Classical Women in Art

Artworks featuring serene women in classical poses, highlighting themes of repose and elegance, with soft colors and intricate details.

Heliogabalus, High Priest Of The Sun Solomon, Simeon(1840-1905 British) Pencil & Watercolor Christie's Images, London, England

Mischief and Repose; John William Godward, English, 1861 - 1922; 1895; Oil on canvas; Unframed: 60.6 x 133 cm (23 7/8 x 52 3/8 in.), Framed outer dim: 91.8 x 164.1 x 6 cm (36 1/8 x 64 5/8 x 2 3/8 in.)

Young Woman under a Tree at Sunset, called 'Autumn', Henri Fantin-Latour, 1855 - 1900 painting A young woman sitting under a tree at sunset, called 'Autumn'. canvas. oil paint (paint) sitting figure - AA - female human figure. autumn ~ other concepts (e.g. biblical scenes) (the four seasons of the year)

The Mirror. Date: ca. 1910. oil on canvas. Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Heliogabalus, High Priest Of The Sun Solomon, Simeon(1840-1905 British) Pencil & Watercolor Christie's Images, London, England

Mischief and Repose. John William Godward (British, 1861 - 1922)

Lovers Acme and Septimus, Leighton, Frederic

Girl at the Well Siemiradzki, Henryk (1843 1902)

Ellaline Terriss as Bluebell in Bluebell in Fairyland, a Christmas children's musical by Seymour Hicks and Walter Slaughter, 1901. Lady Hicks, Mary Ellaline Lewin, popular British actress and singer, 1871-1971. Photograph by Alfred Ellis and Walery (Stanislaw Julian Ignacy). Colour printing of a hand-coloured illustration based on a monochrome photograph from George Newness Players of the Day, London, 1905.

A Classical Figure 1881 Augustus Jules Bouvier (c. 1825-1881 British) Private Collection

The Ten Virgins Strudwick, John Melhuish(1849-1937 British) Oil On Canvas Christie's Images, London, England

The Storm 1880 Pierre-Auguste Cot French When Cot exhibited this painting at the Salon of 1880, critics speculated about the source of the subject. Some proposed the French novel Paul and Virginie by Bernardin de Saint-Pierre (1737-1814), in which the teenage protagonists run for shelter in a rainstorm, using the heroines overskirt as an impromptu umbrella; others suggested the romance Daphnis and Chloe by the ancient Greek writer Longus. New York collector and Metropolitan Museum benefactor Catharine Lorillard Wolfe commissioned the work under the guidance of her cousin John Wolfe, one of Cot's principal patrons. Like the artists earlier Springtime (2012.575), it was immensely popular and extensively reproduced. Buy a print Custom framed to suit your space. The Storm. Pierre-Auguste Cot (French, Bédarieux 1837-1883 Paris). 1880. Oil on canvas. Paintings

Distant Visions 1910 Henry Ryland (1856-1924 British) Private Collection

Nude with Roses; Nu aux Roses. Enjolras Delphin (1857-1945). Oil on canvas. 54 x 73cm

Odalisque by Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) - painting on canvas. Date: 1870

The Heart's Awakening 1892 William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825-1905/French) Oil on Canvas Christie's Images, New York, USA

Sleeping Beauty, Burne-Jones, Sir Edward Coley

PUVIS de CHAVANNES, Pierre (1824-1898). Young Girls by the Sea (Jeunes filles au bord de la mer). ca. 1879. Symbolism. Oil on canvas. FRANCE. ëLE-DE-FRANCE. Paris. MusŽe d'Orsay (Orsay Museum).

Seated Nude, by Pierre August Renoir, circa 1907, Manchester City Art Gallery, Manchester, England, UK, GB

Iseult, Isolde, from the tragedy Tristan and Iseult, sitting on steps / Iseult, Isolde, aus der Tragödie Tristan und Iseult, die auf Stufen sitzt, Historisch, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert.

Lorelei, woodcut

Illustration by Alphonse Mucha from "Rama" a poem in three acts by Paul Verola, ca.1898. Mucha (1860 - 1939); was a Czech Art Nouveau painter

LA ODALISCA - 1885 - OLEO/LIENZO - 180 x 95 cm - NP 6937 - (ACTUALMENTE EN DEPOSITO EN EL MINISTERIO DE CULTURA, MADRID). Author: ALVAREZ DUMONT CESAR. Location: MUSEO DEL PRADO-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN.

'Hope', 1886, (1912). Artist: George Frederick Watts.

Nora McMullen Mellon (Mrs. Andrew W. Mellon). Dated: 1910. Dimensions: overall: 210.8 x 125.1 cm (83 x 49 1/4 in.) framed: 221.6 x 134.6 x 6.4 cm (87 1/4 x 53 x 2 1/2 in.). Medium: oil on canvas. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: JAMES JEBUSA SHANNON.

Inspiration. L'Inspiration. Gustave Moreau (1826-1898). Watercolour On Paper.

