I was invited to the Palais Garnier and damn, it was breathtakingly beautiful.
midnight-summerx
Empress Elisabeth of Austria in Courtly Gala Dress with Diamond Stars” (detail)
midnight-summerx
“Psyche in the Temple of Love” (1882) (detail) by Sir Edward John Poynter (1836-1919).
Franz Xaver Winterhalter, detail, Portrait of Princess Pauline de Metternich, 1860.
Oil on canvas, 115 × 87.5 cm., oval.
Private collection.
Source: mote-historie
The Roses of Heliogabalus, by Lawrence Alma-Tadema, 1888 details
Édouard Louis Dubufe — Karoly II Marko. detail. 1820 – 1883
Detail of The Blossom of Youth, 1898, by Władysław Czachórski (1850-1911)
The Goddess Juno entering the Mansion of Sleep, Vicente López Portaña (Spanish, 1772–1850), 1829
Oil on canvas
Source: museodelprado.es




