Saint Praxedes Collecting the Blood of Executed Martyrs with a Sponge
The painting is by the Italian Baroque artist of the seventeenth century Felice Ficherelli. The canvas made such an impression on Vermeer that he copied it

The painting is by the Italian Baroque artist of the seventeenth century Felice Ficherelli. The canvas made such an impression on Vermeer that he copied it

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