Per aspera ad astra

“Art is never finished, only abandoned.” ― Leonardo da Vinci

[requiem-on-water]

Cat sleeping on a cushion (1892), oil on panel by Francisco Domingo Marqués

[pmamtraveller]

The Young Martyr (detail, 1856) Paul Delaroche

[7pleiades7]

The Awakening, (Detail), (1893), by Eugene de Blaas (Italian-Austrian, 1843 – 1931), oil on canvas, 175 cm (68.8 in) x 100 cm (39.3 in), Private Collection

[redlipstickresurrected]

Alessandro di Mariano di Vanni Filipepi aka Sandro Botticelli (Italian, 1445-1510, b. Florence, Republic of Florence, now Italy, d. Ibid) - Madonna of the Magnificat (detail), c. 1481, Paintings: Tempera and Gold on a circular Wood Panel (Tondo)

[artfoli]

Hand detail of Portrait of Geertruida den Dubbelde, 1668, by Bartholomeus van der Helst (1613-1670)

[chivalry-on-canvas]

The Secret Rendezvous by Pierre-Charles Comte

[starrywisdomsect]

St. Sebastian  (School of Nicolas Regnier, 17th c.)

[dailyclassicart]

Lawrence Alma-Tadema - "Love's jewelled fetter, the betrothal ring" (1894)

[7pleiades7]

The Flower Girl, Capri (also known as Capri Girl with Flowers), (detail), by Sophie Gengembre Anderson (French-born British, 1823 – 1903), oil on canvas, 36 x 28 in (91.4 x 71.2 cm), Private Collection

[venustapolis]

Annunciation (Sandro Botticelli, 1490-5)

[knebellindemann]

Man of Sorrows (c. 1460) by Simon Marmion

[7pleiades7]

Le Voeu à Sainte-Anne-d'Auray (Prayer at Sainte Anne d'Auray) (1869) by William-Adolphe Bouguereau (French, 1825 – 1905), oil on canvas, 147.3 x 89.5 cm (58 x 35.25 in), Private Collection

[7pleiades7]

The Christian Dirce, (Details), (1897), by Henryk Siemiradzki (Polish, 1843 – 1902), oil on canvas, 263 cm (103.5 in) x 530 cm (17.3 ft), National Museum in Warsaw

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Portrait of Lady Sunderland, (details), (1786), by Sir Joshua Reynolds (English, 1723 – 1792), oil on canvas, 238.5 cm (93.8 in) x 147.5 cm (58 in), Gemäldegalerie, Berlin

[dailyclassicart]

William-Adolphe Bouguereau - "Girl with a Pomegranate (detail)" (1875)

[7pleiades7]

Elegant young woman with two white cats (1872) by Joseph Caraud (French, 1821 – 1905), signed J. Caraud and dated 1872 (lower left), oil on canvas, 38 by 26 1/2 in. (96.5 by 67 cm.), Private Collection

[calleido]

study of a khanjar (1874) by stanisław von chlebowski