aleyma:

Gentile Bellini, Seated Scribe, 1479-80 (via). (see also)

In 1479 the Venetian Senate sent Bellini to Mehmet II’s court in Constantinople as part of a peace agreement. There he acted as a court painter and cultural ambassador.

pmikos:

Vestale sepolta viva - Maldarelli Federico (1826-1893) (by Occhio Fantastico)

joshcape:

The Apotheosis of the Slavs by Alphonse Mucha

(via martyred)

tamburina:

Gustav Vigeland, Kneeling Man Embracing a Standing Woman

(Source: villa-rosie, via martyred)

martyred:

Orpheus and Eurydice by Michael Putz-Richard

pmikos:

Paul Jamin

oldpainting:

Romaine Brooks, White Azaleas, 1910 on Flickr.

Click image for 1600 x 875 size.

Italian, (1874-1970)

(via binhomiranda)

mermaidcunt:

The Hookah Lighter, Jean-Leon Gerome

(Source: nosummr4u, via oldpainting)