...and ray blue.

[frostedmagnolias]

Earrings

c. 1860-1880

gold, glass

Rome, Italy

Cincinnati Art Museum

[arinewman7]

Mata Hari

Photography by Léopold-Émile Reutlinger

1907

[oldpaintings]

The Frog-Prince, 1880 by Edward Frederick Brewtnall (English, 1846--1902)

[oldpaintings]

Young Girls at the Piano, 1906 by Gabriel Deluc (French, 1883--1916)

[herpsandbirds]

Black Heron aka Black Egret (Egretta ardesiaca), family Ardeidae, order Pelicaniformes, South Africa

photograph by Andy Smith

[oldpaintings]

The Old Shepherds Chief Mourner, c.1837 by Edwin Landseer (English, 1802--1873)

[classicalcanvas]

Wheat Field with Cypresses at the Haude Galline near Eygalieres (1889) by Vincent van Gogh

[hadrian6]

Hercules and Antaeus. 1690s. Gregorio De Ferrari Italian 1647-1726. oil/canvas. http://hadrian6.tumblr.com

[hadrian6]

Saint Sebastian. 17th.century. Bolognese School. oil/canvas. Sotheby's April 2026. http://hadrian6.tumblr.com

[hadrian6]

Detail : Venus Healing Aeneas.1825. Merry Joseph Blondel French 1781-1853. oil/canvas. http://hadrian6.tumblr.com

[hadrian6]

Study of an Angel from Paradise Lost. 1867. Alexandre Cabanel French 1823-1889. drawing. http://hadrian6.tumblr.com

[from-a-spiders-web]

Vigilance, 1835 Henry Wyatt

[mimicofmodes]

One of my obsessions is What Were They Doing With Back Hair - this is a rare painting that shows the back of the head! And as you can see, there's no bun. Most likely, the subject's hair is twisted up simply on the top of her head and held with a comb.

[egypt-museum]

Statue of Taharqa makes an offering to the falcon god Hemen

Third Intermediate Period, 25th Dynasty, ca. 690-664 BC. Now in the Louvre. E 25276

[oldpaintings]

A Merry Air and a Sad Heart, 1879 by John George Brown (English, 1831-1913)

[vintage-ukraine]

Restaurant on the Dnipro River in Dnipro City, 1976

[postcard-from-the-past]

SS Keenora ship on a vintage postcard

[postcard-from-the-past]

Synagogue of Strasbourg, Alsace region of France

German vintage postcard