classical women

<n>Lady Godiva</n> (1870) by Belgian artist <n>Jozef Van Lerius</n>.

An illustration for <n>Hans Christian Andersen</n>'s <n>The Little Mermaid</n> by <n>Edmund Dulac</n>, 1911.

<n>The Siren</n>, an oil on canvas painting by <n>John William Waterhouse</n> from circa 1900.

<n>Diana and Actaeon</n> by <n>Henryk Siemiradzki</n>, 1886.

<n>Arthur Rackham</n>'s 1921 illustration of <n>Daphne</n> for <n>John Milton</n>'s masque, <n>Comus</n>.

<n>Miranda</n> (1895), an <n>oil on canvas</n> painting by British artist <n>Thomas Francis Dicksee</n>.

Goddess Aphrodite/Venus: Symbols, Myths, & Working With Her

A detail from the painting <n>Water Lilies</n> by Austrian artist <n>Hans Zatzka</n> (1859-1945).

<n>Freia, the Fair One</n> (1910) by <n>Arthur Rackham</n>, from <n>The Rhinegold and the Valkyrie</n>.