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 Â– 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) 