Baroque self-invention and historical truth in art -- The vindication of Susanna: femininity and truth in baroque science and art -- The fountain of Narcissus : the ontology of St. Paul in Caravaggio and Rembrandt -- Hercules at the crossroads : image and soliloquy in Annibale Carracci -- Imaginary selves : the trial of identity in Descartes, Pascal, and Cyrano.