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A festival of fools, Middle Ages.1906 (lithograph)

7236703 A festival of fools, Middle Ages.1906 (lithograph) by Bruegel, Pieter the Elder (c.1525-69) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: A festival of fools, Middle Ages. A large crowd of fools in hoods with ears and cockscombs dancing, tumbling, pulling each others noses, playing ball games, beating drums. Infinite is the number of fools. Stultorum infinitus est numerus, Ecclesiastes. Lithograph after an engraving by Jean Galle after Pieter Bruegel the Elder from Henry Rene d'Allemagne's Recreations et Passe-Temps, Games and Pastimes, Hachette, Paris, 1906.); © Florilegius

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A deranged man who was shooting in the galleries of the Louvre in Paris suddenly... (colour litho)

2783621 A deranged man who was shooting in the galleries of the Louvre in Paris suddenly... (colour litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: A deranged man who was shooting in the Louvre galleries in Paris suddenly stabbed L'Angelus, the famous canvas by G F Millet. The custodians and those present immediately faced the energetic, succeeding, after intense struggle, to prevent the irreparable ruin of the famous painting, which could instead be restored. Illustration for Courier Sunday, 28 August 1932.); © Look and Learn

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SELF-IMMOLATION. GOGOL BURNING HIS MANUSCRIPT, 1909 (oil on canvas)

7215392 SELF-IMMOLATION. GOGOL BURNING HIS MANUSCRIPT, 1909 (oil on canvas) by Repin, Ilya Efimovich (1844-1930); Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia; (add.info.: 1909//Oil on canvas
Repine knew very well the work of Nicolas Gogol (1809-1852), from which he drew inspiration several times. Created for the centenary of the writer's birth, this painting evokes the destruction by him of the second volume of his book Dead Souls. This episode resonated strongly with the painter, whom his contemporaries compared to the man of letters, as his obsessive dissatisfaction pushed him to constantly retouch his canvases. Here, Repine focuses on Gogol's convulsed face, which is theatrically lit by the fire in the fireplace that has just reduced his manuscript to ashes.); Photo © Sylvain Collet

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