The Dream ☱ Rousseau ☷ Canvas horses and Man with a Ring

and Man with a Ring

giving a near photographic appearance to the surfaces

The Night Watch (1642) by Rembrandt van Rijn

" He stands as an oversized figure against an urban background featuring the original cast iron Pont du Carrousel bridge and the newly constructed Eiffel Tower

The Art of Painting (1668) by Johannes Vermeer

The Dream ☱ Rousseau ☷ Canvas horses and Man with a RingThe Dream (1910, Le Rve) by Henri Rousseau is one of more than 25 jungle scenes he painted. It is a surreal portrait of Yadwigha, Rousseau's Polish mistress from his youth, lying naked on a divan. She gazes over a landscape of lush jungle foliage and lotus flowers, listening to a snake charmer playing the flute, surrounded by animals including birds, monkeys, an elephant, a lion and lioness, and a snake. An interpretation offered by Rousseau is that