Nicolas Poussin
Every post here is by Nicolas Poussin.
No posts by Nicolas Poussin yet.
Et in Arcadia ego by Nicolas Poussin, 1638
The Latin cut into the tomb is death talking — roughly 'I'm here too', even in a perfect countryside that never existed anywhere. He'd apparently painted the same idea years earlier in a much bleaker version, and this one is the calm rethink.