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[preraphaelitepaintings]

The Little Sea Maid

Artist: Evelyn de Morgan (English, 1855-1919)

Date: 1880 - 1888

Medium: Oil on canvas

Collection: De Morgan Foundation, London, United Kingdom

Description

Inspired by Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid (1855), which is the much loved story of the Sea King's daughter who rescues and falls in love with a human prince. The Little Mermaid sells her voice to a Sea Witch in exchange for a human soul and physical human form. Here she is depicted soothing her new found feet in the sea at night. Told by the Witch that she will never be able to return to the sea she looks sadly down. Her red robe symbolizes infatuation, love and martyrdom.

[portrait-paintings]

Flora Macdonald

Artist: Richard Wilson (Welsh, 1714-1782)

Date: 1747

Medium: oil on canvas

Collection: National Portrait Gallery, London, United Kingdom

Flora Macdonald

Flora MacDonald (1722-1790), was a young woman from the Outer Hebrides in Scotland. Here, in 1746, she met Prince Charles Edward Stuart, fleeing following his defeat at the Battle of Culloden. She disguised him as a maidservant, 'Bettie Burke', and helped him to escape by boat to the Isle of Skye. Flora was imprisoned for a time in London, and her bravery made her a celebrity. Her portrait was painted, she was the subject of poetry and she met Frederick, Prince of Wales. She later spent five years living in North Carolina, in the United States, where her husband fought on the British side in the American Wars of Independence.

[mythologypaintings]

Prometheus Chained to the Caucasus

Artist: Jean Charles Frontier (French, 1701-1763)

Date: 1744

Medium: Oil on canvas

Collection: Louvre Museum, Paris, France

Description

In ancient Greek mythology, the Titan Prometheus defied Zeus by stealing fire and giving it to humanity. As punishment, Zeus ordered Prometheus chained to a remote, desolate rock in the Caucasus Mountains, where an eagle would daily devour his regenerating liver.

The legend is the basis for the ancient Greek tragedy Prometheus Bound, traditionally attributed to the playwright Aeschylus.

[paintingsandhistory]

Hippocrates Visiting Democritus

Artist: Nicolaes Moeyaert (Dutch, 1592/1593-1655)

Date: 1636

Medium: Oil on panel

Collection: The Mauritshuis, The Hague, Netherlands

Description

The story of "Hippocrates Visiting Democritus" is a famous ancient tale of philosophy and medicine. Citizens of Abdera summoned the physician Hippocrates to examine their counselor Democritus, fearing his eccentric behavior and constant laughter meant he was insane. Upon arriving, Hippocrates discovered Democritus was actually the sanest man there, brilliantly studying the anatomy of animals to understand the nature of man.

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Thunderegg

Large Crystal Agate

[natureselements]

✨Stunning large Amethyst scepter looking to meet her acquaintance here 🖤✨

[allegorypaintings]

Allegory of the Four Elements

Artist: Abraham Janssens (Flemish, 1575–1632)

Date: c. 1615

Medium: Oil on canvas

Collection: The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, United States

Description An "Allegory of the Four Elements" is a visual representation in art where the four classical elements - Earth, Water, Air, and Fire - are personified as characters, often interacting with each other to symbolize the balance and potential conflict between these fundamental forces of nature.

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