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| attributed to Pirro Ligorio Bacchic Procession among Trees before 1583 drawing Royal Collection, Great Britain |
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| attributed to Pirro Ligorio Scene from Roman History before 1583 drawing Royal Collection, Great Britain |
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| Lelio Orsi Apollo driving the Chariot of the Sun, with Aurora before 1587 drawing Royal Collection, Great Britain |
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| attributed to Lelio Orsi Jupiter destroying the Giants with his Thunderbolt before 1587 drawing Royal Collection, Great Britain |
from Sea-Heroes
Crash on crash of the sea,
straining to wreck men; sea-boards, continents,
raging against the world, furious,
stay at last, for against your fury
and your mad fight,
the line of heroes stands, godlike:
Akroneos, Oknolos, Elatreus,
helm-of-boat, loosener-of-helm, dweller-by-sea,
Nauteus, sea-man,
Prumneos, stern-of-ship,
Agchilalos, sea-girt,
Elatreus, oar-shaft:
lover-of-the-sea, lover-of-the-sea-ebb,
lover-of-the-swift-sea,
Ponteus, Proreus, Oöos:
Anabesneos, who breaks to anger
as a wave to froth:
Amphiolos, one caught between
wave-shock and wave-shock:
Eurualos, board sea-wrack,
like Ares, man's death,
and Naubolidos, best in shape,
of all first in size:
Phaekous, sea's thunderbolt –
ah, crash on crash of great names –
man-tamer, man's-help, perfect Laodamos:
and last the sons of great Alkinöos,
Laodamos, Halios, and god-like Clytomeos.
Of all nations, of all cities,
of all continents,
she is favoured above the rest,
for she gives men as great as the sea,
to battle against the elements and evil:
greater even than the sea,
they live beyond wrack and death of cities,
and each god-like name spoken
is as a shrine in a godless place.
– H.D. (1920)
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| attributed to Giovanni Battista Naldini Thetis receiving from Vulcan the Shield of Achilles before 1591 drawing Royal Collection, Great Britain |
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| Anonymous Italian Artist Satyr blowing a Conch, Roman Soldier seated on a Rock, and a Male Standing Nude 17th century drawing Morgan Library, New York |
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| Jacopo Ligozzi Three Roman Warriors and Three Other Men in Conversation before 1626 drawing Royal Collection, Great Britain |
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| Giovanni Francesco Romanelli Death of Dido ca. 1630-40 drawing Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| Cavaliere d'Arpino Hermaphroditus before 1640 drawing Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| attributed to Lazzaro Tavarone Roman Soldier and Maiden Betrothed before 1641 drawing Royal Collection, Great Britain |
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| Andrea Sacchi Allegory on the Foundation of Rome before 1661 drawing Royal Collection, Great Britain |
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| Stefano della Bella Three Standing Figures in Antique Costumes before 1664 drawing Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| attributed to Giulio Carpioni Realm of Hypnos before 1679 drawing Royal Collection, Great Britain |
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| Ludovico Gimignani Diana appearing to Aeneas and Achates before 1697 drawing Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |