I often think of Munch.
Image: Melancholy -- Edvard Munch -1894 -- Oil on canvas -- Private collection -- Public Domain -- Wikimedia Commons
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As the caption suggests, the subject of this 1848 picture does call to mind the obsession of some men of that era with "fallen women", but I revel in the sheer visual pleasure occasioned by this work from an important Scottish artist.
Omnia vanitas | Works of Art | RA Collection | Royal Academy of Arts
https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/work-of-art/omnia-vanitas
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