Tag: Fragonard
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36 Paintings, Olympian deities, The full story of Cupid and Psyche, by the Old Masters, with footnotes #7
There were once a king and queen, rulers of an unnamed city, who had three daughters of conspicuous beauty. The youngest and most beautiful was Psyche, whose admirers, neglecting the proper worship of the love goddess Venus, instead prayed and made offerings to her. It was rumored that she was the second coming of Venus……
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07 works, Today, November 12th, is Ahijah the Shilonite’s day, his story illustrated #315
Ahijah the Shilonite was a prophet of Shiloh in the Old Testament. In rabbinical tradition, he is considered one of the longest lived of the prophets and is honored as one of the seven righteous saints whose piety protects the world from destruction… Please follow link for full post
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