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| Francesco Albani Galatea ca. 1632 oil on canvas Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden |
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| Sebastian Stoskopff Trompe l'oeil Print with Triumph of Galatea 1651 oil on canvas Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna |
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| Anonymous Italian Artist Acis and Galatea fleeing Polyphemus 17th century drawing Graphische Sammlung Albertina, Vienna |
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| Antoine-Jean Gros Acis and Galatea 1833 oil on canvas Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia |
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| Bartholomeus Spranger Venus and Mars, with Mercury spying ca. 1586-87 oil on canvas Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna |
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| Paolo Veronese Mars and Venus ca. 1575-80 oil on canvas Galleria Sabauda, Turin |
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| Hans Rottenhammer Mars and Venus 1604 oil on copper Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Hans Rottenhammer Mars and Venus 1605 oil on copper Deutsche Barockgalerie, Augsburg |
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| Johann Heiss Mars and Venus ca. 1675-80 oil on canvas Deutsche Barockgalerie, Augsburg |
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| Nicolò dell' Abate Cupid and Psyche ca. 1550-70 oil on canvas Detroit Institute of Arts |
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| Jacopo Bertoia Cupid and Psyche ca. 1566-68 oil on plaster, transferred to canvas Galleria Nazionale di Parma |
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| Joseph Heintz the Elder Cupid and Psyche ca. 1605-1606 oil on copper Deutsche Barockgalerie, Augsburg |
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| Jacopo Zucchi Cupid and Psyche 1589 oil on canvas Galleria Borghese, Rome |
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| Matthäus Gundelach Cupid and Psyche 1613 oil on copper Deutsche Barockgalerie, Augsburg |
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| Ernest-Eugène Hiolle Narcissus 1868 plaster Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille |
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| Guy Head Echo flying from Narcissus ca. 1795-98 oil on canvas Detroit Institute of Arts |
Cuchulain Comforted
A man that had six mortal wounds, a man
Violent and famous, strode among the dead;
Violent and famous, strode among the dead;
Eyes stared out of the branches and were gone.
Then certain Shrouds that muttered head to head
Then certain Shrouds that muttered head to head
Came and were gone. He leant upon a tree
As though to meditate on wounds and blood.
A Shroud that seemed to have authority
Among those bird-like things came, and let fall
A bundle of linen. Shrouds by two and three
Came creeping up because the man was still.
And thereupon that linen-carrier said
'Your life can grow much sweeter if you will
'Obey our ancient rule and make a shroud;
Mainly because of what we only know
The rattle of those arms makes us afraid.
'We thread the needles' eyes and all we do
'We thread the needles' eyes and all we do
All must together do.' That done, the man
Took up the nearest and began to sew.
'Now we shall sing and sing the best we can
But first you must be told our character:
'Now we shall sing and sing the best we can
But first you must be told our character:
Convicted cowards all by kindred slain
'Or driven from home and left to die in fear.'
'Or driven from home and left to die in fear.'
They sang, but had nor human notes nor words,
Though all was done in common as before,
They had changed their throats and had the throats of birds.
– W.B. Yeats (1939)