Janus, Hecate, the personification of Deceit, Cerberus guardian of the Underworld, and the Lernean Hydra.
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Was Odysseus killed by one of sons? Or was it the droppings of a passing heron, which contained the poisonous spine of a stingray?
Through misunderstandings, 18 months of illness, and with the help of two assistants, he painted the last major works of his career.
As a Cyclops, Polyphemus had only one eye, whereas Juno’s servant Argus had a hundred or more. Here they are in paintings.
Aeneas founds the city of Lavinium in Italy, defeats King Turnus, and is then deified as Jupiter Indiges. From Lavinium comes Alba Longa, then Rome.
A fun scene from Orlando Furioso, Ophelia’s death, two scenes from Jerusalem Delivered, one of the earliest works painted from a photo, and small boats in rough seas.
A history painter from west Ukraine, who was appointed professor in Kyiv before he fell from grace in 1937, and was charged as a terrorist.
A diversion to see the Cumaean Sibyl at Lake Avernus and visit the Underworld produced some of the finest narrative landscapes.
Two years break from painting ceilings, in which he painted five floral works, several landscapes, and went skying.
Statues of head and shoulders of a deity mounted on a plain column. Examples of the Ephesian Diana, Priapus and Hymen.
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