Sophie Fremiet (French, 1797-1867)
La Belle Anthia, 1820
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Athenais by John William Godward (1908)
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Orpheus and Eurydice, Anselm Feuerbach, 1869
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Madame Récamier
Jacques-Louis David, Neoclassical, 1800
René Magritte, Surrealist, 1949
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Detail from An allegory of sculpture and architecture by Thomas Germain Joseph Duvivier
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Joseph Paelinck (Southern Netherlander, 1781-1839)
The Fair Anthia Leading her Companions to the Temple of Diana in Ephesus, ca.1820
Museum of Fine Arts, Ghent
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Danaë by Jean-Baptiste Regnault (18th Century)
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A Pompeian Lady, John William Godward, 1891
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“What Napoleon criticised in the statue could perhaps be summed up in one thing: his uneasiness at the sight of his own nudity. And it was precisely his nudity that was felt to be problematic, even shocking. But how did Canova come to have the odd idea of representing Napoleon as a nude divinity?”
— Valérie Huet, Napoleon I: A New Augustus?
The nude statue of Napoleon in question:
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An allegory of sculpture and architecture by Thomas Germain Joseph Duvivier
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