Pharaoh’s Handmaidens (1883 CE)
A vibrant Pre-Raphaelite oil painting portraying young women in a romanticized ancient Egyptian court of the pharao.
Artist John Collier
Sentence of Death (1908 CE)
A poignant Pre-Raphaelite oil painting, captures a young man’s anguish as he receives a sentence of death at the doctors office.
Lilith (1892 CE)
A Pre-Raphaelite oil painting portraying the mythical Lilith, nude and entwined with a serpent.
Tannhäuser in Venusberg (1901 CE)
A vivid Pre-Raphaelite oil painting portraying the knight Tannhäuser enthralled by Venus and her nymphs in a opulent, mythical underworld.
Lady Godiva (1897-1898 CE)
A Pre-Raphaelite oil painting, depicting the noblewoman Lady Godiva’s legendary nude ride through Coventry.
Priestess of Delphi (1891 CE)
A vivid Pre-Raphaelite oil painting, depicting the priestess of Delphi also knwon as the Pythia in a trance on her tripod.
Eve (1911 CE)
John Collier’s Eve is a luminous Pre-Raphaelite oil painting, portraying the biblical Eve in Eden.
The Laboratory (1895 CE)
A captivating oil painting inspired by Robert Browning’s poem, depicting a vengeful woman and an alchemist crafting poison in a gothic laboratory.
The Death of Cleopatra (1890 CE)
The Death of Cleopatra (1890) is a grand oil painting depicting Cleopatra VII’s tragic demise in the Great Temple at Philae.
Circe (1885 CE)
A preraphaelite oil painting portraying the seductive enchantress Circe from Homer’s Odyssey surrounded by symbols of her transformative magic