Dark Part of My Soul

“Ivan Tsarevich riding the Gray Wolf”

The Penitent Magdalene, 1635, Guido Reni

Venus and Adonis, 1635, Peter Paul Rubens

Medium: oil,canvas

Descent from the Cross (right wing), 1614, Peter Paul Rubens

Rinaldo and Armida, 1760, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

The “House books of the Nuremberg’s 12 Brothers Foundation” tells the story of Konrad Mendel, a wealthy merchant from the 14th century and Matthäus Landauer, a contractor from the 16th century. Konrad Mendel set up in 1388 the Twelve Brothers House Foundation [Zwölfbrüderhausstiftungen] which provided food and housing for 12 poor people at a time. The books document the needy who were taken into Mendel’s, and later Landauer’s care, and taught a trade / craft.

> Above: Matthäus Landauer (1511).

The Pierre, New York.

Portrait of the Countess of Chincon, 1800, Francisco Goya