Abraham Janssens Hercules ejecting Faunus from the Bed of Omphale 1607 oil on canvas Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen |
Anonymous Genoese Artist Bacchus and Ariadne ca. 1650-1700 oil on canvas Galleria Sabauda, Turin |
Filippo Lauri Circe and Ulysses ca. 1660 oil on canvas Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen |
Jean-Léon Gérôme Leda ca. 1895 drawing (study for painting) Morgan Library, New York |
Leonardo Grazia (Leonardo da Pistoia) Death of Cleopatra ca. 1540 oil on slate Galleria Borghese, Rome |
Giorgio Vasari Judith and Holofernes ca. 1554 oil on panel Saint Louis Art Museum |
Abraham Bloemaert Judith with the Head of Holofernes 1593 oil on canvas Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna |
Jacopo Bertucci (Jacopone da Faenza) Judith with the Head of Holofernes ca. 1540 oil on canvas Gallerie Estense, Modena |
Lorenzo de Caro Esther before Ahasuerus ca. 1758 oil on canvas Detroit Institute of Arts |
Pompeo Batoni Samson and Delilah 1766 oil on canvas Detroit Institute of Arts |
Nicolas Régnier Artemisia with the Ashes of Mausolus ca. 1650 oil on canvas Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart |
Hans Baldung Lucretia 1520 drawing Städel Museum, Frankfurt |
Anonymous Italian Artist after Michelangelo Anselmi Lucretia ca. 1590 oil on canvas Galleria Nazionale di Parma |
Salvator Rosa Jael slaying Sisera ca. 1650 drawing Morgan Library, New York |
workshop of Gérard de Lairesse Death of Dido ca. 1700 watercolor on paper Art Institute of Chicago |
Bernardino Luini Salome with the Head of John the Baptist ca. 1525-30 oil on panel Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna |
from Long-legged Fly
That civilisation may not sink
Its great battle lost,
Quiet the dog, tether the pony
To a distant post.
Our master Caesar is in the tent
Where the maps are spread,
Quiet the dog, tether the pony
To a distant post.
Our master Caesar is in the tent
Where the maps are spread,
His eyes fixed upon nothing,
A hand under his head.
Like a long-legged fly upon the stream
Like a long-legged fly upon the stream
His mind moves upon silence.
– W.B. Yeats (1939)