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Detail from <n>Apollo pursuing Daphne</n> (1677) by <n>René-Antoine Houasse</n>.

<n>Bound Hand with Lover’s Eye</n> (2013), an oil painting by artist <n>Fatima Ronquillo</n>.

Detail from <n>The dish of pearls</n> by <n>Pierre Mignard</n>.

<n>Portrait of a Young Woman</n>, c. 1490-1500, by Italian artist <n>Lorenzo di Credi</n>.

Detail from a c. 1750 portrait of <n>Barbara of Braganza</n> by an anonymous artist.

<n>Hand with Lover's Eye</n> (2012), an oil painting by artist <n>Fatima Ronquillo</n>.

A detail from <n>Saint Lucy</n> (1473) by artist <n>Francesco del Cossa</n>.

Detail of <n>Bacchus</n> (c. 1596) by <n>Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio</n>.

Detail of <n>Charles William Mitchell</n>'s 1885 painting depicting philosopher <n>Hypatia of Alexandria</n>.

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

A detail from <n>Joos van Cleve</n>'s <n>Self-Portrait</n>, c. 1519.

A detail from <n>Jan van Eyck</n>'s painting, <n>Portrait of a Man with Carnation</n>, circa 1435.