Pure Art

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Abbraccio tra Pace e Giustizia (1714-17) - Franceschini Marcantonio (1648-1729)

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Marcantonio Franceschini - Aurora And Cephalus

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"Erotic Flame" (0002)

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Fides or Pistis is the goddess of trust, good faith, and reliability. For the Romans, she was the daughter of Saturn and Virtus.

Numa is credited with introducing the cult of this deity.

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Jean Béraud - La méditation (1894)

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Jean Béraud - "Leaving the opera"

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James Tissot, (1836-1902 French.  Self Portrait, 1865, 12.2” x 19.7”, oil on canvas. Legion of Honor, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, CA, USA.  https://victorianweb.org/painting/tissot/paintings/9.html

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The Death of Hyacinthus c.1830 by Merry-Joseph Blondel (1781-1853)

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The Basilica of San Gaudenzio, 1890 by Carlo Cornaglia

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Crows on Wing

飛雪鴉図

Saida Eiho

late 19th century

MEDIUM/TECHNIQUEUnmounted hanging scroll; ink and gofun on silk

DIMENSIONSImage: 130.7 x 56.9 cm (51 7/16 x 22 3/8 in.)

CREDIT LINEWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection

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Jacques-Louis David, French, 1748 – 1825. Academic Nude.

Louis David's atelier

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Adam Miller (American, b.1969). The Barge Man, oil on canvas.

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Hermes tying his sandals, bronze 1834, François Rude, Louvre Museum, Paris.

https://artisus.canalblog.com/2025/04/hermes-attachant-ses-sandales-bronze-1834-francois-rude-musee-du-louvre-paris.html