Johann Michael of Loen ~ Bookplate,The only true religion 1751

Beresford Egan (1905-1984) ~ illustration for De Sade, Being a series of wounds, inflicted with Brush and Pen, upon Sadistic Wolves garbed in Masochists' Wool 1929

Franz von Stuck (1863 – 1928)... Oedipus solves the riddle of the Sphinx, oil on canvas 1891

Monogrammisti VBL, VLS...17thc Six stories of Moses and the Creation of the Man

Genoese school, around 1620-40...A Female Satyr with three putti, oil on canvas

Roberto Matta (1911-2001) & Victor Brauner (1903-1966) ~ InnerVision, oil on canvas 1956

Thomas Theodor Heine (1867–1948) ~ Illustration to Knut Hamsun, Slaves of Love, 1902

Dolorosa de la Cruz ...for Nietzsche ~ "If Zeus don't charm" ~ Oct 2012 ~ pastel and pencil on paper. Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche born today October 15, 1844, Röcken, Germany

Nelson Takkiruq (1930–1999) ...Double Shaman Drum Dancer, whale bone, stone 1989

Julien Adolphe-Duvocelle (1873-1961) ...Two Skulls, wash and charcoal 1898

Nicholas Roerich (1874-1947) ... The Holder of the Cup, Mongolia 1937

Alberto Martini (1876-1954)... illustration for Edgar Allan Poe Poem

“The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins? - Edgar Allan Poe (1809- 1849)

image: Illustration for Edgar Allan Poe Poem by Alberto Martini (1876-1954)