Francesco Zurbaran, Agnus Dei, oil on canvas, 1635-1640. Museo del Prado

"Plato used to say that many good laws were made, but still one was wanting ; a law to put all those good laws into execution. Thus the citizens of London have erected many famous monuments to perpetuate their memories; but still there wanted a monument to continue the memory of their monuments ..."
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