Antinous Grimani
Bust of Antinous depicted as Dionysus, 130–38 AD with 16th-century additions.
- Palazzo Grimani Museum, Venice.
“I have grown to love secrecy. It seems to be the one thing that can make modern life mysterious or marvelous to us. The commonest thing is delightful if only one hides it.” - The Picture of Dorian Gray, O. Wilde
Peace, you never seemed so tedious
As now – no, never quite like this.
~ Sappho
Views of Galleria Borghese, Rome
Antinous, scuplted. Photographed by adrianovero (credit here)
Armand Point -1895 -portrait madame Berthelot
Dante and Virgile in Hell, detail (1850)
William-Adolphe Bouguereau
The Ball, Gaston La Touche
c. 1889
Photo by Edward Clark
Allegory of Vanity (detail, ca.1632-36) Antonio de Pereda
Details: Drinking men pay homage to Bacchus Jan Saenredam, 1596
Juan de Valdés Leal, Saint Raphael, Saint Michael, c.1654-1656
