📌 Madonna and Child in a Landscape, circa 1503. Acquired in 1817 from the Creighton collection in Saint Petersburg. On display in Room 217 of the Large Hermitage. One of the painter's early works
📌 Judith, 1504. Acquired in 1772 from the collection of Baron Crozat de Thiers in Paris. On display in Room 217 of the Large Hermitage. One of the few undisputed paintings by the master
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
