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That's the painting, but not unambiguously the translation.
Panofsky argued, I think, that the inscription on the
tombstone refers not to the body in the tomb--I too (lived)
in Arcadia--but to Death--Even in Arcadia I (am).
 
 
Mark Baker
 
 
Jim Strachan wrote:
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> I believe Poussin's painting is called_Les Bergers d'Arcadia_ and the motto
> used by Nicolas was Et ego in Arcadia (I, too, have lived in Arcadia).
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