Serenity (Serenidade)

In a world in constant turmoil and transformation, some moments of serenity and reflection are necessary, even if for brief moments.

Num mundo em constante agitação e transformação são necessários, ainda que por breves instantes, momentos de serenidade e reflexão.

Piero di Cosimo (1462-1521)-'the discovery of honey'-oil on panel-(1505-1510) Worchester (Massachusets)-Art Museum

Nicolas de l'Armessin II (1640-1725)-'apothecary costume'-drawing in Costumes grotesques (1695) and in Eugen Holländer (1867-1932); die Karikatur und Satire in der Medizin, Ferdinand Enke, Stuttgart (1905)

Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin (1699-1779)-'the attributes of science'-oil on canvas-1739 Paris-Musée Jacquemat-André

Jean-Marc Nattier (1685-1766)-'Thalia, Muse of comedy'-oil on canvas-1739 San Francisco-Fine Arts Museums

Edward Lear (1818-1888)-'Corfu and the Albanian mountains-oil on canvas-1862 Private collection