Beautiful late 17th Century original biblical scene. An angel accompanies a young man and his dog on their path home.

Gaston Goor is listed in the Benezit Dictionary of Artists which provides an extensive list of his illustrated books including “Le Voyage de Shakespeare,” by Leon Daudet, Le Jardin des Letters by Jacques Bainvilles Motherland and Contes Philosophiques by Charles Maurras.

Original renaissance period engraving from Daniel Meissner’s “Sciographia Cosmica,” an early collection of city views printed between 1623 and 1678.
In the background is the famous water castle of Bottmingen, shown before it was redecorated in the style of a Baroque French country manor.  Meissner added a moral motto to each of the engravings in his [...]

This 18th Century copperplate engraving depicts a scene from the Bible: Acts 17:16-34
in which St. Paul visits the Council of Elders of Athens at the Aeropagus.

This beautiful expressionist painting is entitled “Genoveva” after the lead character in Robert Schumann’s romantic German Opera.