The Music Lesson Francois Boucher (1703-1770/French)

Illustration by Alphonse Mucha from "Rama" a poem in three acts by Paul Verola, ca.1898. Mucha (1860 - 1939); was a Czech Art Nouveau painter

Rape of the Proserpina , Fine Art

Britomart, 1877-78. George Frederic Watts. The subject is taken from Edmund Spenser's epic poem, 'Faerie Queen'

Francesc Masriera. Otoño, 1890. Museo Palau de Mercader, Cornella de Llobregat.

The Searchlight. Evelyn De Morgan (1855-1919). Oil on canvas.

Soul in Bondage by Vedder, Elihu (1836-1923) Brooklyn Museum, New York 1891-1892 The United States Oil on canvas Painting Mythology, Allegory and Literature

Botanics. Sketch for the Paris City Hall Science Fair Ernest Duez (1843-1896). Botany. Sketch for the Paris City Hall Science Fair. Oil on canvas. 1889.

Moses taken out of the Nile. Moisés sacado del Nilo. Madrid, Prado museum. Author: JACOPO COMIN-JACOBO ROBUSTI-TINTORETTO. Location: MUSEO DEL PRADO-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN.

Meditation. Date: 1897. oil on canvas. Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum.

The Spring Emile Munier (1810-1895 French)

DUFEU, Edouard-Jacques (n.1840-D.1900-12-01), La Carola (main title), 1878. Oil on canvas. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Emperor Claudius with Messalina by anonymous painter, painting, Russia, Kazan, State Art Museum of Republic Tatarstan, 178x90

An Idyll. Emmanuel Coulange-Lautrec (1824-1898). Oil on canvas. 100.4 x 191.1cm.

Coign of Vantage 1895 Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836-1912/Dutch) Oil on Canvas Private Collection

Geraint and Enid, Hughes, Arthur, 1860.

Springtime, Pierre-Auguste Cot, 1873, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Manhattan, New York City, USA, North America

Painting titled 'Odalisque' by Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) a French artist of the Impressionist Style. Dated 19th Century

Hashish (The Hashish Smokers), by Previati Gaetano, 1887, 19th Century, oil on canvas. Private collection. All smoking women smokers hashish addiction smoke

The Release of Ariel John Austen Fitzgerald (1832-ca.1906 British) Private Collection

Woman in Serraglio by Nathaniel Sichel, Oil on canvas, 1886, Orientalism, 1843-1907, Russia, St. Petersburg, State Hermitage, 153x93

Pandora (the 'all-gifted') first mortal woman according to Hesiod. Sent by Zeus as a gift to Epithemus, se brought a box which, when opened, released all world's evils. Only Hope remained. After a Victorian painting.

La Ghirlandata, Rossetti, Gabriel Charles Dant, 1873.

Painting titled 'Shepherd Boy' by Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) a French artist. Dated 19th Century

Piel in the park; Norblin de la Gourdaine, Jean Pierre (1745-1830); 1785 (1785-00-00-1785-00-00);Purchase (provenance)

Child Asleep (The Rosebud) 1841 Thomas Sully American. Child Asleep (The Rosebud) 12704

Greece Expiring on the Ruins of Missolonghi, Delacroix, Eugene, 1826.

The Dancers. Edward August Bell (1862-1953). Oil on canvas. 56 x 84.3cm.

Blanche, Jaques-Emile (1861-1942) Private Collection 89,5x116,5 Oil on canvas

Before a Bath (Idyll). Siemiradzki, Henryk (1843-1902), painter

Medea, 1868 Artist: Frederick Sandys, Greek legend describes Medea as a sorceress and the wife of Jason. When he deserted her for another woman, Medea poisoned both her rival (Glauce) and her two children., Art Movement, Pre-Raphaelite, Greek Mythology, Oil Painting, Magic, Animal, Toad

Ophelia plunges into the brook (Shakespeare, 'Hamlet')

The Temptation of St Anthony, 1878, by Domenico Morelli (1826-1901), oil on canvas, 138x225 cm. Detail.

Odysseus was the legendary king of Ithaca, and a Greek hero in the great Trojan War, which the Greeks won after 10 long years. On his way home, Odysseus had many adventures, including his stop at the land of the Phaeacians, where he is found washed up on their shore by the king's daughter Nausicaa, who had been playing ball with her friends. The night before the goddess Athena had appeared in a dream to Nausicaa (Athena had appeared in the disguise of a friend of Nausicaa - as seen here) and advised Nausicaa to go down to the river and wash the next morning. Athena had all planned so that Nausicaa would meet the shipwrecked Odysseus.

Night. Wilfred Gabriel de Glehn (1870-1951). Oil on panel. Signed and dated 1897. 71 x 55.8cm

Three Graces from Primavera, Botticelli painting, 15th c. Italy.

Oriental Fantasy Painting by Ferdinand-Max Bredt depicting a Turkish woman in the Harem playing a long-necked lute, sat crossed-legged on a bench. Date: circa 1910s

'Disillusion'. Belgium, 1851. Dimensions: 65x71,5 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Eduard Jean Conrad Hamman.

