The Mystic Marriage of St. Catherine

I'm not big on themes, but somehow it ended up that there's another St. Catherine one today. Maybe we can keep this going all week? Nothing like some midday hagiography to get me going.

(Antonio da Correggio, The Mystic Marriage of St. Catherine, 1526-7)

St. Catherine of Alexandria

From Regina, with love and kisses.

(Raphael, St. Catherine of Alexandria, 1507)

Venus de Milo; A Young Tiger Playing with its Mother

Won't be around tomorrow, so here's two! Have a good weekend.

(Alexandros of Antioch, Aphrodite of Milos aka Venus de Milo, c. 120 BC)

This one's phrasing is taken from my roommate, as our cats do this a lot:

(Eugène Delacroix, A Young Tiger Playing with its Mother, 1830)

Me and My Parrots

(Frida Kahlo, Me and My Parrots, 1941)

The Beguiling of Merlin

I really, really wanted to make some kind of comment on the fact that it looks like Merlin is having a stroke, but I'm just not that horrible of a person. At least, I'm not today. Just pretend it in your brain that he is a stroke patient and she is not turned on by this.

(Edward Burne-Jones, The Beguiling of Merlin, 1874)