John Singer Sargent: Portrait of Édouard and Marie-Louise Pailleron (1881), Édouard Pailleron’s children. Oil on canvas, 60x69 inches, Des Moines Art Center, USA
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Siblinghood
Born into friendship.
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Portrait of Marguerite Louise Cibiel and Marie Aglaure Cibiel seated on a sofa, reading a book. By Joseph-Désiré Court.
Apollo and Diana (Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1757). Fresco (200x185cm) at Villa Valmarana, Vicenza.
In Roman (/Greek) mythology, Apollo and Diana (Artemis) are the twin children of Jupiter (Zeus) and Latona (Leto). Apollo is the god of sun, truth, music/arts, prophecy, medicine, etc. Diana is the goddess of the hunt, moon, wild animals, chastity, etc.
The Western Brothers, painted by John Singleton Copley in 1783 when the brothers were about 15 and 16 years old. Painting’s flickr link provides nice (if rather sad) background summary on the brothers and Western family.
The Two Sisters (Théodore Chassériau, 1843). A depiction by the artist of his sisters, Adèle and Aline, painted at 24 or 25 years. It is now at the Louvre.
