画家：Abbey Alston（阿比·阿尔斯通）非常典型的古典油画作品，注重明暗对比，背景深沉，但主题又用色柔和。画中的女子肤如凝脂，体态柔和，眉目含情。暗色的背景仿佛一层隐晦的薄雾，笼罩在女子的身上，让其显得柔和温婉。又仿佛是女子挣脱了黑暗，如女神般静静地注释着你。
In 1873 ， Siemiradzki received the title of Academician of the Imperial Academy of Arts for his painting “Christ and a Sinner”， based on a verse from Tolstoy. In 1878 he received the French National Order of the Legion of Honour and a Gold Medal of the Paris World's fair for the painting Flower vase. In 1876–1879 Siemiradzki worked on frescoes for the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour among his other large-scale projects.
英国，19 世纪中后期维多利亚古典主义是一种英国历史绘画形式，灵感来自古典希腊和罗马的艺术和建筑。在 19 世纪，越来越多的西欧人前往地中海地区进行“大旅行”。人们对该地区失落的文明和异国文化产生了浓厚的兴趣，这种兴趣推动了英国古典主义和主要集中在欧洲大陆的东方主义的兴起。
