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“Landscape with the Ruins of Mount Palatine in Rome” 1615

Peter Paul Rubens, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

“Rubens, oblivious garden of indolence,
   Pillow of cool flesh where no man dreams of love,
Where life flows forth in troubled opulence,
   As airs in heaven and seas in ocean move.”

“Virgin of the Rocks (Louvre Version-Detail)” 1438-86

Leonardo da Vinci, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

“Leonard da Vinci, sombre and fathomless glass,
   Where lovely angels with calm lips that smile,
Heavy with mystery, in the shadow pass,
   Among the ice and pines that guard some isle.”

“Supper at Emmaus” 1629

Rembrandt, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

“Rembrandt, sad hospital that a murmuring fills,
   Where one tall crucifix hangs on the walls,
Where every tear-drowned prayer some woe distils,
   And one cold, wintry ray obliquely falls.”

“Christ – Michelangelo Buonarroti – Sta Maria sopra Minerva”

Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

“Strong Michelangelo, a vague far place
   Where mingle Christs with pagan Hercules;
Thin phantoms of the great through twilight pace,
   And tear their shroud with clenched hands void
         of ease.”

“Patinated terracotta bust of the King David by Pierre Puget (17th century).”

Finoskov, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

 “Puget, the convict’s melancholy king.”

“An Embarrasing Proposal” 1715-16

Jean-Antoine Watteau, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

“Watteau, the carnival of illustrious hearts,
   Fluttering like moths upon the wings of chance;
Bright lustres light the silk that flames and darts,
   And pour down folly on the whirling dance.”

“Witches Sabbath (The Great He-Goat)”

Francisco Goya, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

“Goya, a nightmare full of things unknown ;
   The fœtus witches broil on Sabbath night ;
Old women at the mirror; children lone
   Who tempt old demons with their limbs delight.”

“(King John at the) Battle of Poitiers” 1830

Eugène Delacroix, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

“Delacroix, lake of blood ill angels haunt,
   Where ever-green, o’ershadowing woods arise ;
Under the surly heaven strange fanfares chaunt
   And pass, like one of Weber’s strangled sighs,”