Figure study for the figure of Fame() in “The Reading of the Declaration of Independence,” study for mural for the state capitol building in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 1902-1911 (idea abandoned posthumously by Mrs. Abbey and John Singer Sargent). Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey, American, 1852-1911, M.A. (HON.) 1897

Gilding a Lily, Renoir, Pierre-Auguste, 1910

Illustration for the story The Nose by N. Gogol, Spirin, Gennady Konstantinovich (*1948)

The Eve of the Deluge. Date/Period: 1865. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 324 cm (10.6 ft); Width: 445 cm (14.5 ft). Author: William Bell Scott.

This illustration accompanied Thomas Campbell's poem "The Pleasures of Hope." Campbell (1777-1844) was a Scottish poet.

Isabella Stewart Gardner in Venice by Zorn, Anders Leonard (1860-1920) / Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston / Realism / 1894 / Sweden / Oil on canvas / Portrait / 91x66

Damon and Alaia (1 of the 3 Graces) Simeon Solomon (1840-1905 British) Private Collection

Diadumene 1893 Edward John Poynter (1836-1919 British)

Reading of Homer, detail 2 , Fine Art

Aminta having meeting with Silvia at spring by unknown artist, Fresco, close-up

The Favourite 1901 John William Godward (1861-1922 British)

A Sea Nymph, by Emile Vernon, (1870-1904), England, London, Christie's Images

Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey, American, 1852-1911, M.A., 1897, Figure study for the figure of Fame() in The Reading of the Declaration of Independence, study for mural for the state capitol building in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 1902-1911 (idea abandoned posthumously by Mrs. Abbey and John Singer Sargent), Gouache, Green wove, 74 × 57 cm (29 1/8 × 22 7/16 in.), Made in United States, American, 19th century, Works on Paper - Drawings and Watercolors

Mariana, Rossetti, Gabriel Charles Dant, 1870.

Painting titled 'The Death of the Pharaoh's First Born Son' painted by Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836-1912) Dutch painter of special British denizenship. Dated 1872

The Mirror of Destiny

Psyche opening the Golden Box, Waterhouse, J. W., 1903.

Summer is Here Henry Ryland (1856-1924 British)

Annunciation (Annunciazione), by Francesco De' Rossi known as Cecchino Salviati, 1533-1534, 16th Century, oil on board, 24 x 14 cm

Painting, Belle Epoque Poster Art

Salome dance; Oku, Edward (1872-1945); 1939 (1939-00-00-1939-00-00);but

Diana the Huntress, painted porcelain plaque by unknown German artist

The muse of music, 19th century, painting on wood in French Empire style.

The Decameron, John William Waterhouse, 1915-1916, Lady Lever Art Gallery, Port Sunlight, Liverpool, England, UK, Europe

Beads (study) Two Women on a Sofa, 1875, Albert Joseph Moore, 1841-1893, British

Die Frau von Potiphar, Potifar, versucht Josef zu verführen, Gemälde von Jean-Baptiste Cariven 1843 bis 1904, französischer Maler, Reproduktion eines Gemäldes aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, digital restauriert, historisch

Nikola Mihaylov (1878-1960). Bulgarian painter. Wood nymphs dance horo, 1900. National Art Gallery. Sofia. Bulgaria.

Romeo and Juliet, 1867, Watercolour on paper, 48 x 33cm. Author: FORD MADOX BROWN. Location: GALERIA WHITWOTH. MANCHESTER. ENGLAND. ROMEO. JULIETA.

The virtues: Charity, a mother and her children, woman who is lovingly embraced by three children, authentic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century model, exact date of presentation unknown, historical

Dutch family album with sixty photos, Anonymous, 1860 - 1920 Photo album with 28 pages with a total of 60 photos. The album contains 15 cabinet photos, 41 cartes-de-visiting and 4 photos of other sizes. Displayed are portraits of unknown men, women and children and a portrait of Queen Wilhelmina. The photos were taken by various Dutch photographers, including Machiel Hendricus Laddé (11), Cornelis Johannes Lodewicus Vermeulen (9) and Guillaume Maximilien Zimmermann (8). The photographer is anonymous of 9 photos. NetherlandsAmsterdamAmsterdamAmsterdamNetherlands cardboard. paper. photographic support. leather. wood (plant material). metal albumen print / gelatin silver print / painting / decorated paper adult woman. cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti'. attributes of Cupid: arrow(s). historical persons. historical persons - BB - woman. child

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836-1912), A reading from Homer, 1885.

Jaroslava Mucha, Alphonse Mucha

Apples Albert Joseph Moore (1841-1893 British) Private Collection

John William Waterhouse - Undine

He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not Walter Crane (1845-1915 British) Private Collection

Scene from The Tempest. Edmond Dulac (1882-1953). Watercolour on paper laid on board. 12 x 17in. Act IV Sc1 - They join with the nymphs in a graceful dance.

Meditation. William Adolphe Bouguereau (1825-1905). Oil on canvas. Signed and dated 1902. 117 x 65.5cm.

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