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| Denis Calvaert Rest on the Flight into Egypt ca. 1590-1600 oil on copper Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh |
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| Giuseppe Cesari Archangel Michael and Rebel Angels ca. 1592-93 oil on copper Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow |
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| Hans Rottenhammer Coronation of the Virgin 1595-96 oil on copper National Gallery, London |
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| Adam Elsheimer Baptism of Christ ca. 1599 oil on copper National Gallery, London |
A Lecture upon the Shadow
Stand still, and I will read to thee
A lecture, love, in love's philosophy.
These three hours that we have spent,
Walking here, two shadows went
Along with us, which we ourselves produced.
But, now the sun is just above our head,
We do those shadows tread,
And to brave clearness all things are reduced.
So whilst our infant loves did grow,
Disguises did, and shadows, flow
From us, and our cares; but now 'tis not so.
That love has not attained the high'st degree,
Which is still diligent lest others see.
Except our loves at this noon stay,
We shall new shadows make the other way.
As the first were made to blind
Others, these which come behind
Will work upon ourselves, and blind our eyes.
If our loves faint, and westwardly decline,
To me thou, falsely, thine,
And I to thee mine actions shall disguise.
The morning shadows wear away,
But these grow longer all the day;
But oh, love's day is short, if love decay.
Love is a growing, or full constant light,
And his first minute, after noon, is night.
– John Donne (1598)
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| Francesco Vanni Madonna and Child with St Cecilia and St Catherine of Siena ca. 1600-1610 oil on copper Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh |
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| Anonymous Dutch Artist Cain slaying Abel ca. 1600-1625 oil on copper Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool |
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| Guido Reni Coronation of the Virgin ca. 1607 oil on copper National Gallery, London |
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| Johann König after Adam Elsheimer Latona changing the Lycian Peasants into Frogs ca. 1610-13 oil on copper Courtauld Gallery, London |
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| Alessandro Turchi Massacre of the Innocents ca. 1610-15 oil on copper Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna |
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| attributed to Hendrick van Steenwyck the Younger A Bagnio before 1649 oil on copper National Trust, Petworth House, Sussex |
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| Michiel Sweerts Portrait of a Man ca. 1650 oil on copper Wallace Collection, London |
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| Francesco Solimena Education of the Virgin ca. 1680 oil on copper Bristol Museum and Art Gallery |
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| Arnold Houbraken Susanna and the Elders ca. 1690 oil on copper Manchester Art Gallery |
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| Willem van Mieris Bacchanalian Scene ca. 1700-1710 oil on copper Wallace Collection, London |
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| Giuseppe Maria Crespi The Virgin with Instruments of the Passion ca. 1730 oil on copper Courtauld Gallery, London |