The Greeks and Trojans fighting over the body of Patroclus. 1836.
Many versions have been made, but I particularly like this one because you can feel their desperation and efforts to retrieve the body, and it’s almost tearing the corpse apart!...
Art by Antoine Joseph Wiertz

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The Premature Burial (1854) by Antoine Wiertz (Belgian, 1806–1865). Wiertz Museum. [“The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague." ― Edgar Allan Poe, The Premature Burial]

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'The Young Sorceress' by Antoine Wiertz, 1857

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Antoine Wiertz - sublime or ridiculous? Stijn Bussels on the life and legacy of the often lurid Belgian painter https://t.co/Q5f5dPyWgT

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Stijn Bussels on the maligned Belgian painter Antoine Wiertz - 'sublime or ridiculous?' https://t.co/kBZiVX7r2w

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Antoine Wiertz: Sublime or Ridiculous? Stijn Bussels on how the Belgian painter manipulated the concept of the museum. https://t.co/ngEvyVe8Vh

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Antoine Wiertz, The Premature Burial, 1854

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