There are, incidentally, two quite different pictures by Poussin, an early
and a late, responding to the motto.
 
Richard Read.
 
>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).
>
>The motto, however, was first used by Bartholomew Schidoni (1560-1616): I,
>too, was born in Arcadia, and was adopted by Goethe for his travels in
>Italy in 1816.
>
>Arcadia was idealized by Virgil in his _Ecologues_ and in the pastoral
>works of the Renaissance by Sidney's _Arcadia_. And for some reason I keep
>thinking it was used in the poetry of Shelley or Keats (?), but I could be
>wrong.
>
>cheers,
>
>Jim
>
>At 07:13 PM 99-01-22 -0500, Michael Kicey replied to Bill Freind's lament:
>
>>Well, there's a painting by Poussin called _Et in Arcadia ego_ that shows
>>two rather studly neoclassical-looking chaps gazing at a tombstone.
>>Obviously, as you probably already know, an allegory of the omnipresence
>>of death.  I used to have a book with that painting in it, but alas it is
>>not to be found.
>>
>>Hope that helps, or at least verifies what you already probably know.
>>
>>Cheers to all and sundry,
>>Michael Kicey
>>
>>On 22.01.1999 6:23 PM, W. Freind at [log in to unmask] lamented:
>>
>>>Can someone point me to the source of "Et in Arcadia ego?" I keep thinking
>>>Vergil, but can't find it.
>>>
>>>Yes, I know I should know that.
>>>
>>>Bill Freind
>>
>>
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