“Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard are sweeter”

Mikhail Nesterov. Portrait of a Girl. Study for "Youth of St. Sergiy Radonezhsky". 1890-91. Oil on panel. The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia.

*title is exerpt from “Ode on a Grecian Urn” by John Keats.

I know the pain of deep regret

Edvard Munch. Girl on the Beach. 1896. Aquatint with scraper and drypoint on zinc. 28.2 x 21.7 cm. Munch Museum, Oslo, Norway.