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Une petite fille (1886)

William Bouguereau (French, 1825–1905)

A barefoot girl in a white dress stands against a dark background, her delicate fingers clutching a sprig of wildflowers. The soft light caresses her youthful face, capturing an innocence both tender and fleeting. Her gaze, direct yet dreamy, holds something unspoken.
The King of Thule (1896)

Pierre Jean Van der Ouderaa (Belgian, unknown)

A weary king clutches his golden goblet, shadows stretching long across his crumbling throne. The last ruler of a fading myth, his hollow gaze lingers on distant shores where legends drown in twilight. The cup trembles—one final sip before the sea claims everything.
A Dance At Sunset

Otto Pilny (Swiss, 1866–1936)

Silhouettes twirl against the fiery sky, their movements blurring into the dying light. The sand still holds the day’s warmth beneath their feet as laughter tangles with the wind. For a moment, the horizon swallows everything but the dance.
Ophelia (1906)

Odilon Redon (French, 1840–1916)

Ophelia floats, pale among the water lilies. Her hair fans out like dark roots, tangled with blossoms. The pond swallows her slowly—petals drift where breath should be. Shakespeare’s drowned girl becomes weightless here, sinking through green shadows into something quieter than sleep.
Portrait of the Humanist Giovanni Paolo Cornaro (1561)

Jacopo Tintoretto (Italian, unknown)

A Venetian nobleman gazes from the shadows, his fur-lined robe rich against the dark. Intelligence lingers in his steady eyes, a scholar’s quiet confidence. The light catches his ring—a flash of gold—hinting at influence beyond the frame.
The Geographer (1669)

Johannes Vermeer (Dutch, 1632–1675)

A man leans over a map, bathed in soft light. His compass hovers above the parchment, frozen mid-measurement. The room hums with quiet concentration—globes, books, and scattered charts surround him. He’s not just studying the world; he’s trying to grasp its shape.
The Feathered Headband

Albert Joseph Pénot (French, 1862–1930)

A woman gazes past the viewer, her dark eyes unreadable. A single feather curves from her headband, its delicate arc echoing the soft drape of fabric at her shoulder. The play of light catches the warmth of her skin against the muted background, drawing you into her quiet, enigmatic presence.
Prunus avium_ Golden Beauty (1894)

Deborah Griscom Passmore (American, 1840–1911)

Golden cherry blossoms glow against delicate branches, their petals almost translucent under soft light. The watercolor’s precision reveals each vein in the leaves, each subtle shift in hue—nature’s quiet perfection captured with a scientist’s eye and an artist’s touch.
Venus Looking Glass

Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones (English, 1833–1898)

A woman gazes into a glass, her reflection shimmering with divine light. The mirror holds not just her face, but something deeper—an otherworldly glow hinting at secrets beyond mortal sight. Myth and mystery blur in its surface, leaving the viewer to wonder what truth lies within that luminous frame.
Flowers in a Vase (c. 1910)

Odilon Redon (French, 1840–1916)

Soft petals blur into dreamlike hues, floating weightless above the vase. The flowers seem to breathe, their colors shifting between memory and imagination. A quiet tension lingers—are they blooming or fading? The vase anchors them, yet they strain toward something unseen.
Palaces on the Grand Canal in Venice

Hercules Brabazon Brabazon (English, 1821–1906)

Sunlight glints off the Grand Canal, casting rippling reflections on weathered palace facades. The water’s movement blurs stone and sky, softening Venice’s grandeur into something fleeting, almost dreamlike. Boats drift past, their wakes stirring the colors into a liquid dance of gold and ochre.
Mary Magdalene (1540-50)

Moretto Da Brescia (Italian, 1492–1554)

A woman kneels in contemplation, her gaze turned inward. The light catches her flowing hair and the jar beside her—hints of a story untold. Rich fabrics drape around her, but it’s the quiet intensity in her posture that holds the eye. This is a moment suspended between devotion and mystery.
Evelyn Hope (1908)

Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale (English, 1872–1945)

A young woman gazes downward, her delicate features framed by cascading curls. The soft glow on her face contrasts with the muted tones around her, hinting at quiet resilience. Her hands rest lightly in her lap, fingers barely touching—a portrait of contemplation and unspoken longing.
Die Erde (1906)

Hans Thoma (German, 1839–1924)

A patchwork of fields stretches under a brooding sky, the land heavy with quiet life. Trees stand like sentinels along the horizon, roots sunk deep into the soil. There’s weight here—not just earth, but something older, waiting.
Poissons, ecrevisses et crabes, de diverses couleurs et figures extraordinaires.. Pl.021 (1718-1719)

Louis Renard (French, 1678–1746)

Vibrant fish dart across the page, their scales shimmering in impossible hues. Nearby, a crimson crayfish raises its claws beside a crab with spiked armor. Each creature twists in exaggerated forms—some striped like tigers, others spotted like leopards—as if plucked from a fevered dream of the deep.