The Garden of Earthly Delights
The Art of Painting (1668) by Johannes Vermeer
listening to a snake charmer playing the flute
Le lion ayant faim se jette sur l'antilope) by Henri Rousseau depicts a jungle scene of thick green foliage lit by a deep red setting sun
Plowman in a Field (1889) by Vincent van Gogh depicts a plowman tilling a wheat field surrounded by a low stone wall
The Dream ☱ Rousseau ☷ Canvas horses The Garden of Earthly DelightsThe 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