Classically-themed paintings from the Legion of Honor

Palace of the Legion of Honor (DBH 2011)

Entrance to the Palace of the Legion of Honor

Ruins with Sybil by Giovanni Paolo Panini, 1731 CE (DBH 2011)

Ruins with a Sybil by Giovanni Paolo Panini, 1731

Ruins with prophet by Giovanni Paolo Panini, 1731 CE (DBH 2011)

Ruins with a prophet by Giovanni Paolo Panini, 1731

Lucretia by Joos van Cleve, ca. 1525

Jacopo di Arcangelo, Brutus and Portia, ca 1485 (DBH 2011)

Detail of Jacopo di Arcangelo's Brutus and Portia, ca. 1485

Gellée, Tivoli at Sunset, ca 1643 (DBH 2011)

Tivoli at Sunset by Gellée, ca. 1643

Diana and Endymion by Dandré-Bardon, 1726 CE (DBH 2011)

Diana and Endymion by Dandré-Bardon, 1726 CE

Capriccio of Rome by Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes, detail, 1788 CE (DBH 2011)

Detail of a Roman scene by Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes, ca. 1788 CE

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