An essay on the biography and work of one of the most famous masters of European historical painting, who often chose successful antique and medieval subjects. He, like no one else, managed to embody people's ideas about the past as a harmonious and happy life, devoid of wars and upheavals. The atmosphere of an endless holiday reigning in his paintings created a sense of the beauty of life among contemporaries, forced them to search and find deep meaning in everyday life. The artist himself sincerely believed that "art should be beautiful, because it should educate, not teach." The album offers about seven dozen color reproductions of the most beautiful paintings of the painter.