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Gentle reminders from the beyond.

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Christ Crucified between the Two Thieves: The Three Crosses — Rembrandt

Christ Crucified between the Two Thieves: The Three Crosses

Rembrandt · 1653

The Penitent Magdalen — Georges de La Tour

The Penitent Magdalen

Georges de La Tour · ca. 1640

The Dead Christ with Angels — Édouard Manet

The Dead Christ with Angels

Édouard Manet · 1864

The Crucifixion with the Virgin and Saint John — Hendrick ter Brugghen

The Crucifixion with the Virgin and Saint John

Hendrick ter Brugghen · ca. 1624–25

The Night-Hag Visiting Lapland Witches — Henry Fuseli

The Night-Hag Visiting Lapland Witches

Henry Fuseli · 1796

Saint Anthony Tormented by Demons — Martin Schongauer

Saint Anthony Tormented by Demons

Martin Schongauer · 1470–74

The Ballet from "Robert le Diable" — Edgar Degas

The Ballet from "Robert le Diable"

Edgar Degas · 1871

Still Life with a Skull and a Writing Quill — Pieter Claesz

Still Life with a Skull and a Writing Quill

Pieter Claesz · 1628

Seated Woman with a Spider's Web (Die Frau mit dem Spinnennnetz zwischen kahlen Baumen) — Christian Friedrich · Caspar David Friedrich

Seated Woman with a Spider's Web (Die Frau mit dem Spinnennnetz zwischen kahlen Baumen)

Christian Friedrich · Caspar David Friedrich · probably 1803

Woman with a Raven (Die Frau mit dem Raben am Abgrund) — Christian Friedrich · Caspar David Friedrich

Woman with a Raven (Die Frau mit dem Raben am Abgrund)

Christian Friedrich · Caspar David Friedrich · probably 1803

The Burial of Christ — Annibale Carracci

The Burial of Christ

Annibale Carracci · 1595

Isaac Blessing Jacob — Gerbrand van den Eeckhout

Isaac Blessing Jacob

Gerbrand van den Eeckhout · 1642

Saint Anthony the Abbot in the Wilderness — Master of the Osservanza

Saint Anthony the Abbot in the Wilderness

Master of the Osservanza · ca. 1435

Angel of the Divine Presence Bringing Eve to Adam (The Creation of Eve: "And She Shall be Called Woman) (recto); Sketch for the same (verso) — William Blake

Angel of the Divine Presence Bringing Eve to Adam (The Creation of Eve: "And She Shall be Called Woman) (recto); Sketch for the same (verso)

William Blake · ca. 1803

Time Smoking a Picture — William Hogarth

Time Smoking a Picture

William Hogarth · ca. 1761

The Angel Appearing to Zacharias — William Blake

The Angel Appearing to Zacharias

William Blake · 1799–1800

Christ Crucified Between the Two Thieves: 'The Three Crosses' — Rembrandt

Christ Crucified Between the Two Thieves: 'The Three Crosses'

Rembrandt · 1653-c.1660

Hercules and the Lernaean Hydra — Gustave Moreau

Hercules and the Lernaean Hydra

Gustave Moreau · 1875–76

Salome with the Head of Saint John the Baptist — Guido Reni

Salome with the Head of Saint John the Baptist

Guido Reni · c. 1639–42

Untitled — Utagawa Toyokuni III

Untitled

Utagawa Toyokuni III · ca. 1824

The Two Disciples at the Tomb — Henry Ossawa Tanner

The Two Disciples at the Tomb

Henry Ossawa Tanner · c. 1906

The Corsican and His Bloodhounds at the Window of the Thuilleries Looking Over Paris — Napoléon Bonaparte · Thomas Rowlandson · Rudolph Ackermann, London

The Corsican and His Bloodhounds at the Window of the Thuilleries Looking Over Paris

Napoléon Bonaparte · Thomas Rowlandson · Rudolph Ackermann, London · April 16, 1815

Nap and His Friends in their Glory — Napoléon Bonaparte · Rudolph Ackermann, London · Thomas Rowlandson

Nap and His Friends in their Glory

Napoléon Bonaparte · Rudolph Ackermann, London · Thomas Rowlandson · October 1, 1813

葛飾北斎筆 鶏と木材鶏図 · Album of Sketches by Katsushika Hokusai and His Disciples — Katsushika Hokusai

葛飾北斎筆 鶏と木材鶏図 · Album of Sketches by Katsushika Hokusai and His Disciples

Katsushika Hokusai · 19th century

Untitled — Katsushika Hokusai

Untitled

Katsushika Hokusai · 18th–19th century

Infant Shakespeare Attended by Nature and the Passions — William Shakespeare · George Romney · John & Josiah Boydell · Benjamin Smith

