An early version of this painting appears on a rolled up scroll held by Lady Anson in a canvas by Thomas Hudson.
An early version of this painting appears on a rolled up scroll held by Lady Anson in a canvas by Thomas Hudson. Christopher Cornford wrote about its pentagonal geometry, and an article on this work included in the collection "Philosophy and History: Essays Presented to Ernst Cassirer" was written by Erwin Panofsky. It was commissioned as a twin-tableau to the canvas Midas Washing His Face in the River Pactolus and it was allegedly inspired by a Jacopo Sannazaro poem. It's probably based upon a Guercino work of the same name, which features a large skull at the lower right. The Chatsworth House is home to the first version of this painting – all of the versions depict four shepherds, one of whom is female, inspecting a tomb ►and reading its inscription, which has been interpreted to read "death occurs even here." FTP, name this painting by Nicolas Poussin titled after a mysterious four-word Latin phrase.
An early version of this painting appears on a rolled up scroll held by Lady Anson in a canvas by Thomas Hudson.
{Et in Arcadia Ego} (or Les Bergers d’Arcadie or “Shepherds of Arcadia” and close equivalents)