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"The Realm of Heaven, Mercury Presents Apollo with a Lyre as a Peace Offering", Francesco Albani (17 March or 17 August 1578 – 4 October 1660), Italian
"Bacchantes Musicians", Ferdinand Wagner (1847 - 1927), German
“The Hour of Prayer, Tangier”, Georges Bretegnier (14th April 1860 - 13th December 1892), French
"In this light, the dog in the Qur'anic account can be read not as just a simple pet, but as a guardian over the dead in symbolic continuity with figures such as Anubis and Cerberus."
"When of that smile we read,
The wished smile, rapturously kiss'd
By one so deep in love, then he, who ne'er
From me shall separate, at once my lips
All trembling kiss'd."
- Dante's Inferno, Canto 5
Art: Canto 5, Gustave Doré (1832 – 1883), French artist