by Gerard ter Borch (Dutch, 1617–1681) ”
tkkatherineblog: “IG @colleenkelsey ”
lesliaisonsdemarieantoinette: “Ryan LoSpring 2019 ”
artist-durer: “Three studies of a helmet, Albrecht Durer Medium: pen https://www.wikiart.org/en/albrecht-durer/three-studies-of-a-helmet ”
artist-raphael: “Madonna of the Cloth (detail), 1514, Raphael https://www.wikiart.org/en/raphael/madonna-of-the-cloth-detail ”

seaymph:

“Does the emerald lose its beauty for lack of admiration? Does gold, or ivory, or purple? A lyre or a dagger, a rosebud or a sapling?”

— Marcus Aurelius, Meditations: Book IV.
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met-modern-art: “Reclining Nude by Egon Schiele, Modern and Contemporary Art Bequest of Scofield Thayer, 1982 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY Medium: Charcoal on paper http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/483425 ”
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