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Detail from <n>An Allegory of Fame</n> (1662) by <n>Elisabetta Sirani</n>.

Photograph by <n>Frédéric Boissonnas</n> of pupils from the <n>Jaques-Dalcroze Institute</n>, c. 1910.

A detail from the <n>Baroque</n> painting <n>An Allegory of Virtue</n> (1665) by <n>Elisabetta Sirani</n>.

Detail from <n>William II, Prince of Orange and Princess Henrietta Mary Stuart</n> (1641) by <n>Anthony van Dyck</n>.

A detail from the painting <n>Salomé</n> by artist <n>Paul Antoine de La Boulaye</n> (1849–1926).

<n>Flora</n> (1894), a <n>Pre-Raphaelite</n> painting by <n>Evelyn De Morgan</n> from the <n>De Morgan Collection</n>.

A scene from the 'Lies' episode of the television series <n>Salem</n>.

A detail from <n>The Immaculate Conception</n> (c. 1628-29) by <n>Peter Paul Rubens</n>.

Used as the cover for books including <n>A Home in You</n>, <n>Corrupt</n>, and <n>Can't Say Goodbye</n>.

Detail from <n>Piero di Cosimo</n>'s '<n>Portrait of Simonetta Vespucci</n>,' c. 1490.

Detail from <n>Vicente López Portaña</n>'s painting, <n>Doña Gertrudis de Compte y de Bruga</n>, c. 1815.

Photo by <n>Hugh Davison</n> for <n>Flamingo Estate</n>.

Detail from <n>Incostanza. An Allegory of Fickleness</n> (1615-1618) by <n>Abraham Janssens van Nuyssen</n>.

A detail of the figure <n>Flora</n> from <n>Sandro Botticelli</n>'s painting <n>Primavera</n>, c. 1482.

A detail from <n>The Apparition</n>, a 1885 watercolor by <n>James Tissot</n>.

A detail of the goddess Flora from <n>Sandro Botticelli</n>'s painting <n>Primavera</n>, c. 1482.

Detail of a painting used as the cover for <n>Ann Liang</n>'s book <n>A Song to Drown Rivers</n>.