Extracting Hemp from the Retting Pit, 1615
‘Estrazione della canapa dal macero’ (Extracting Hemp from the Retting Pit) by Giovan Francesco Barbieri known as ‘Il Guercino’ 1615
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The Education of the Chieftain’s Daughter, 16th Century
Erotic sculptures on wall of Chinniyan tank 16th-17th centuries by local chieftain near Thiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu, India The Education of the Chieftain’s Daughter In the late 16th Century a Chieftain in India who ruled over the area known as Chinniyan Read More …
Truly Wicked, 17th century
“All things truly wicked start from innocence.” -Ernest Hemingway Two musicians playing a guitar and a pipe with another figure – Northern Follower of Caravaggio – 17th century
Where the sidewalk ends, 17th Century
“There is a place where the sidewalk ends And before the street begins, And there the grass grows soft and white, And there the sun burns crimson bright, And there the moon-bird rests from his flight To cool in the Read More …