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Love’s Passing (1883-1884)

De Morgan, Evelyn (1855-1919) Love’s Passing 1883–1884 Oil on canvas, 71.7 x 109.8 cm De Morgan Collection The open book shows a passage from Latin poet Tibullus‘s ‘Elegy‘, where the writer imagines dying in his lover’s arms and considers her grief…

Venere e Cupido (1520s)

Lotto, Lorenzo (1480-1557) Venere e Cupido (Venus and Cupid) 1520s Oil on canvas, 92.4 x 111.4 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York In his inimitable fashion, in this unique masterpiece Lorenzo Lotto takes one of the most popular subjects of Venetian…