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Still Life with a Glass and Oysters, Jan Davidsz de Heem, ca. 1640, European Paintings
Purchase, 1871 Size: 9 7/8 x 7 ½ in. (25.1 x 19.1 cm) Medium: Oil on wood
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/436636
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"There are no incurable diseases — only the lack of will. There are no worthless herbs — only the lack of knowledge."
~ Avicenna. 980 - 1037 AD
Scientist - art by Alexey Kot
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Cupid and Psyche, 1808, Benjamin West
Medium: oil,canvas
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Virgin and Child Enthroned with Four Saints, Saints John the Baptist, Antony Abbot, Elizabeth of Hungary, a female saint, Museum of the Netherlands
Maria met kind en vier heiligen. Maria gezeten op een troon met het Christuskind op schoot. Op de voorgrond vier heiligen: Johannes de Doper, Antonius abt, Elisabeth van Hongarije en een vrouwelijk martelaar. In gotische gesneden houten lijst met opschrift.
http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.8434
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Cupid Unfastening the Girdle of Venus, 1788, Joshua Reynolds
Medium: oil,canvas
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Despair, Auguste Rodin, 1890, Saint Louis Art Museum: Modern and Contemporary Art
https://www.slam.org/collection/objects/25391/
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Penitent Magdalene, 1640, Guido Reni
Medium: oil,canvas
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San Gennaro Freed Naples from the Plague, 1660, Luca Giordano
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“Never apologize for how you feel. No one can control how they feel. The sun doesn’t apologize for being the sun. The rain doesn’t say sorry for falling. Feelings just are.”
— Iain S. Thomas, Intentional Dissonance
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