The life of the ancients seen through a 19th century eye. Two paintings that helped inspire the Pompeiian palace built by Prince Napoléon, a cousin of the emperor Napoléon III in 1855. Gustave Boulanger, artist. Born in Paris, he lived from 1824 to 1888.

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“Répétition du Joueur de flûte et de La Femme de Diomède chez le prince Napoléon dans l’atrium de sa maison pompéienne.” 1861. French. Oil on canvas. Collections of the Musée d’Orsay, Paris. Image source: histoire-image.org. In the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 100 years. via https://histoire-image.org/
“Theatrical Rehearsal in the House of an Ancient Rome Poet.” 1855. French. Oil on canvas. Collections of the Hermitage, Saint Petersburg. Image source: Web Gallery of Art. In the public domain in the United States because the artist died over 100 years ago. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gustave_Boulanger_-Theatrical_Rehearsal_in_the_House_of_an_Ancient_Rome_Poet-_WGA2930.jpg

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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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