Infant Shakespeare Attended by Nature and the Passions

William Shakespeare · George Romney · John & Josiah Boydell · Benjamin Smith · 1799

The Race Track (Death on a Pale Horse) — Albert Pinkham Ryder

The Race Track (Death on a Pale Horse)

Albert Pinkham Ryder · c. 1896–1908

Pity — William Blake · William Shakespeare

Pity

William Blake · William Shakespeare · ca. 1795

The Entombment — Rembrandt

The Entombment

Rembrandt · ca. 1654

Macbeth Consulting the Witches — Eugène Delacroix · William Shakespeare

Macbeth Consulting the Witches

Eugène Delacroix · William Shakespeare · 1825

Plate 21 from "Los Caprichos": How they pluck her! (¡Qual la descañonan!) — Francisco Goya

Plate 21 from "Los Caprichos": How they pluck her! (¡Qual la descañonan!)

Francisco Goya · 1799

Plate 40 from "Los Caprichos": Of what ill will he die? (De que mal morira?) — Francisco Goya

Plate 40 from "Los Caprichos": Of what ill will he die? (De que mal morira?)

Francisco Goya · 1799

Plate 20 from "Los Caprichos": There they go plucked (i.e. fleeced) (Ya van desplumados) — Francisco Goya

Plate 20 from "Los Caprichos": There they go plucked (i.e. fleeced) (Ya van desplumados)

Francisco Goya · 1799

Plate 68 from "Los Caprichos": Pretty teacher! (Linda maestra!) — Francisco Goya

Plate 68 from "Los Caprichos": Pretty teacher! (Linda maestra!)

Francisco Goya · 1799

Time Smoking a Picture — William Hogarth

Time Smoking a Picture

William Hogarth · March 1761

Garroted Man — Francisco Goya

Garroted Man

Francisco Goya · ca. 1775–78

Plate 43 from "Los Caprichos": The sleep of reason produces monsters (El sueño de la razon produce monstruos) — Francisco Goya

Plate 43 from "Los Caprichos": The sleep of reason produces monsters (El sueño de la razon produce monstruos)

Francisco Goya · 1799

Plate 12 from "Los Caprichos": Out hunting for teeth (A caza de dientes) — Francisco Goya

Plate 12 from "Los Caprichos": Out hunting for teeth (A caza de dientes)

Francisco Goya · 1799

Nap and His Friends in their Glory — Joseph Bonaparte · Rudolph Ackermann, London · Thomas Rowlandson · Napoléon Bonaparte

Nap and His Friends in their Glory

Joseph Bonaparte · Rudolph Ackermann, London · Thomas Rowlandson · Napoléon Bonaparte · October 1, 1808

Untitled — Okumura Masanobu

Untitled

Okumura Masanobu · 18th century

Ophelia (Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act 4, Scene 7) — Sir John Everett Millais · James Stephenson · Henry Graves & Company · William Shakespeare · The Printsellers' Association, London

Ophelia (Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act 4, Scene 7)

Sir John Everett Millais · James Stephenson · Henry Graves & Company · William Shakespeare · The Printsellers' Association, London · March 1, 1866

The Witnesses - The War Council — Honoré Daumier

The Witnesses - The War Council

Honoré Daumier · 1872

Study for "The Dream – Paolo and Francesca" — Umberto Boccioni

Study for "The Dream – Paolo and Francesca"

Umberto Boccioni · 1910

A Phantasmagoria; — Scene – Conjuring-Up an Armed-Skeleton — James Gillray · James Gillray

A Phantasmagoria; — Scene – Conjuring-Up an Armed-Skeleton

James Gillray · James Gillray · January 5, 1803

The Sot (The English Dance of Death, plate 12) — Thomas Rowlandson · Rudolph Ackermann, London

The Sot (The English Dance of Death, plate 12)

Thomas Rowlandson · Rudolph Ackermann, London · July 1814

Vanitas Still Life — Jacob de Gheyn II

Vanitas Still Life

Jacob de Gheyn II · 1603

Satire on the Papacy — Melchior Lorck

Satire on the Papacy

Melchior Lorck · 1555

Scene from the Gallic Wars: The Gaul Littavicus, Betraying the Roman Cause, Flees to Gergovie to Support Vercingétorix — Théodore Chassériau

Scene from the Gallic Wars: The Gaul Littavicus, Betraying the Roman Cause, Flees to Gergovie to Support Vercingétorix

Théodore Chassériau · ca. 1838–40

Skull in profile to right — Leonardo da Vinci · Wenceslaus Hollar

Skull in profile to right

Leonardo da Vinci · Wenceslaus Hollar · 1645

The Witches — Hans Baldung Grien

The Witches

Hans Baldung Grien · 1510

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