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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…

Cadmus and Harmonia (1877)

De Morgan, Evelyn (1855-1919) Cadmus and Harmonia 1877 Oil on canvas, 148.5 x 89.5 cm De Morgan Collection The subject of the painting is from Ovid‘s ‘Metamorphoses‘ (Book IV, 563–603). See also: • Ovid (43 BC-17/18 AD)

Virgin and Child (c.1475-1480)

Memling, Hans (c.1430-1494) Virgin and Child c.1475–1480 Oil on wood, diameter 17.5 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The composition of this small roundel of the Virgin suckling the Christ Child was very popular, disseminated through workshop patterns that date…