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(n.) a deep seated sense of belonging to the place where your roots lie Ollie | he/they | 27 ⚧︎ trans masc ⚧︎

[1five1two]

'The Prayers of the Potuans at the Feast of the Unfathomable God'. Nicolai Abildgaard. 1785.

[chainsawpunk]

Domenichino, The Maiden and the Unicorn, 1602

[alixdelin]

(via Gridllr)

[venustapolis]

Bürresheim Castle by the Eifel River (Frederik Sødring, 1838)

[oldpaintings]

The Antiquary Shop, 1879 by William Merritt Chase (American, 1849–1916)

[charnel-grounds]

Constantin Nepo (1914–1976), “La nuit de Walpurgis” [detail]

scene from the opera ‘Faust’ by Charles Gounod

oil on canvas, n.d. (c. 1950s)

[ddestroyangels]

The Intervention of the Sabine Women by Jacques-Louis David, 1808

Musée du Louvre, Paris

[xanaxfarts]

Otto Marseus van Schrieck: Serpent and Butterflies in the Woods (1670s)

[clawmarks]

Stormy landscape; rays of sunlight breaking through clouds and falling on lake and green meadow, hills beyond - Penry Williams - c.1855-1885 - via The British Museum

[ddestroyangels]

The Divine Eros Defeats the Earthly Eros by Giovanni Baglione, 1602, detail

Berliner Gemäldegalerie

[throatoftheworld]

Tarasque by Charles Lepec, 1874

[rosieandthemoon]

Barbara Regina Dietzsch (1706-1783)

[7pleiades7]

The Death of Icarus (19th century), (detail), by Alexandre Cabanel (French, 1823-1889), oil on canvas, 44" x 31.5", Private Collection

[7pleiades7]

Daphnis and Chloé (also known as Narcisse) (c. 1870) by Édouard-Théophile Blanchard, oil on canvas, 64 x 168 cm, Musée d'Orsay, Paris

[enchantedbook]

'The Visit At Moonlight' by Edmund Thomas, 1832

[fiataeterna]

David with the Head of Goliath (1600) by Caravaggio. Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna.

[7pleiades7]

Christ at the Column (also known as The Flagellation of Christ), (Detail), (1606-1607), by Caravaggio (1571 – 1610), oil on canvas, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen

[icecreamwithjackdaniels]

Melchior d'Hondecoeter (Dutch, 1636–1695), "Ducks" (detail)