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| Benedetto Brandimarti Sea Dragon before 1614 drawing Minneapolis Institute of Art |
"Thus he went on growing steadily colder, a tiny planet that offered a prophetic image of the greater, when gradually heat will withdraw from the earth, then life itself. Then the resurrection will have come to an end, for if, among future generations, the works of men are to shine, there must first of all be men. If certain kinds of animals hold out longer against the invading chill, when there are no longer any men, if we suppose Bergotte's fame to have lasted so long, suddenly it will be extinguished for all time. It will not be the last animals that will read him, for it is scarcely probable that, like the Apostles on the Day of Pentecost, they will be able to understand the speech of the various races of mankind without having learned it."
– Marcel Proust, from La Prisonnière (1923), translated by C.K. Scott Moncrieff as The Captive (1929)
"Thus he grew colder and colder, a little planet offering a foretaste of what the last days of the big one will be, when first warmth and then life recede from the Earth. Then there will be an end to resurrection, for however far into the world of future generations the works of men may cast their light, still they will need human beings to see them. Even if certain animal species stand up better than men to the encroaching cold, and even supposing Bergotte's glory to have survived for so long, at this moment it will suddenly be extinguished for ever. The last surviving animals will not read him, for it is hardly likely that, like the apostles at Pentecost, they will be able to understand the languages of the various human peoples without having learned them."
– Marcel Proust, from La Prisonnière (1923), translated by Carol Clark as The Prisoner (2002)
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| follower of Ludovico Carracci Satyr ca. 1580-1620 drawing British Museum |
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| Girolamo Macchietti Seated Youth before 1592 drawing Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| Matteo Pérez Flying Angel viewed from behind 1575-76 drawing British Museum |
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| attributed to Francesco Vanni Head of a Man with closed eyes before 1610 drawing Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| Francesco Vanni Study for St Michael casting out Lucifer ca. 1581-83 drawing Art Institute of Chicago |
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| Francesco Vanni Three Studies for Resurrected Christ adored by a Female Saint and San Silvestro Gozzalini 1607 drawing Art Institute of Chicago |
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| Francesco Vanni Two Ecclesiastics - Study for The Disputation on the Holy Sacrament ca. 1606-1610 drawing Art Institute of Chicago |
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| Giovanni de' Vecchi St John the Evangelist (study for fresco) 1598-99 drawing Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| Tanzio da Varallo Study for the Kneeling Virgin ca. 1625 drawing Getty Museum, Los Angeles |
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| Paolo Farinati Arena at Verona before 1606 drawing Morgan Library, New York |
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| attributed to Giovanni Guerra Design for a Wall Decoration with the Borghese Coat of Arms before 1618 drawing Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| workshop of Angelo Michele Colonna Design for Decorated Ceiling with Foreshortened Balustrade ca. 1650 drawing Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| Louis Finson Diana and Apollo slaying the Children of Niobe before 1617 drawing Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |