Felipe V of Spain, detail, 1723, Jean Ranc

High Profile

Keeping it Simple

Home Sweet Home

The Descent from the Cross, Rogier van der Weyden, 1435.

Olé

On This Day in History:

The Coronation of  Charlemagne, 25 December 800, Jean Fouquet

Born Today:

Salvator Mundi, Joos van Cleve

Vedere per Credere

Christ and St. Thomas, Andrea del Verrocchio

The Coronation of the Virgin, detail, Lorenzo Monaco, 1414.

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Scala Regia

Constantine the Great, Bernini.

Crownprincess Marie of Romania playing with a dog

The Three Graces, Canova

Les Amoureux

Zeus, in the form of an eagle, and Ganymede

Death of the Blessed Ludovica Albertoni, Gian Lorenzo Bernini, 1674.

The Virgin Adoring the Host, Ingres, 1852.

Ab Ovo

The Origin of the World, Gustave Courbet, 1866.

A Look We Like

In Statuo Quo Ante

The Countess of Shrewsbury, Rubens, 1620.

Back in the Day

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Asamkirche, Munich.

Industry

A Look We Like

Table for 2

The Coronation of Joseph II at Frankfurt, detail, Van Meytens, 1764.

Chez la Duchesse de Berry

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 Man Ray, 1933

You Can Never be too Rich or too Thin