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| Domenico Tibaldi Pope Gregorius XIII assisted by Prudence 1572 engraving Royal Collection, Great Britain |
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| Agostino Carracci after Orazio Samacchini Charity, Justice, Truth and Peace 1580 engraving Yale University Art Gallery |
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| Girolamo Mazzola Bedoli Figures of Justice and Faith lamenting (design for Prati tomb, Parma Cathedral) before 1569 drawing Royal Collection, Great Britain |
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| Fabio Cristofani Two Allegorical Figures (study for cartoon celebrating the election of Pope Urban VIII) ca. 1623 drawing Royal Collection, Great Britain |
from Lunar Baedeker
A flock of dreams
browse on Necropolis
From the shores
of oval oceans
in the oxidized Orient
Onyx-eyed Odalisques
and ornithologists
observe
the flight
of Eros obsolete
And "Immortality"
mildews . . .
in the museums of the moon
"Nocturnal cyclops"
"Crystal concubine"
Pocked with personification
the fossil virgin of the skies
waxes and wanes
– Mina Loy (1923)
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| Palma il Giovane Allegory of Rome before 1628 etching National Galleries of Scotland |
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| attributed to Giovanni Francesco Romanelli Allegory of Peace (study for title-page) before 1662 drawing Royal Collection, Great Britain |
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| Stefano della Bella Allegorical Figure crowned with Laurel (design for title-page) before 1664 drawing Royal Collection, Great Britain |
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| Carlo Maratti Allegory in Honour of an unknown Roman Gentleman ca. 1675 drawing Royal Collection, Great Britain |
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| attributed to Pietro della Vecchia Allegorical Scene with Father Time in Flight before 1676 drawing Art Institute of Chicago |
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| after Francesco Albani Personification of Night (copy after fresco) 17th century drawing Royal Collection, Great Britain |
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| Domenico Piola Allegory of Nobility before 1703 drawing Morgan Library, New York |
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| Domenico Piola Woman offering a Thesis to the Personification of Liguria (study for engraving) ca. 1695 drawing Royal Collection, Great Britain |
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| Pietro de' Pietri Allegorical Composition with figures of Painting and Fame before 1716 drawing Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| Mauro Gandolfi Vignette with Allegorical figure of Astronomy ca. 1798 drawing Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| Andrea Appiani Personification of Temperance (study for fresco) 1808 drawing British Museum |