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| Christoph Gertner Amorous Couple, with Death lurking in the Shadows ca. 1600 oil on slate Národní Galerie, Prague |
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| Hendrick van Steenwyck the Younger Esther and Mordecai (scene from the Biblical book of Esther) 1616 oil on panel National Gallery of Art, Washington DC |
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| attributed to Luciano Borzone Portrait of Pompilio Ambanelli ca. 1620 oil on canvas Galleria Nazionale di Parma |
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| David Teniers the Younger Dinner in the Barn 1634 oil on panel Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe |
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| attributed to Francesco Cairo Martyrdom of St Agnes 1635 oil on canvas Galleria Sabauda, Turin |
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| attributed to Govert Flinck Study Head of Young Man ca. 1637 oil on canvas Leiden Collection, New York |
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| Gerard ter Borch A Musical Company ca. 1642-44 oil on panel Leiden Collection, New York |
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| Pieter Verelst Head of an Old Man 1648 oil on panel Musée des Augustins de Toulouse |
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| Michiel Sweerts Woman Spinning ca. 1656 oil on canvas Museum Gouda |
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| Anonymous Dutch Artist working in Dordrecht Still Life ca. 1660-80 oil on panel Leiden Collection, New York |
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| Onorio Marinari Mater Dolorosa ca. 1670-80 oil on canvas John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota |
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| Anonymous Lombard Artist The Deposition ca. 1680-90 oil on panel Galleria Nazionale di Parma |
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| Pompeo Batoni Vulcan at the Forge 1750 oil on canvas National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa |
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| Franz Anton Maulbertsch Abraham prevented from sacrificing Isaac ca. 1755 oil on canvas Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest |
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| Francisco Goya Portrait of army doctor José Queraltó 1802 oil on canvas Neue Pinakothek, Munich |
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| Théodule Ribot The Empty Bottle ca. 1876-81 oil on canvas Städel Museum, Frankfurt |
Men improve with the Years
I am worn out with dreams;
A weather-worn, marble triton
Among the streams;
A weather-worn, marble triton
Among the streams;
And all day long I look
Upon this lady's beauty
As though I had found in a book
A pictured beauty,
Pleased to have filled the eyes
Or the discerning ears,
Delighted to be but wise,
For men improve with the years;
And yet, and yet,
Upon this lady's beauty
As though I had found in a book
A pictured beauty,
Pleased to have filled the eyes
Or the discerning ears,
Delighted to be but wise,
For men improve with the years;
And yet, and yet,
Is this my dream, or the truth?
O would that we had met
When I had my burning youth!
But I grow old among dreams,
O would that we had met
When I had my burning youth!
But I grow old among dreams,
A weather-worn, marble triton
Among the streams.
– W.B. Yeats (1919)
Among the streams.
– W.B. Yeats (1919)