Shepherds beside Roman ruins - Northerners found the contrast between Roman ruins and modern peasants of the Roman Campagna an educational lesson in vanity (vanitas). Painting by Nicolaes Pietersz Berchem, 1661, Mauritshuis Shepherds beside Roman ruins

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Photo credit: © Carlo Bollo / Alamy / Afripics
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