Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, John Waterhouse, and Auguste Rodin illustrate the story of a poet whose art was born of his wife’s sacrifice and led to his own.

Frederic Leighton’s ‘Captive Andromache’ illustrates a scene from the ‘Iliad’ in which the newly widowed Andromache grieves the death of her husband, Hector.

Léon Bonnat’s intimate scene of a peasant woman captures the values and sentiments of a dwindling way of life during Egypt’s expansion.

Jean-Siméon Chardin’s use of light and incandescence in his still lifes lures viewers into the quiet threshold of inner life.

John Singer Sargent’s painting ‘Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose’ captures the magic of colors and light.