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Beautifully carved pew ends in St. Barbara's Cathedral

Kutna Hora, Czech Republic

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Baroque side altar in St. Barbara's Cathedral, Kutna Hora, Czechia

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Interior of the Cathedral of St. Barbara - Kutna Hora, Czech Republic

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The Cathedral of St. Barbara - Kutna Hora, Czech Republic

Photos by Charles Reeza, October 2023

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The Cauchie House - Rue des Francs 5, 1040 Brussels

This Art Nouveau house was designed and built by the architect, painter, and designer Paul Cauchie and his wife, Lina, in 1905, the year they were married. It served as their private residence and workshop.

The house is only 6 meters (20 feet) wide. The facade was meant to advertise Cauchie's sgraffito artwork and Lina's art classes. Cauchie created hundreds of sgraffito murals in Belgium.

Photos by Charles Reeza, 2023

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Nine Self-Portraits

by Ottilie W. Roederstein (1859-1937)

1900, 1903, 1904, 1917, 1926, 1927, 1934, 1936, and 1936

From the exhibit:

Self. Determined. at the Städel Museum, Frankfurt

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Three Portraits of Dr. Elizabeth Winterhalter painted by her life partner Ottilie W. Roederstein (1859-1937) in 1887, 1912, and 1927.

From the exhibit:

Self. Determined. at the Städel Museum, Frankfurt

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Kill, Marry, and Fuck. In that order.

Happy New Year!

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The Tiny Shoe

Triumphal Arch, Parc du Cinquantenaire, Brussels

Photos by Charles Reeza, October 2023

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The Three Parcae, ivory, Joachim Henne, 1670

The Reiner Winkler Collection, Liebieghaus Sculpture Museum, Frankfurt, Germany

In Roman mythology, the Parcae were the female personifications of Destiny. They are often called the Fates in English. Their Greek equivalents were the Moirai. They controlled the "thread of life" of every mortal and immortal. Even the gods feared the Parcae.

Nona spun the thread of life on her spindle, Decima measured the thread of life, and Morta cut the thread of life and chose the way a person would die.

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Prague, Czech Republic

Photo by Charles Reeza, October 2023

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Chronos on the Globe, Ivory and lapis lazuli, made in Vienna by Matthias Steinl c. 1720

The Reiner Winkler Collection, Liebieghaus Sculpture Museum, Frankfurt, Germany

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Portrait of Simon George of Cornwall, c. 1535-1540, by Hans Holbein the Younger

Städel Museum - Frankfurt, Germany

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St. Anthony Tormented by Demons, engraving, Martin Schongauer, c. 1470

Städel Museum - Frankfurt, Germany

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Thirteen Gothic Bohemian Madonnas

Convent of Agnes of Bohemia - National Gallery Prague

Madonna of Zbraslav, Prague 1350-1360 

Madonna of Vyšehrad (AKA Madonna of Rain), Prague c. 1356

Madonna of Rome, Prague before 1360

Madonna of Most, Prague before 1350

Madonna of Březnice, Prague, 1396

Madonna of Roudnice, Prague c. 1385

Madonna of Jindřichův Hradec, Prague c. 1410

Madonna Enthroned, Prague c. 1390

Madonna from St. Vitus Cathedral, c. 1400

Madonna of Svojšín, Prague after 1410

Madonna with Grapes, Bohemia 1538

Madonna of Doudleby, South Bohemia c. 1440

The Assumption from Deštná, South Bohemia c. 1450

Photos by Charles Reeza

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Hot Men Breathing Heavily

(L to R, from the top: unknown, Peter Mairhofer, Logan Foote, Diego Rodriguez Doig, Henry Cavill, Royce Dunne, unknown)

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Young Man with Rifle (Wilhelm Altheim), Oil on canvas, 1893, by Ottilie W. Roederstein

from the 2022 exhibit Self. Determined. - The Painter Ottilie W. Roederstein at the Städel Museum in Frankfurt, Germany