Maximilian Pirner, Death, 1893

Norman Lindsay Walpurgis , 1924

Eugène Romain Thirion, Cupid and Psyche, 1889

Théophile Schuler, The Chariot of Death, 1848-1851

Unknown artist, Death Leading Hell's Army, Circa 1800

Kurt Seligmann, Carnival, 1950

Jean Marie Poumeyrol, In the mechanic's workshop, 1979

Theodore Roussel, The Reading Girl, 1886–1887

Karl Mediz, Red Angel, 1902

Richard (Dick) Ellescas, The Robot Who Looked Like Me, 1973

Alberto Vargas, Flowers of Evil, 1920

Georgia O'Keeffe, Summer Days, 1936

Davide Padovan , Sara Pavan , 2018

David Alvarado, Cigarettes and Frustration, 2019 - 2020

Rolf Ohst, Amnesia 2. 2016

Augustin Rouart , Tears and Sorrows, 1943

The artwork is directly inspired by Victor Hugo’s 1827 poem La Douleur du Pacha (The Pasha’s Grief). The poem explores the unexpected grief of a powerful and ruthless warlord, questioning why he could possibly be weeping. It rules out the obvious explanations—defeat in battle or even the haunting of ghosts—before revealing the simple and poignant truth: his beloved tiger has died.

Jean-Léon Gérôme, The Grief of the Pasha ,1885

Tatsuro Kiuchi, The Woman in a Black Dress , 1925

Peter Paul Rubens , Ganymede receives the bowl from Hebe , 1912

Franz von Stuck, The Kiss of the Sphinx, 1895