The lady in white (1878) by Annie Louisa Swynnerton (British, 1844-1933) National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne

The Golden Lady (1896) by William Merritt Chase (American, 1849-1916) Parrish Art Museum, Water Mill, New York

Breezy day in Venice (1891-1899) by Ettore Tito (Italian, 1859-1941) @mfaboston.bsky.social

Bal Masqué (1880) by Charles Hermans (Belgian, 1839-1924) Private collection

The Pied Mannequin (1917) by Henry Salem Hubbell (American, 1870-1949) Godel & Co. Inc., Bedford, New York

Arrangement (1901) by Alfred Henry Maurer (American, 1868-1932) Whitney Museum of American Art, New York

Tender Words (1901) by William-Adolphe Bouguereau (French, 1825-1905) Rollins Museum of Art, Winter Park, Florida #HappyValentinesDay and thank you all for your likes, retweets, and uplifting words. I so enjoy the friends I’ve made here!

Portrait of Zofia Okuń, the artist’s wife (1904-1907) by Edward Okuń (Polish, 1872-1945) National Museum in Warsaw Okuń married his cousin Zofia Tolkemit (1877-1960) in 1897 and painted numerous portraits of her; this one was produced in Rome.

Portrait of the Artist’s Wife, Gertrude (1917) by Harold Harvey (British, 1874-1941) Private collection Gertrude Harvey (née Bodinnar, 1879-1966), a painters’ model, married Harvey in 1911 and became an artist in her own right.

The Artist's Wife by Thomas W. Holgate (British, 1869-1954) The Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro, Cornwall, UK

Mrs. Ethel Cushing (c. 1912-1914) by Howard Gardiner Cushing (American, 1869-1916) @metmuseum.org

Portrait of the artist's wife (c. 1902) by Rupert Bunny (Australian, 1864-1947) National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne Bunny met art student Jeanne Heloise Morel in 1895, while painting in Paris. They married in 1902.

Portrait of Hilda Spencer Watson (c. 1902) by George Spencer Watson (British, 1869-1934) Private collection Hilda Mary Gardiner, known as “Ginger,” was a classical violinist and a dancer. She and Spencer married in 1909.

Portrait of Gerda Bergh (1895) by Richard Bergh (Swedish, 1858-1919) National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Norway Gerda Ingeborg Winkrans (1864-1919) was Bergh's second wife; they married in 1890.

Madame Antoinette Desbrosses by Jean Desbrosses (French, 1835-1906) Musée d'Orsay @museeorsay.bsky.social

Mme Gervex Asleep by Henri Gervex (French, 1852-1929) Unlocated

Pearl and shell (c. 1879) by Giuseppe De Nittis (Italian, 1846-1884) Pinacoteca Giuseppe De Nittis, Barletta, Italy De Nittis’ wife, Léontine Gruvelle (1843-1913), modeled for this painting.

A Musician (1868-69) by Alfred Stevens (Belgian, 1823-1906) Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum Stevens’ wife, Marie Blanc (1836-1891), modeled for this painting.

Portrait of the Artist’s Wife, Maria (1853) by Apollon Mokritsky (Ukrainian, 1810-1870) National Art Museum of Ukraine, Kyiv

The Coming of Spring (originally known as The Fair Maids of February) 1899 by Edward Atkinson Hornel (Scottish, 1864-1933) Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow @artukdotorg.bsky.social

Lost in Thought (1884) by Ludwig Knaus (German, 1829-1910) Private collection

The House of Worth was never afraid of a bold motif in the late c19th. Exuberant florals became their signature, here woven into pear green damask but a blousy, leafy rose climbing the cloth @mfaboston.bsky.social #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

Thoughtful (1881) by Sophie Werenskiold (Norwegian, 1849-1926) National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo, Norway

La Pensée (Thought, 1880) by George Clausen, (British, 1852-1944) Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow @artukdotorg.bsky.social

Wandering Thoughts (c. 1874) by William Powell Frith (British, 1819-1909) Private collection

Reverie by the fireplace by Gustave de Jonghe (Belgian, 1829-1893) Private collection

Embers (1875-1882) by Frank Huddlestone Potter (British, 1845-1887) Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool @artukdotorg.bsky.social

The painter (1869) by Silvestro Lega (Italian, 1826-1895) Private collection Believed to depict Isolina Cecchini, the picture is displayed in the exhibition "The Italy of the first Italians. Portrait of a newly born nation" at Novara Castle until April 6, 2026.

Whispered Confidence, also known as A Moment by the Fire (c. 1880-1890) by Jan Frederik Pieter Portielje (Dutch, 1829-1908) Private collection

A Quiet Moment by Annie Rose Laing, née Low (Scottish, 1869-1946) Private collection

Dreaming (Portrait of a Lady) (c. 1915/1920) by Edward Cucuel (American, 1875-1954) Private collection

The Dream Window in the Old Liselund Castle (1903) by Georg Achen (Danish, 1860-1912) ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum, Denmark

Day Dreams (c. 1902-1903) by Alfred Walter Bayes (British, 1831-1909) York Art Gallery, U.K. @artukdotorg.bsky.social

Day Dreaming (1881) by Auguste Toulemouche (French, 1829-1890) Private collection

So many Victorian artists were inspired by the theme of #music: here's a lovely essay on "Touching the Strings: Edith Martineau and Aestheticism" by Pamela Gerrish Nunn victorianweb.org/painting/mar... #painting #womansart

Daydreaming (1877) by Berthe Morisot (French, 1841-1895) The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri

The Muslin Dress (1910) by Philip Wilson Steer (British, 1860-1942) The Williamson Art Gallery and Museum, Merseyside, England

The Siesta (1884) by Francesco Netti (Italian, 1832-1894) Pinacoteca metropolitana di Bari, Italy

Resting (1891) by Ernest-Ange Duez (French, 1843-1896) Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, Brazil

The Taffeta Frock by Warren B. Davis (American, 1865-1928) Private collection

An Elegant Lady in a Red Dress by Eduardo León Garrido (Spanish, 1856-1906) Private collection

Girl Sleeping (also known as The Plaid Skirt) by Richard E. Miller (American, 1875-1943) Unlocated

Woman Resting (c. 1920) by Lilian Westcott Hale (American, 1880-1963) Florence Griswold Museum, Old Lyme, Connecticut

It is a jewel in dress form, an emerald seemingly engraved with architectural geometric motifs but in fact embroidered in sinuous swirls. A dress in which to shimmy as the band plays faster, #1920s #PalaisGalliera #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

The Siesta by Raimundo de Madrazo y Garreta (Spanish, 1841-1920) Private collection

A Moment of Repose by Francisco Domingo Marqués (Spanish, 1842-1920) Private collection

Young Woman Resting in a Music Room by Alfred Stevens (Belgian, 1823-1906) Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Sleep (1873) by William Powell Frith (British, 1819-1909) Private collection

Seated woman, sleeping (1850-1863) by Octave Tassaert (French, 1800-1874) @museelouvre.bsky.social

Portrait of Signe Kolster (1899) by Albert Edelfelt (Finnish, 1854-1905) @finnishng.bsky.social