Explore Henri Rousseau’s painting of Bastille Day — a visionary 1892 work that turns French revolutionary history into timeless communal celebration.
Childe Hassam’s Acorn Street
A reflective Fourth of July exploration of Childe Hassam’s Acorn Street, Boston, July 1919 and its quiet vision of American identity, history, and Impressionist light.
James Holland’s Delphinium Watercolour
Celebrate July’s Delphinium with James Holland’s radiant 1859 watercolour, where Victorian flower symbolism, luminous colour, and the dreamer’s heart bloom together in a timeless summer bouquet.
Virgilio Costantini’s On the Cliff
In 1936, at the height of his career, Italian painter Virgilio Costantini captured his wife on a clifftop in a gouache of rare scale, confidence, and tenderness.
Etruscan Tomb of the Lionesses
Explore the Etruscan Tomb of the Lionesses in Tarquinia, its vibrant frescoes, banquet scenes, and insights into Etruscan beliefs about life, death, and the afterlife.
The Mythical Singer Orpheus
A 4th-century marble table support shows Orpheus surrounded by animals, blending myth and early Christian symbolism in a striking Late Antique work from the Byzantine and Christian Museum in Athens, Greece
Raphael’s La Fornarina
Who is the beautiful woman who modestly tries to cover herself? Raphael left clues but no answers. Five centuries on, La Fornarina remains art history’s most captivating unsolved mystery.
The Day Dream
Rossetti’s The Day Dream captures Jane Morris in a moment of stillness—where symbolism, desire, and interiority intertwine within one of the most atmospheric Pre-Raphaelite paintings.
Carolus-Duran’s The Letter and The Reveler
A letter lies torn open on the floor. Beside it, a bouquet, discarded, not placed. On the sofa above them, a young man has collapsed into the cushions, eyes closed, one arm surrendered to gravity. Something has happened in this room. Carolus-Duran’s The Letter (1889) offers two stories and refuses to choose between them.
Temple A at Prinias
Temple A at Prinias (7th century BC) is an early Greek temple combining megaron-style architecture with pioneering Daedalic sculptural decoration, reflecting experimentation in Archaic Greek art and design.