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| Federico Barocci Madonna and Child crowned by an Angel ca. 1600-1610 drawing Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan |
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| Cristofano Allori Study of a Tree ca. 1610-20 drawing Los Angeles County Museum of Art |
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| Domenico Fetti David with the Head of Goliath ca. 1620 drawing Getty Museum, Los Angeles |
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| Giulio Parigi Design for Balustrade with Female Figures and Urns before 1635 drawing Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| Daniele Crespi Kneeling Woman in a Cloak (drapery study) before 1630 drawing Morgan Library, New York |
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| attributed to Gioacchino Assereto Saint holding a Book ca. 1640 drawing National Gallery of Art, Washington DC |
"Could life console me for the loss of art, was there in art a more profound reality, in which our true personality finds an expression that is not afforded it by the activities of life? Every great artist seems indeed so different from all the rest, and gives us so strongly that sensation of individuality for which we seek in vain in our every day existence."
– Marcel Proust, from La Prisonnière (1923), translated by C.K. Scott Moncrieff as The Captive (1929)
"Could life make up to me for the loss of art, or was there in art a deeper reality where our true personality finds an expression that the actions of life cannot give it? Each great artist seems so different from all the others, and gives us such a strong sense of individuality, which we seek in vain in everyday life!"
– Marcel Proust, from La Prisonnière (1923), translated by Carol Clark as The Prisoner (2002)
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| Anonymous Artist working in Florence Académie 17th century drawing British Museum |
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| Anonymous Artist working in Rome Académie 17th century drawing British Museum |
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| Anonymous Artist working in Rome Académie 17th century drawing British Museum |
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| Ottavio Vannini Seated Figure writing before 1644 drawing British Museum |
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| Ottavio Vannini Seated Figure writing before 1644 drawing Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille |
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| Astolfo Petrazzi Standing Figure placing a Scapular on a Kneeling Figure before 1653 drawing Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| Jacopo Confortini Half-length Figure of a Cleric before 1672 drawing Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| Domenico Maria Canuti Head of a Dominican Nun (study for The Ecstasy of St Dominic) 1673-75 drawing Art Institute of Chicago |
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| Giovan Battista Beinaschi Seated Bearded Figure looking up before 1688 drawing Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| Ciro Ferri Flying Putto before 1689 drawing Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |