The black sheep of the (aristocratic) family

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Interior of the Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild | wikimedia.org

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Jardins du Vatican

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late 1740s Pietro Longhi - Lady at Her Toilette

(Art Institute of Chicago)

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Ruins of the Temple of Hadrian at Ephesus

The painting of artist Simon Kozhin vs the actual temple

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Parco Durazzo Pallavincini, built between 1840-1846 in Pegli, a town to the west of Genoa, Italy.

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Castle Ashby Orangery-Near Northhampton, UK. Photo by Haarkon

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Geghard Monastery, Kotayk, Armenia, partially carved out of the mountain, was founded in the 4th century.

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Hypostyle Hall, Temple of Amen-Re at Karnak, Egypt (Dynasty XIX, ca. 1290-1224 BC.)

[just-art5]

Frederic Edwin Church - El Khasne Petra

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Anonymous Greek artist - Kore bust, detail. 5th century BC

[desology]

the detailing of royal jewels in portraits

Portrait of Maria Fyodorovna - Ivan Kramskoi (1880)

Portrait of Maria Feodorovna (Dagmar of Denmark) - Konstantin Makovsky

Janet Campbell - Franz Xaver Winterhalter

Portrait of Frances Anne Vane, Marchioness of Londonderry - Alexandre Jean Dubois-Drahonet (1800-1865)

Queen Henrietta Maria - Sir Anthony Van Dyck (1637)

Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies - Valentín Carderera y Solano (1831)

Empress Alexandra Feodorovna of Russia - A. Maliukov (1836)

Maria Anna of Bavaria - Joseph Karl Stiele (1842)

Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies - Vicente López Portaña (1830)

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Kylemore Abbey by Jean Kimmich

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Horta’s Labyrinth Park, Barcelona, Spain by Gilles

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A stairway at Rouen Cathedral, France.

⚜ Gothic month on @mynocturnality

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St Dunstan-in-the-East; a former church (built circa 1100) that was bombed in WWII and subsequently transformed into a public garden.