crone's chest

The Love Letter ― Follower of Petrus van Schendel

Sabrina Bockler (American, 1987) - Pinch (2023)

Image: Ohara Shoson, Umbrellas in Snow, 1931. Color woodblock print. The Cleveland Museum of Art.

Dennis Scholl (German, 1980) - The Great Relief (2023)

Jules Joseph Lefebvre, Girl with a Mandolin

Count (Comte) Antoine de La Rochefoucauld (1862 – 1959). Artist, patron and art collector.

Woman in Tub, 1949

Joanna Karpowicz — "Umibōzu” Anubis Series (acrylic, canvas, 2025)

Helen Jacobs (1888-1970), 'Grossmith's Phul-Nana Perfume', ''Illustrated London News'', Vol. 162, #4368, 1923

Tianzhou Chen.

Salomé (1890) by Ella Ferris Pell

Chen Gaojie.

The allegory was composed in the 5th century BC by the philosopher Prodicus (Xenophon, Memoirs of Socrates, Book II, Chapters 1, 21 ff.). While young Hercules was tending the flocks of his earthly father, King Amphitryon, on the pastures of Cithaeron, two women came to him, personifying Effeminacy and Virtue. In Batoni's painting, they are represented as Venus, the goddess of love, and Minerva, the goddess of wisdom. One tempted him with the joys of life, the other called him to labor and heroic deeds. Hercules, after much contemplation, heeded the voice of reason and dedicated his life to serving humanity. The putti at Minerva's feet commemorate Hercules' future exploits. They hold a hero's club and a lion's skin. Also depicted are Cerberus, Hades' three-headed guardian, and the seven-headed Hydra. A stern Minerva points to a temple on a clifftop—an allegory for the arduous path to glory. A glamorous Venus offers Hercules a rose. At her feet lie the trappings of vanity and sensual pleasure: musical instruments, sheet music, and a basket of fruit.

Harold Forster (1895-1975), 'Fate', ''The Bystander'', (Christmas Issue) Vol. 112, #1458, 1931