Toscano

A desolate and rocky islet seen across an expanse of dark water, this painting by Swiss Symbolist Bocklin was a dream image that seemed to take on a life of its own, resulting in at least five known...

Combing her long, dark hair, this siren of the sea enchants without saying a word. With an uncanny talent for capturing the sparkling light that plays everywhere from the crashing waves to the scales...

Like a vision from a dream, this enchanting work paints a fantasy of languid beauties in a grassy, sun-dappled glade of summer. An American artist who spent his career in Paris, Stewart's privileged...

In the most classic of poses, Venus, goddess of beauty and love, holds court from her sumptuously attired lair, cherubic Cupid at her feet. Pellegrini, considered one of the most important Rococo...

In the most classic of poses, Venus, goddess of beauty and love, holds court from her sumptuously attired lair, cherubic Cupid at her feet. Pellegrini, considered one of the most important Rococo...

With work-roughened hands and peasant kerchief, the working-class Goose Girl reclines in this quite vulnerable Realist scene to dip a heel into the stream. Frenchman Millet, a member of the Barbizon...

Her unashamedly level gaze belies the telltale signs that the beautiful young woman in this controversial 19th century work is a courtesan. French artist Manet was no stranger to personal controversy...

In this visual ode to marriage, Venus is roused from her bower to bless the bride and groom. During the revival of this Renaissance painting style, Lotto's clever rendition utilized contemporary...

Wishing to expiate the murder of a friend, Hercules bows in the service of Queen Omphale, only to fall deeply in love. Frenchman Lemoyne, known for his passion for color and his expansive...

Only an odalisque, a personal chambermaid to the concubines in a Turkish harem, of exceptional beauty could rise through the ranks to be presented to the sultan. Ingres fed the 19th century's hunger...

The visual retelling of a storyline in Ovid's Metamorphosis, Cadmus was turned into a serpent by an angry Zeus, leaving his lover Harmonia to find balance amidst a tragedy of epic proportions. One of...

The visual retelling of a storyline in Ovid's Metamorphosis, Cadmus was turned into a serpent by an angry Zeus, leaving his lover Harmonia to find balance amidst a tragedy of epic proportions. One of...