Neo-Pompeiian art, these hailing from Belgium. Painted by Pierre Oliver Joseph Coomans who lived from 1816 to 1889. While touring Europe he paid a visit to the excavations at Pompeii which he found most fascinating, something very obvious here.

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"Roman Banquet." 1876.
“Roman Banquet.” 1876. Oil on canvas. In the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 70 years. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Joseph_Coomans_-_Roman_banquet.jpg
"The Last Hour of Pompeii." 19th c.
“The Last Hour of Pompeii.” 19th c. In the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 70 years. via https://www.amazon.com/Pompei-Pierre-Oliver-Joseph-Coomans/dp/B017TFF6FW
"Difficult to choose."
“Difficult to choose.” 19th c. In the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 70 years. via https://iamachild.wordpress.com/category/coomans-p-o-joseph/
"An Afternoon's Amusement."
“An Afternoon’s Amusement.” 19th c. In the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 70 years. via https://www.amazon.com/Afternoons-Amusement-Pierre-Oliver-Coomans/dp/B017T5LHZU

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On a voyage to see how much mileage I can get from the creative ability and eye for images that my family thought was useless. On line art curator, fiction writer and now blogger. Historian's daughter. Follow me . . .even I have no idea where I'm going next.

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