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| Bernard Picart Figure Study as Hercules 1723 drawing Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| attributed to Louis de Boullogne the Younger Figure Study for Baptism of Christ before 1733 drawing Art Institute of Chicago |
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| Sebastiano Ricci Reclining Figure, Foreshortened before 1734 drawing Royal Collection, Great Britain |
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| François Lemoyne Figure Study for Bacchus ca. 1730-40 drawing Minneapolis Institute of Art |
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| François Boucher Académie ca. 1750 drawing Art Institute of Chicago |
from The Four Zoas
The sun has left his blackness and has found a fresher morning,
And the mild moon rejoices in the clear and cloudless night,
And Man walks forth from midst of the fires: the evil is all consum'd.
His eyes behold the Angelic spheres arising night and day;
The stars consum'd like a lamp blown out, and in their stead, behold
The expanding eyes of Man behold the depths of wondrous worlds!
One Earth, one sea beneath; nor erring globes wander, but stars
Of fire rise up nightly from the ocean; and one sun
Each morning, like a new born man, issues with songs and joy
Calling the Plowman to his labour and the Shepherd to his rest.
– William Blake (1797-1807)
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| Domenico Corvi Académie ca. 1760-70 drawing Philadelphia Museum of Art |
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| attributed to Carle Vanloo Study for Christ on the Cross before 1765 drawing Art Institute of Chicago |
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| Jean Restout le jeune Seated Faun ca. 1753-59 drawing Museum of Fine Arts, Houston |
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| Giovanni Battista Cipriani Libation Figure before 1785 drawing British Museum |
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| Ignazio Enrico Hugford Académie before 1778 drawing British Museum |
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| Anonymous Artist Académie 18th century drawing National Galleries of Scotland |
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| Anonymous Artist working in Rome Ornamental Figures with Griffin 18th century drawing British Museum |
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| Anonymous French Artist Académie 18th century drawing Art Institute of Chicago |
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| Nicolas-Bernard Lépicié Académie before 1784 drawing Minneapolis Institute of Art |