Flourished Gallery

PRAXITELES (flourished 370, -330 BC). Hermes

PRAXITELES (flourished 370, -330 BC). Hermes bearing the infant Dionysus. ca. 330 BC. Hermes carrying the child Dionysus to the nymphs who were charged with his rearing. Classical Greek art. Sculpture on marble. GREECE. Olympia. Archaeological Museum of Olympia. Proc: GREECE. Olympia

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John Till Allingham

JOHN TILL ALLINGHAM A prolific writer of popular musical comedies and farces, in his leisure moments he invented a flying machine and fought a duel with a critic. Date: FLOURISHED CIRCA 1800

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Saint Justina of Padua

We know little about JUSTINA shown here with Alfonso I of Ferrara, who we may suppose is making improper suggestions which she will resist aided by the unicorn, symbol of purity. Date: flourished circa 1520

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