«the two mothers»

by giovanni segantini

𝔡𝔢𝔲𝔰 𝔳𝔲𝔩𝔱

«cleveland bays»

by j. f. herring

𝔡𝔢𝔲𝔰 𝔳𝔲𝔩𝔱

«Excalibur», 1981

by antoni jezierski

Vincent van Gogh

«gelert»

charles b. barber, 1894

in the legend, llywelyn the great returns from hunting to find his baby missing, the cradle overturned, and gelert with blood-smeared mouth. believing the dog had devoured the child, llywelyn draws his sword and kills gelert.
after the dog's dying yelp, llywelyn hears the cries of the baby, unharmed under the cradle, along with a dead wolf which had attacked the child and been killed by gelert. llywelyn is overcome with remorse and buries the dog, but can still hear its dying yelp.

by ilya repin

«thatched roof with storks’ nest»

adolph von menzel