Classical Nudes

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L’école de Platon = The School of PlatoJean Delville (Belgian; 1867–1953)1898Oil on canvasMusée d'Or

Saint John in the WildernessValentine Green (British; 1739–1813) after Raphael (Italian; 1483–1520)1

Male NudeEngraved by Pierre-Alexandre Aveline (French; ca. 1702–1760) after Edmé Bouchardon (French;

Homme nu = Male NudeEngraved by L.-F. Duruisseau (French; b. ca. 1754) after Edmé Bouchardon (French

L’académie d’homme nu = Male Academic NudeMichel-MartinDrölling (French; 1786–1851)1807Pierre noire

Constellation of ArctophylaxMiniature on vellum by Giovanni VendraminPadua, 1475–80The New York Publ

The Triumphal Procession of BacchusMaerten van Heemskerck (Dutch; 1498–1574)1536–7Oil on panelFrans

Hero and LeanderWilliam Hamilton (British; 1751–1801)1801Watercolor, with pen in brown ink, black in

SleepJean Bernard Restout (French; 1732–1797)ca. 1771Oil on canvasThe Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleve

Leander Taking Leave of Hero Before Swimming Back Across the HellespontWilliam Hamilton (British; 17

Bacchus and ApolloNicolas Poussin (French; 1594–1665)1620–25Oil on canvasNationalmuseum,

The Mourning of PallasAnne Louis Girodet-Trioson (French; 1767–1824)ca. 1790–93Pen and b

Narcissus and EchoFrans de Neve (Flemish; 1606–after 1688), attributed to17th centuryOil on ca

Narcissus and EchoFrans de Neve (Flemish; 1606–after 1688)17th centuryEtchingThe Metropolitan

Cupid and PsycheJacques-Louis David (French; 1748–1825)1813Gray wash and pen and black ink wit

Photographed by Vincenzo Galdi at the end of the 19th century, this portrait in classical style feat

A Wilhelm von Gloeden photograph of luminous beauty, one flower-adorned youth gazes upon a companion

A marvellous example of the Arcadian artistic nudes which so beautifully fill the catalogue of Wilhe

A pity this picture by von Gloeden is so small, I’ve tried to find a larger copy but this

Gracefully posed and charming eroticism at the turn of the last century - titled The Seduction, by V

Utterly charming but with a hint of the bizarre, one model wearing an extraordinary translucent and

Oh, do not draw upon the archaeology, sir! Luckily for all those who detest the desecration of ancie

A fine image by Guglielmo Plüschow, once more using the ruins of classical  Rome as the id

I had just begun to consider what I might post to mark our reaching the pleasantly amusing total of

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