Mythological subjects always new. Modern subjects difficult because of the absence of the nude and the wretchedness of modern costume. (Eugène Delacroix)

Mythological subjects always new. Modern subjects difficult because of the absence of the nude and the wretchedness of modern costume.

Eugène Delacroix

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