Madonna and Child, attributed to Antonello da Messina, 1460s
In the infant's hands is a pomegranate.
The painting is usually called the Salting Madonna, after the man who bequeathed it to the National Gallery in London.

In the infant's hands is a pomegranate.
The painting is usually called the Salting Madonna, after the man who bequeathed it to the National Gallery in London.

At the close of the Strugatskys' "Roadside Picnic" the Golden Sphere is asked for this: "Happiness for everybody, free, and let nobody go away unsatisfied!" I do not promise to leave no one aggrieved, but the digest really does come free. So, here is the
Frederic Leighton. “Daedalus and Icarus”, 1869 Daedalus warns his son not to climb too high: the heat of the sun may melt the wax, but Icarus is already gazing into the distance, and the lamentations of a foolish old man interest him not in the least