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| El Greco Penitent Magdalen ca. 1576-77 oil on canvas Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest |
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| Andrea Andreani after Parmigianino St Cecilia ca. 1590 chiaroscuro woodcut Graphische Sammlung Albertina, Vienna |
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| Pieter Coecke van Aelst Lucretia before 1550 oil on panel Kunstmuseum Basel |
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| Antonio Fantuzzi The Muse Melpomene ca. 1545 etching Graphische Sammlung, ETH Zürich |
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| Pierre Eskrich Art assisting Nature (illustration to Alciati's Emblems) ca. 1540-50 woodcut Herzog August Bibliothek, Wulfenbüttel |
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| Giulio Bonasone Mercury with Seven-Branched Candlestick ca. 1555 engraving Graphische Sammlung, ETH Zürich |
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| Cornelis Cort after Antoine Lafréry Statue of Antique Warrior with Dead Child 1574 engraving Herzog August Bibliothek, Wulfenbüttel |
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| Pontormo (Jacopo Carrucci) Sibyl ca. 1540 drawing Harvard Art Museums |
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| Lucas van Leyden Fall of Man 1529 engraving Graphische Sammlung Albertina, Vienna |
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| Michele Tosini St John the Baptist ca. 1570 oil on panel Saint Louis Art Museum |
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| Lambert Zutman St John the Evangelist 1545 engraving Graphische Sammlung, ETH Zürich |
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| Adamo Scultori after Giulio Romano Musical Faun and Nymph before 1585 engraving Graphische Sammlung, ETH Zürich |
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| Antonio Campi Design for Architectural Ornaments ca. 1570 drawing Graphische Sammlung Albertina, Vienna |
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| attributed to Girolamo Siciolante Holy Family ca. 1544 oil on panel Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest |
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| Luis de Morales Ecce Homo before 1586 oil on panel Detroit Institute of Arts |
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| Hans Hoffmann Expulsion from Paradise ca. 1580-90 oil on panel Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna |
Chorus of Persian Elders: How it pains me to hear of these many sufferings, present and still to come, of the people of the East!
Queen: O god, how many dire sorrows are coming upon me! But the misfortune that stings me most of all is to hear of the dishonourable state of the garments that clothe my son's body. I am going now, and I will take proper attire from the palace and try to meet my son. We will not fail those who are dearest to us when they are in trouble.
[Exit.]
Chorus: O popoi! What a great and good life we enjoyed
in our well-run city, when our old
never-failing, never-harming, invincible king,
godlike Darius, ruled the country!
– Aeschylus, from Persians (472 BC), translated by Alan H. Sommerstein (2008)