This painting offers a bustling panorama of a Flemish town square
suggests a critique of misguided spirituality or clerical complicity in perpetuating folly
set against a fantastical landscape
he wears a polished steel gorget—a piece of armor that
is a chilling and haunting depiction of the mythological tale of Saturn (or Cronus) consuming his offspring
Ulysses and Argus | Briton Rivière | 1885 Select Size:10" x 8" This painting offers a bustlingAbout the artwork: In Ulysses and Argus, Briton Rivire depicts one of the most poignant moments from Homers Odyssey. After twenty years of war and wandering, Ulysses returns to Ithaca disguised as a beggar, unrecognized by everyone except Argus, the faithful dog he left behind. Old, neglected, and too weak to rise, Argus looks up at his master with quiet recognition, while Ulysses bows his head and suppresses his emotion to protect his disguise.