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| Andrea Mantegna Roman Soldier seated on his Shield ca/ 1500 drawing Royal Collection, Great Britain |
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| workshop of Perino del Vaga Apollo driving the Chariot of the Sun ca. 1519-21 drawing Art Institute of Chicago |
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| Giulio Romano Apollo and Pan ca. 1535 drawing Royal Collection, Great Britain |
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| Baldassare Peruzzi Jupiter on a Plinth before 1536 drawing Royal Collection, Great Britain |
from A Poem for Painters
Our age bereft of nobility
How can our faces show it?
I look for love.
My lips stand out
dry and cracked with want
of it.
Oh it is well.
My poem shall show the need of it.
– John Wieners (1958)
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| attributed to Rosso Fiorentino Battle between Centaurs and Lapiths before 1540 drawing Royal Collection, Great Britain |
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| Rosso Fiorentino Mucius Scaevola thrusting his Hand into the Flame before 1540 drawing Royal Collection, Great Britain |
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| Anonymous artist after Polidoro da Caravaggio Camillus adding his Sword to the Tribute Money paid to the victorious Gauls under Brennus (copy of façade fresco) 16th century drawing Royal Collection, Great Britain |
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| Anonymous artist after Polidoro da Caravaggio One of the Hesperides (copy of façade fresco - detail) 16th century drawing Royal Collection, Great Britain |
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| Anonymous artist after Polidoro da Caravaggio Niobe and her Children (copy of façade fresco - detail) 16th century drawing Royal Collection, Great Britain |
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| Anonymous artist after Polidoro da Caravaggio Roman Soldiers arresting an Elderly Man (copy of façade fresco) 16th century drawing Royal Collection, Great Britain |
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| attributed to Agnolo Bronzino Narcissus and Nymphs before 1572 drawing Royal Collection, Great Britain |
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| Giovanni Ambrogio Figino Study of the Elder Son in the Laocoön sculpture group 1587-88 drawing Royal Collection, Great Britain |
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| Giovanni Ambrogio Figino Studies of two Antique Statues in Roman collections 1587-88 drawing Royal Collection, Great Britain |
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| Giovanni Ambrogio Figino Two studies of the Belvedere Torso at the Vatican 1587-88 drawing Royal Collection, Great Britain |