For centuries, artists have been fascinated by eclipses.  In honor of both today’s solar eclipse and everyone who is going to go blind from looking at it without special glasses, here are nine excellent eclipse paintings.

by Antoine Caron

by Cedar Lee

by Cindy Pinnock

by Johann Christian Schoeller

by Mark Coyle

by Michael Creese

by Sue Halstenberg

by Warren Thompson

by Yuli Choi