Tag: Cassandra
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02 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Anthony Frederick Augustus Sandys’ Cassandra, with Footnotes #148
The most beautiful daughter of King Priam of Troy, Cassandra caught the notice of Apollo, who gave her the gift of prophesy. However, when the god came to her at night, she rejected him and he ordered that her prophesies should not be believed… Please follow link for full post
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14 Works, Today, January 27th. is artist John Maler Collier’s day, his story, illustrated with footnotes #027
John Maler Collier OBE RP ROI (27 January 1850–11 April 1934) was a leading English painter and writer. He painted in the Pre-Raphaelite style, and was one of the most prominent portrait painters of his generation. Both his marriages were to daughters of, biologist and anthropologist, Thomas Henry Huxley. He studied painting at the Munich…
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