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Nude goddess with golden braids stands on a shell boat with two cherubs, doves and distant ships at sea.

Venus Guiding Eneas and the Trojans to the Latin Shore

William Page, 1860

Classical landscape with a river, dancing figures, a lyre player, a ruined temple, and distant mountains under a pale sky.

Apollo and the Seasons (Classical Landscape)

Welsh Richard Wilson, 1770

Loose painting of a reclining nude woman on white drapery beside a seated figure, with red curtains and scattered gold coins.

Payment of Zeus

Carl Marr, 1930

Loose painting of a helmeted woman with spear standing in a chariot pulled by dark horses under a pale, cloudy sky.

Minerva in a Chariot

Abbott Handerson Thayer, 1890

Endymion

Alice Pike Barney, 1910

Painting of two nude women by a wooded river, one standing by a tree and one reclining on the bank, in loose blue and yellow

Standing and Reclining Nymphs

Louis Eilshemius, 1900

Painting of a reclining nude woman on draped cloth in a dark, shadowed forest clearing with rocks and trees.

Ariadne

Wyatt Eaton, 1880

Dark painting of a glowing amber dusk sky over hills, with small reddish female figures in a shadowed landscape.

Dance of the Wood Nymphs

Albert Pinkham Ryder, 1840

Painting of two nude nymphs resting by a pond in a dark green wooded landscape with a tan cliff and teal sky.

Nymphs Sleeping

Louis Eilshemius, 1920

Watercolor of three white wood-nymph flowers on pink stems above green leaves and moss on pale paper.

Wood-Nymph (Moneses uniflora)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1900

Painting of a winged white horse rising through golden clouds, watched by a kneeling figure and a draped woman on dark ground

Pegasus Departing

Albert Pinkham Ryder, 1900

Oval miniature portrait of a woman with curled dark hair, white frilled dress, and red earrings on gray background.

Theresa Diana Levesque

Ambrose Duval, 1810

Watercolor of white wood nymph flowers on slender stems above green rounded leaves, against a pale background.

Wood Nymph (Moneses uniflora)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Painting of the Neptune basin at Versailles with sculpted figures in the foreground, green lawn, trees and a pink building.

Bassin de Neptune, Versailles

Carroll Beckwith, 1910

Loose painting of a reclining nymph with a wreath in her hair, set among garden trees, a stone balustrade and statues.

Nymph and Cupid

Carroll Beckwith, 1910

Pencil sketch of a woman in evening dress beside a classical statue figure, on aged yellowed paper.

Lady in Evening Dress with Figure of Venus de Milo

William Page, 1870

Watercolor of white wood nymph flowers on slender stems above round green leaves against a pale background.

Wood Nymph (Moneses uniflora)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1925

Pen and ink drawing of a bearded classical sea god statue standing on a pedestal beside a dolphin, with a draped cloth.

Statue of Neptune, Venice

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1840

Seated woman in blue drapes with a tragedy mask, laurel wreath and trumpet beside her, framed by an arched gilded border.

Muse of Tragedy

Elihu Vedder, 1890

Pencil sketch of a female torso in outline on yellowed paper, with simple contour lines for breasts, waist and hips.

Venus Guiding Eneas and the Trojans to the Latin Shore (Torso of Venus)

William Page, 1850

Pencil sketch of caricatured musicians playing double bass, horn, drum and lute outdoors, with a building in the background.

The Muses

David Claypoole Johnston, 1830

Pastel drawing of Medusa with snake-hair, wide eyes, open mouth and clawed hand reaching forward against dark blue tones.

Medusa (Laura Dreyfus Barney)

Alice Pike Barney, 1890

Watercolor of a Venus flytrap with spiny snap traps and tall stalks of white flowers on a cream background.

Venus Flytrap (Dionaea muscipula)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Pastel portrait of a woman with grape leaves and clusters of grapes in her hair, wearing a pink garment against a green backg

Bacchante

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Pastel portrait of a young woman with a green and blue flowered headdress and pink striped shawl, against a yellow background

Bacchante Triste

Alice Pike Barney, 1930