Even in arcadia

Et in Arcadia Ego by Guercino 1622

Et in Arcadia Ego by Poussin (late 1630's)

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   In one version is a skull that swallows up the picture. In the other, there's somebody trying to paint over a tomb. In both, I keep seeing the Judge at the end of Blood Meridian, shooting a circus bear as he dances round in circles.

   Note: Read that book again.