Francis Bacon Seated Figure 1960 oil on canvas Graphische Sammlung Albertina, Vienna |
Wybrand Hendriks Oval Hall, Teylers Museum ca. 1802 oil on panel Teylers Museum, Haarlem |
Pierre Philippe Banquet in the Mauritshuis for King Charles II of England 1660 engraving Mauritshuis, The Hague |
Marco Ricci Capriccio of Antique Ruins ca. 1708-1710 gouache on paper John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota |
Bernardo Bellotto Sketch for Stage Design with Courtyard of a Roman Palace ca. 1760 drawing Morgan Library, New York |
Francesco Cocchi Stage Design with Cloister Corridor ca. 1830 drawing Hamburger Kunsthalle |
Johannes Jelgerhuis Interior of the Nieuwe Kerk in Delft 1825 oil on canvas Teylers Museum, Haarlem |
Jean Lemaire Theseus finding his Father's Sword ca. 1630-40 oil on canvas Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen |
Susan Ryder The Ante-Room, Royal Hospital, Chelsea ca. 1975 oil on canvas Royal Hospital, Chelsea |
Gustave Caillebotte Les Champs, plaine de Gennevilliers, étude en jaune et vert ca. 1884 oil on canvas Denver Art Museum |
Canaletto The Doge and Grand Council in the Sala del Maggior Consiglio, Venice ca. 1761-65 oil on canvas Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen |
Lucas Cranach the Elder Cardinal Albrecht of Brandenburg as St Jerome 1526 oil on panel John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota |
Claude Lorrain Aeneas and Dido in Carthage 1675-76 oil on canvas Hamburger Kunsthalle |
Nicolas de Hoey Art Gallery of Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria ca. 1660 drawing Graphische Sammlung Albertina, Vienna |
Enrico Torri Stables of Sant' Uldarico, Parma 1876 oil on canvas Galleria Nazionale di Parma |
Carel Willink Terrace with Hercules 1940 oil on canvas Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht |
I put under the power of my prayer
All that will give me help.
Rafael keep him Wednesday,
Sachiel feed him Thursday,
Hamiel provide him Friday,
Cassiel increase him Saturday.
Sachiel feed him Thursday,
Hamiel provide him Friday,
Cassiel increase him Saturday.
– W.B. Yeats (1908)