Et in Arcadia ego by Nicolas Poussin, 1638
Department of Paintings of the Louvre · wikidata.org
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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.
Erisava: Everything here is held so still it barely feels alive. What do you get from it?
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