François Bouchot
Voltaire imprisoned in the Bastille
Voltaire was falsely accused of writing insults about the French regent Philippe II d’Orleans and was put into prison in 1717 for 11 months where he began his epic poem about Henri IV.
(via candy-flavored-bandaid)
Bartolome Esteban Murillo, An Angel Rescues Saint Peter from Prison, 1665-7
Annibale Carracci, Samson in Prison, 17th century
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Mattia Preti, detail of The Liberation of Saint Peter from Prison, c. 1666
Mattia Preti, The Liberation of Saint Peter from Prison, c. 1666
