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| Jean-Honoré Fragonard Love as Folly ca. 1773-76 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art, Washington DC |
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| Thomas Willeboirts Bosschaert Dido and Aeneas in the Cave 1646 oil on canvas Bildgalerie von Sanssouci, Potsdam |
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| attributed to Francesco Albani Salmacis spurned by Hermaphroditus ca. 1633-35 oil on canvas Galleria Sabauda, Turin |
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| Giulio Bonasone Semele overcome by Jupiter's Fiery Splendor ca. 1545 engraving Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest |
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| Johann König Arethusa and Alpheus ca. 1625 oil on copper Deutsche Barockgalerie, Augsburg |
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| Willem van Mieris Joseph and Potiphar's Wife 1693 gouache on vellum Morgan Library, New York |
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| Juan Bautista Maíno Narcissus ca. 1600-1610 oil on canvas John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota |
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| G.F. Folingsby First Meeting of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn 1879 oil on canvas National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne |
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| John William Waterhouse Lamia 1905 oil on canvas Auckland Art Gallery, New Zealand |
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| Nicolas Joseph Delin Hercules and Omphale 1786 oil on canvas Museum De Lakenhal, Leiden |
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| Cesare Dandini Rinaldo and Armida 1635 oil on canvas Gallerie degli Uffizi, Florence |
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| attributed to Gregorio Lazzarini Rinaldo and Armida ca. 1690 oil on canvas National Gallery of Slovenia, Ljubljana |
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| François-André Vincent Rinaldo and Armida ca. 1787 oil on canvas Musée Fabre, Montpellier |
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| Pieter van der Werff Samson and Delilah before 1722 oil on panel Národní Galerie, Prague |
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| Giovanni Battista Langetti Old Woman with Love Note and Pearls (Vanitas) ca. 1663 oil on canvas Národní Galerie, Prague |
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| Gaspare Traversi The Love Note Discovered ca. 1750-60 oil on canvas John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota |
The Fool by the Roadside
When all works that have
From cradle run to grave
From grave to cradle run instead;
From grave to cradle run instead;
When thoughts that a fool
Has wound upon a spool
Are but loose thread, are but loose thread;
Are but loose thread, are but loose thread;
When cradle and spool are past
And I mere shade at last
Coagulate of stuff
Transparent like the wind,
I think that I may find
A faithful love, a faithful love.
And I mere shade at last
Coagulate of stuff
Transparent like the wind,
I think that I may find
A faithful love, a faithful love.
– W.B. Yeats (1928)