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| Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes View of Rome ca. 1782-84 oil on canvas Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio |
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| Claude Monet Palazzo Dario, Venice 1908 oil on canvas Art Institute of Chicago |
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| Claude Lorrain Landscape with an Imaginary View of Tivoli 1642 oil on copper Courtauld Gallery, London |
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| François de Nomé Capriccio View of an Italian Piazza with a Royal Procession before 1647 oil on canvas private collection |
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| Francisque Millet The Flight from Troy before 1679 oil on canvas Hatton Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne |
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| Pierre Patel Rest on the Flight into Egypt 1652 oil on canvas National Gallery, London |
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| Jean Lemaire Landscape with Praying Hermit among Ruins 1637-38 oil on canvas Museo del Prado, Madrid |
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| Gaspard Dughet Classical Landscape with a Lake ca. 1658 oil on canvas Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh |
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| Jean-Charles-Joseph Rémond Wounded Philoctetes abandoned on the Isle of Lemnos 1818 oil on canvas Musée des Augustins de Toulouse |
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| Hubert Robert Man falling from a Ruin ca. 1780 oil on canvas Musée Cognacq-Jay, Paris |
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| Carolus-Duran The Murdered Man, or, Remembrance of the Roman Countryside ca. 1865 oil on canvas Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille |
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| Luc-Olivier Merson The Wolf of Gubbio 1877 oil on canvas Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille |
"At the time when Saint Francis was living in the city of Gubbio, a large wolf appeared in the neighbourhood, so terrible and fierce, that he not only devoured other animals, but made a prey of men also; and since he often approached the town, all the people were in great alarm, and used to go about armed, as if going to battle. . . . Saint Francis, feeling great compassion for the people of Gubbio, resolved to go and meet the wolf, though all advised him not to do so. . . . And the saint thus addressed him: 'Brother wolf, thou hast done much evil in this land, destroying and killing the creatures of God without His permission; yea, not animals only hast thou destroyed, but thou hast even dared to devour men, made after the image of God; for which thing thou art worthy of being hanged like a robber and a murderer. All men cry out against thee, the dogs pursue thee, and all the inhabitants of this city are thy enemies; but I will make peace between them and thee, O brother wolf, if so be thou no more offend them, and they shall forgive thee all thy past offences, and neither men nor dogs shall pursue thee any more." Having listened to these words, the wolf bowed his head, and, by the movements of his body, his tail, and his eyes, made signs that he agreed to what Saint Francis said. . . . Then said Saint Francis, addressing him again: "Brother wolf, I command thee, in the name of Christ, to follow me immediately, without hesitation or doubting, that we may go together to ratify this peace which we have concluded in the name of God"; and the wolf, obeying him, walked by his side as meekly as a lamb, to the great astonishment of the people. . . . "Listen my brothers: the wolf who is here before you has promised and pledged his faith that he consents to make peace with you all, and no more offend you in aught, and you must promise to give him each day his necessary food; to which, if you consent, I promise in his name that he will most faithfully observe the compact." Then all the people promised to feed the wolf to the end of his days."
– excerpted from The Little Flowers of St Francis, translated by Roger Huddleston from the 14th-century Italian
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| Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot Tivoli - The Cascades 1843 oil on paper, mounted on canvas Musée du Louvre |
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| Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot Castel Sant'Angelo and the Tiber, Rome ca. 1826-28 oil on paper, mounted on canvas Musée du Louvre |
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| Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot Cave at San Marino 1826 oil on paper Speed Art Museum, Louisville, Kentucky |