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<p>[QUOTE="mirana, post: 10091415, member: 79705"]Well, strictly speaking the original image is Victorian. It is <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Psycheabduct.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Psycheabduct.jpg" rel="nofollow"><i>The Abduction of Psyche</i> by Bouguereau in 1895</a>. He loved the subject, and of course did many nudes. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie59" alt=":kiss:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Love was a very popular subject to wear so if it was in the context of classical mythology I think it got more of a pass.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]506545[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/188954" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/188954" rel="nofollow">Canova did his version in 1787</a> (and copies thereafter). That one on a wearer's bosom would be even more the sight! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/tongue.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":p" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]506546[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Closest I've got in my collection is a bunch of nude putti and Queen V herself. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie51" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> This one is 2.5" so hard to miss, but I'm guessing nude mythological "children" are a bit more tame.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]506547[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="mirana, post: 10091415, member: 79705"]Well, strictly speaking the original image is Victorian. It is [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Psycheabduct.jpg'][I]The Abduction of Psyche[/I] by Bouguereau in 1895[/URL]. He loved the subject, and of course did many nudes. :kiss: Love was a very popular subject to wear so if it was in the context of classical mythology I think it got more of a pass. [ATTACH=full]506545[/ATTACH] [URL='https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/188954']Canova did his version in 1787[/URL] (and copies thereafter). That one on a wearer's bosom would be even more the sight! :p [ATTACH=full]506546[/ATTACH] Closest I've got in my collection is a bunch of nude putti and Queen V herself. :hilarious: This one is 2.5" so hard to miss, but I'm guessing nude mythological "children" are a bit more tame. [ATTACH=full]506547[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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