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ArtistElla du Cane, Aubrey Beardsley, Erte: The just man is most free from disturbance, while the unjust is full of the utmost disturbance... with gold foil
A dramatic, Art Nouveau-inspired allegorical scene rendered in a style reminiscent of Gustav Klimt and Alphonse Mucha, divided vertically into two contrasting realms. On the left, a serene, statuesque woman with short, dark, wavy 1920s bobbed hair stands in profile, her face tilted upward in quiet contemplation or prayer, bathed in radiant, textured gold leaf that forms a luminous halo or celestial disc behind her. She wears a flowing, floor-length white or cream-colored Grecian-style robe with delicate, fine gold thread detailing along the folds and a large, ornate circular gold brooch at her shoulder; her right arm is slightly raised, hand open, as if gesturing toward or channeling the light. Below her, a calm, muted seascape with gentle waves laps against a dark shore, leading to distant, hazy mountains under a pale, cloudy sky. On the right, a chaotic, dark abyss of swirling, inky blackness erupts with tormented, ghostly figures rendered in monochromatic grey and silver tones, their bodies contorted in agony, despair, or drowning, with long, flowing hair and limbs reaching out helplessly. These spectral