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The snake and the butterfly

Found on a grave from the 1850s in the Alter Friedhof (old cemetery) in Darmstadt, Germany. The symbol of the snake devouring its own tail represents cyclicality, unity, or infinity, and it can often be found on classical graves. In the romantic period, the butterfly was a sign of the hope of resurrection (larva, pupa, butterfly), it also represented the soul freed from all material.

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Ph. Blumenfeld, 1944

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Endless Ghibli 15/?

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Pendant in the shape of a pomegranate, 8th century BC-first half of the 7th century BC, Northern Greece.

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Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues (Fr 1533-1588) A pomegranate / Punica granatum (c. 1570) Gouache on vellum (18 x 14 cm.)

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Taylr Anne

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Victor Vasarely, Locmaria

signed ‘VASARELY’ (lower centre); signed twice, titled, dated and numbered ‘272 VASARELY “LOCMARIA” 1952 Vasarely’ (on the reverse) oil on board 17¾ x 14 1/8in. (45 x 36cm.) Painted in 1952-72

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