love

  • Romeo and Juliet

    Romeo and Juliet

    Francesco Hayez (Italian, 1791–1882)

    A final embrace, desperate and tender. The dim light catches their intertwined hands, the dagger’s gleam. Love and fate collide in this silent moment—Shakespeare’s tragedy made flesh, frozen in brushstrokes. No words, just the weight of what’s lost.

  • The Loving Cup

    The Loving Cup

    Dante Gabriel Rossetti (English, 1828–1882)

    A golden cup passes between lovers’ hands, its surface catching the light like whispered promises. Their fingers barely touch, yet the air hums with unspoken devotion. Crimson fabric pools around them, rich as the wine they refuse to drink—some intoxications need no vessel.