The golden jug that the priestess is holding and the large silver urn may have been amongst the recently excavated objects. He revisited several times taking photographs of architectural details and artefacts which were used as reference material for his paintings when he returned to England. Alma-Tadema had first travelled to Italy in 1863, visiting the ancient archaeological sites of Pompeii and Herculaneum. The subject matter is unusual for Alma-Tadema who, from the 1880s onwards, generally painted the ‘happy, inconsequential everyday incidents in the lives of anonymous though well-to-do inhabitants of Rome or Pompeii’ (Becker, p.11). These symbolic ornaments, as well as her business in serving wine, suggest her licentious behaviour in the temple. She wears a spectacular leopard skin tunic, and has a wreath of ivy in her air. In this painting one of the priestesses stands barefoot inside the temple of Apollo looking up towards the sky, perhaps awaiting Apollo’s return in the evening. If you have any questions please send a message.In Roman mythology, Apollo was the sun god who lived in Mount Olympus, and who, in the guise of the sun, rode his chariot drawn by four horses across the sky each day. Here is a link to my full shop where you can shop more more of these vintage aesthetic designs printed on a variety of Hygge home products: Visit my Etsy shop, HyggeBlanketCo to find the perfect notebook for you: Ībout me: I restore vintage art, and with the help of local print shops, make these timeless designs into everyday items so that you can appreciate their beauty in your home for years to come. *Depending on your monitor colors may vary slightly*ĭecorating your home to achieve a Hygge feeling with includes the notebooks you write in for shopping lists, school notes or poems.

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