John Collier, Tannhäuser in the Venusberg, 1901
John Collier, Lady Godiva, 1898
"Lady Godiva, was an 11th-century Anglo-Saxon noblewoman who, according to a legend dating back at least to the 13th century, rode naked through the streets of Coventry in order to gain a remission of the oppressive taxation imposed by her husband on his tenants. The name "Peeping Tom" for a voyeur originates from later versions of this legend in which a man named Tom had watched her ride and was struck blind or dead."
John Collier, A Glass of Wine with Cesare Borgia, 1893
Nick Kahler, Stijl Académique No. 1: Piet Collier's Composition with Lilith, 2012
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John Collier, Priestess of Delphi, 1891 (via loves-elegy)