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“Anselm fuit hic (Anselm Was Here)” (Anselm Kiefer, 2024). A massive impressionistic painting by the German Artist Anselm Kiefer, depicting a figure at a clear in a wood, perhaps in front of a pond, looking out a a gap in the woods towards a glowing sky. In the main entry hall of the St. Louis Art Museum.
The painting “Saturn Devouring his Son” by Goya. In it, the Greek God Cronos (known as Saturn in Roman mythology) is seen eating one of his sons, lest that son overthrow him.