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| Francisque Millet Christ with Jairus before 1679 oil on canvas York City Art Gallery |
from A Sermon Preached upon Easter-day, 1622
Then we which are alive, and remain, shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air; and so shall we be ever with the Lord. (I Thessalonians iv. 17)
The dead hear not Thunder, nor feele they an Earth-quake. If the Canon batter that Church walls, in which they lye buryed, it wakes not them, nor does it shake or affect them, if that dust, which they are, be thrown out, but yet there is a voyce, which the dead shall heare; The dead shall heare the voyce of the Son of God, (sayes the Son of God himself) and they that heare shall live; And that is the voyce of our Text. It is here called a clamour, a vociferation, a shout, and varied by our Translators, and Expositors, according to the origination of the word, to be clamor hortatorius, and suasorius, and jussorius, A voyce that carries with it a penetration, (all shall heare it) and a perswasion, (all shall beleeve it, and be glad of it) and a power, a command, (all shall obey it.) Since that voyce at the Creation, Fiat, Let there be a world, was never heard such a voyce as this, Surgite mortui, Arise ye dead. That was spoken to that that was meerely nothing, and this to them, who in themselves shall have no cooperation, no concurrence to the hearing or answering this voyce.
– John Donne
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| Anonymous French Artist Landscape with the Sisters of Phaeton transformed into Trees at His Tomb 17th century oil on canvas National Trust, Bodysgallen Hall, Llandudno, Wales |
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| Adriaen van de Velde Migration of Jacob 1663 oil on canvas Wallace Collection, London |
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| Nicolaes Berchem Infant Jupiter with the Nymphs on Mount Ida ca. 1650 oil on canvas Wallace Collection, London |
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| attributed to Dirck van der Lisse Pan and Syrinx before 1669 oil on panel National Trust, Nostell Priory, Yorkshire |
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| Paul Bril Diana and Callisto ca. 1620-30 oil on panel National Gallery, London |
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| Frans Francken the Younger and Joos de Momper the Younger Landscape with Minerva expelling Mars to protect Peace and Plenty before 1635 oil on panel Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, West Midlands |
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| Philips Wouwerman Conversion of St Hubert 1660 oil on canvas National Trust, Penrhyn Castle, Bangor, Wales |
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| Nicolas Poussin Landscape with Nymphs and Satyrs ca. 1627 oil on canvas Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool |
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| Abraham Govaerts Landscape with Nymph and Satyr before 1626 oil on panel National Trust, Belton House, Lincolnshire |
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| Jan Brueghel the Elder Entry of the Animals into the Ark 1615 oil on copper Wellington Collection, Apsley House, London |
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| Claude Lorrain The Adoration of the Golden Calf 1660 oil on canvas Manchester Art Gallery |
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| Joos de Momper the Younger and Jan Brueghel the Elder Mountainous Road Scene with the Story of St Peter and Cornelius before 1625 oil on panel National Trust, Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire |
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| Johannes Glauber Classical Landscape with Diana and her Nymphs resting after the Chase ca. 1675 oil on canvas National Trust, Felbrigg Hall, Norfolk |
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| Gaspard Dughet and Carlo Maratti Landscape with the Union of Dido and Aeneas ca. 1664-68 oil on canvas National Gallery, London |