Beautiful Collection (page 14)

Jo, La Belle Irlandaise, 1866. Artist: Gustave Courbet
Jo, La Belle Irlandaise, 1866. Jo, the Beautiful Irishwoman. Portrait of Johanna Hiffernan (born c1842)

Susanna and the Elders, 1555. Artist: Jacopo Tintoretto
Susanna and the Elders, 1555. From the Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain

Lulu, late 19th / early 20th century. Artist: Emile Antoine Bourdelle
Lulu, late 19th/early 20th century. From a private collection

Drawing for Aphrodite by Pierre Louys, 1896. Artist: Antoine Calbet
Drawing for Aphrodite by Pierre Louys, 1896. From a private collection

The Elegant, 19th century. From a private collection

Snow, Moon and Flowers, c1812. Artist: Katsukawa Shunsen
Snow, Moon and Flowers, c1812. From the Birmingham City Museum & Art Gallery

A Geisha Reading a Book, 19th century. Artist: Kikukawa Eizan
A Geisha Reading a Book, 19th century. From the Birmingham City Museum & Art Gallery

Woman Adjusting Her Hair in Front of the Mirror, 1930. Artist: Kitano Tsunetoni
Woman Adjusting Her Hair in Front of the Mirror, 1930. From the British Museum, London

Young Woman with Earrings, 1657. Artist: Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn
Young Woman with Earrings, 1657

Wooden figure of the Egyptian goddess Nepthys, 15th century
Wooden figure of the Egyptian goddess Nepthys From the British Museums collection, 15th century

Stone bust of the Maize God, Maya, Copan, Honduras, Late Classic period, c600-c800. This sculpture is one of eight that were once set on the cornice of Structure 22

King Candaules, after 1859. Artist: Jean-Leon Gerome
King Candaules, after 1859. Found in the collection of the State A Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow. Candaules was a king of the ancient kingdom of Lydia, ruling from 735 until 718 BC

Bathing Bathsheba, 1832. Artist: Karl Briullov
Bathing Bathsheba, 1832. The Book of Samuel describes how Bathsheba, the wife of Uriah the Hittite, was seduced by King David after he saw her bathing from the roof of his palace

Roman relief of a womans hair being dressed
Detail of a Roman relief from an altar at Neumagen, Germany, of a womans hair being dressed. From the Landes Museums Collection in Trier

Egyptian painted funerary mask, 2nd century BC
Egyptian stucco painted funerary mask of a woman, 2nd century BC

Head of Queen Nefertiti of Egypt
Limestone head of Queen Nefertiti, wife of Akhenaten, from El Amarna, Egypt. Now in the Egyptian Museum, Berlin

Roman mosaic of the judgement of Paris, where he judged who was the most beautiful between Aphrodite, Athena, and Hera. He chose Aphrodite, who promised him the most beautiful woman in the world

Anne Boleyn (c1504-1536), second wife of Henry VIII of England, c1880. The divorce of Henry VIII from Catherine of Aragon and his subsequent marriage to Anne Boleyn caused a political

Nefertiti, Egyptian queen and consort of Akhenaten, 14th century BC. Painted sculptured head found at Amarna in 1912. Nefertiti reigned from 1353-1336 BC

Apollo with lyre. Roman marble statue. In the Greek pantheon, Apollo was the god of music, poetry, archery, prophecy and healing and sometimes identified with the Sun (Helios)

Nefertiti, queen and wife of the Pharaoh Akhenaten, Ancient Egyptian, 14th century BC. Sandstone bust. Nefertiti reigned from 1353-1336 BC

Lillie Langtry as Cleopatra, c1890. The Jersey Lily (1853-1929) as the Egyptian queen, Cleopatra (69 BC-30 BC)

Lady Emma Hamilton, wife of Sir William Hamilton and mistress of Horatio Nelson. Here Lady Hamilton (c1765-1851) is portrayed as Sensibility (a sensitive plant growing in an urn)

Lillian Gish (1896-1993), American stage and screen actress, 1912. Lillian Gish was one of the stars of early cinema, forming a partnership with the great director DW Griffith

The Parisian, 1903

Mrs Munkacsy, c1864-1900. Artist: Mihaly Munkacsy
Mrs Munkacsy, c1864-1900

Young Woman, c1910. Artist: Amadeo Modigliani
Young Woman, c1910

Zeuxis Choosing a Model from the Beautiful Girls of Croton, 1789. Artist: Francois-Andre Vincent
Zeuxis Choosing a Model from the Beautiful Girls of Croton, 1789. From the Musee du Louvre, Paris, France

Madame Juillard In Red, 1912. Artist: Giovanni Boldini
Madame Juillard In Red, 1912

The Three Graces, 18th century. Artist: Jean-Honore Fragonard
The Three Graces, 18th century. From the Jean-Honore Fragonard Museum, France

Aphrodite, (Venus) from Soli Cyprus, Greek, 1st century BC

Roman relief of women having their hair dressed, 3rd century
Roman relief of women having their hair dressed, from Neumagen near Trier in Germany, 3rd century

Jean-Jacques Rousseau, French political author, 1787
Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-78) contemplating the natural beauty of Switzerland. French political author, educationalist and philosopher, 1787. Engraving

Young Girl with Flowers, 1843. Artist: Camille Joseph Etienne Roqueplan
Young Girl with Flowers, 1843. Detail. Found in the collection of The Hermitage, St Petersburg

Torso of Aphrodite, 2nd century. Roman, after a Greek original of the third quarter of the 4th century BC. Aphrodite was the Greek Goddess of Beauty and Love. Her Roman equivalent was Venus

Head of Aphrodite, Goddess of Beauty and Love, 2nd century. Roman, after a Greek original of the 1st half of the 4th century BC by Praxiteles. The Roman equivalent of Aphrodite was Venus

The Heritage Venus, Italian, 19th century. Found in the collection of The Hermitage, St Petersburg

Bust of Aphrodite, Goddess of Beauty and Love. Roman, after a Greek model of the 3rd century BC. The Roman equivalent of Aphrodite was Venus. Found in the collection of The Hermitage, St Petersburg

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