Something beautiful

Beautiful things can stop the world for a moment

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Edouard Gelhay - Elegant Women in a Library (c. 1887)

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The books in the foreground are the stars here, are they not?

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Gustave Van Vaerenbergh (Gand, 1873 - Schaerbeek, 1927) - Buste de Jeune Fille

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Gustave Van Vaerenbergh (1873 - 1927)

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Francisco Goya (1746-1828), Capricho 52, published 1799

Source: zeno.org

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Thomas Couture (1815-1879): The Romans of the Decadence (1847), oil on canvas

Location: Musée d'Orsay, Paris

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Frank Weston Benson (1862–1951), Portrait of My Wife, 1889, Oil on canvas.

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Henri-Joseph Harpignies (1819-1916): A view of Nevers (1860), watercolor

Source: Christie's

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Natalia Vodianova Numéro #37 (October 2002) Jean-Baptiste Mondino

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Natalia Vodianova Numéro #37 (October 2002) Jean-Baptiste Mondino

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Adolf Friedrich Erdmann von Menzel (1815-1905): Frau Maerker am Klavier / Mrs. Maerker at the piano (1843-46)

Source: zeno.org

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Carl Blechen (1798-1840): Italienerin / Italian woman (Francesca Primavera), 1829, oil on cardboard

Source: zeno.org

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Edmund Kanoldt (1845-1904): Blick in den Wald bei Neuenburg / Forest near Neuenburg (1865), brush and graphite on paper

Location: Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe

Source: zeno.org

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Blossoming: Yoon Young Bae by Yong Gyun Zoo, Dazed Korea, 2018

Source: dramamilk

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Theodore Robinson (1852-1896): Die Magd / The maid (1888)

Location: Museum of Art, Baltimore, Maryland

Source: zeno.org

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Carl Blechen (1798-1840): Stürmische See mit Leuchtturm / Stormy sea with lighthouse (~ 1826), oil on canvas

Source: zeno.org

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Yoon Young Bae / @ Elite London / photographer unknown

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Edward Lear (1812-1888): Azara's Night Monkey published by Sir Richard Phillips and Co., London

Source: Art & Artists (poulwebb.blogspot.com)

In the 10th novel of Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin series (The Far Side Of The World) Mr. Martin has a memorable encounter with a night ape. Maybe this artwork has inspired the scene?