Agostino Tassi (1575-1644)
British Museum


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The Abduction of Deianeira by the Centaur Nessus
Related Artist: Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) & Jacques Jordaens (1593-1678)


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Wenceslas Hollar (1607-1677) - Satyrs and Nymphs  1650
etching after Adam Elsheimer - 6.4 x 9.8 cm

Etching after Willem Basse (1613/14-1672), in reverse of his ‘Landscape with Bacchanal’ (aka ‘Nymph dancing with tambourine’) (c1630-45), which in turn is based on image by Adam Elsheimer (1578-1610).


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Grazie, gentilissimo Signor glazo !

Dante Istoriato. Inferno. La Divina Commedia illustrata da Federico Zuccari
Uffizi


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Inizia il nuovo semestre. Nessun apprendimento a distanza!
("Полетят клочки по закоулочкам")...

"The Nine Muses with Apollo Trimming the Wings of a Siren", Scuola di Maerten de Vos, XVII secolo

AXIS mundi


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"Hieroglyphical Representation of Jupiter or Pan from Athanasius Kircher’s Oedipus Aegyptiacus", da "The Secret Teachings of All Ages" di Manly Palmer Hall, 1928

Axis Mundi


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Eine kleine Nachtmusik in unserem Wald...


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Silver forest with silver goats...
A precious gift from our dearest friend phania_phenix - "helping to manage with naughty goats"...

A probably Dutch rectangular silver-gilt plaquette
representing a landscape, unmarked, late 17th century
(Plaquette rectangulaire en vermeil à décor de paysage,
non poinçonné, prob. Hollande, fin XVIIe siècle)
© Sotheby's


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Круг Марк Антонио Франческини

Cercle de Marc Antonio Franceschini
(italien, 1648 - 1729)

На сайте названо просто "Женщина с кентавром", но на самом деле это Деянира, принимающая окровавленную тунику смертельно раненного Несса ( Read more... )

Священная пирушка в Заповеданном лесу...

Filippo Lauri / ROME 1623 - 1694
A BACCHANALE, WITH OFFERINGS STREWN AROUND A STATUE OF THE GOD PAN

oil on canvas / 47 x 71.5 cm.; 18 1/2  x 28 1/8  in.

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