Fortuna imperatrix

Caspar David Friedrich (1774-1840), Kreuz im Gebirge (Summit Cross), 1815-1820 or 1823 ca., oil on canvas, Gotha, Germany, Schloss Friedenstein Museum.

Parri Spinelli (1387-1453), Angels (detail), XV century, fresco, Italy, Arezzo (Tuscany), Saint Dominic Church.

Edmund Blair Leighton (1852-1922), The Accolade, 1901, oil on canvas, private collection.

Mihály Zichy (1827-1906), Tamara and the Demon, 1880 ca., lithography, Russia, Tarkhany State Lermontov Museum.

Naumburg Master, Uta from Ballenstedt, 1250-1260, polychrome sandstone, Germany, Naumburg cathedral.

Arthur Rackham (1867-1939), Andromeda, 1913, watercolour and bodycolour, private collection.

George de Larabrie and Pierre Theunis, Evrard Chapel, 1920, Bruxelles, Laeken Cemetery.

Herbal manuscript, Male Mandrake, about 1440, Milan, Italy. London, The British Library, Ms Sloane 4016.

Beautiful perspective from S. Galgano Abbey, 1218-1288, Italy, Chiusdino (Siena).

Frederic Leighton (1830-1896), Perseus and Andromeda, 1891, oil on canvas, Liverpool, Walker Art Gallery.

Frederic William Burton (1816-1900), Hellelil and Hildebrand, the meeting on the turret stairs, 1864, watercolour paint and gouache paint on paper, Dublin, National Gallery of Ireland.

John William Waterhouse (1849-1917), Lamia and the Soldier, 1905, oil on canvas, private collection.

Frank Bernard Dicksee (1853-1928), Chivalry, 1885, oil on canvas, Sydney, Art Gallery of New South Wales.

Edward Robert Hughes (1851-1914), Midsummer Eve, 1908, watercolour with gouache, private collection.

Anthony Frederick Augustus Sandys (1829-1904), Love's Shadow, 1867, oil on canvas, private collection.

Herbert James Draper (1863-1920), The Gates of Dawn, 1900, oil on canvas, London, Draper's Hall.

George Roux (1853-1929), Spirit, 1885, oil on canvas, private collection.