It pays to welcome strangers, and to help them rest and recover, particularly when they turn out to be Jupiter and Mercury. A wonderful story, and 4 superb paintings.
Elsheimer
Among his last paintings are six superb landscapes, painted for his pleasure. What a wonderful end to such an illustrious career.
A shocking story of the abduction of a young girl by the king of the underworld, but told with sensitivity. And accompanied by some outstanding paintings.
No less than 6 different stories, 4 transformations, 5 wonderful paintings, all from less than 150 lines of Latin verse.
Why did it take over 300 years to solve a compositional problem, and tell such a simple story?
An unusually moral story of the classical gods; superb paintings by Rubens, Rembrandt, Elsheimer, and others.
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