Derek Jarman, "Anachronistic Still of a Calculator" from Caravaggio, 1986
Derek Jarman, "Still of Michael Gough as Cardinal Del Monte / Saint Jerome" from Caravaggio, 1986
Years ago, when we met, I dreamed of paintings I could love.
Michael Gough as Cardinal Del Monte, Caravaggio, 1986
'Ursula, accompanied by eleven thousand virgins, was captured by the Huns. The eleven thousand virgins were slaughtered, but the king of the Huns was overcome by Ursula's modesty and beauty and begged her forgiveness if only she would marry him. Ursula replied that she would not, upon which the king transfixed her with an arrow.'
Mercury invented the arts with an act of theft.
Derek Jarman, Nigel Terry as Caravaggio from Caravaggio, 1986