15 de Julho

"There is a passion for hunting something

deeply implanted in the human breast"

Charles Dickens

The Hunt of Meleager and Atalante, c. 1615-20

Peter Paul Rubens

Kunthistorisches Museum, Vienna

7 de Julho

"Eve was not taken out of Adam's head to top him,

neither out of his feet to be trampled on by him,

but out of his side to be equal with him, under

his arm to be protected by him, and near his heart

to be loved by him"

Matthew Henry

Paradise (Adam and Eve), c. 1616

Peter Paul Rubens

Mauritshuis, The Hague

29 de Junho

"My talent is such that no undertaking

has ever surpassed my courage"

Peter Paul Rubens

Helene Fourment, the Second Wife of the Artist, c. 1638

Peter Paul Rubens

Kunsthistoriches Museum, Vienna