Knight at the Crossroads joseph a consultant to the Louvre

a consultant to the Louvre and the British Museum as well as the leading collectors and connoisseurs in Milan and Europe as a whole

He was a pupil and imitator of Murillo

Austrian painter

Pietro da Cortona was an Italian Baroque painter and architect

Knight at the Crossroads joseph a consultant to the LouvreThe solider sits astride his horse armed for war. He sits unmoving as he reads the words carved in stone before him. If you go straight ahead, there will be no life; there is no way forward for he who travels past, walks past or flies past. This is the moment he decides to abandon his quest or continue on in spite of this dire warning. This russian warrior complete many fantastic feats and later became a holy monk and named a saint. Hero, Warrior,