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| Paolo Veronese and workshop Baptism of Christ ca. 1580-88 oil on canvas Courtauld Gallery, London |
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| Anonymous Italian Artist working in Florence St Peter, St Paul and St Jerome ca. 1580-1600 oil on panel Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool |
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| El Greco Christ Blessing ca. 1600 oil on canvas Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh |
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| Alessandro Allori Virgin and Child with St Francis and St Lucy 1583 oil on canvas National Museum Cardiff, Wales |
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| Anonymous Flemish Artist Eliezer and Rebecca at the Well ca. 1580 oil on panel Temple Newsam House, Leeds |
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| Anonymous Spanish Artist Young Princess wearing Wreath of Pinks ca. 1580 oil on panel National Trust, Kingston Lacy, Dorset |
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| Federico Barocci St Dominic de Guzmán receiving the Rosary ca. 1588 oil on paper (grisaille sketch) Ashmolean Museum, Oxford |
from Hymn to the Virgin
The first Eve, mother of our fall,
E'er she bore any one, flew all.
Of her unkind gift might we have
Th' inheritance of a hasty grave,
Quick buried in the wanton tomb
Of one forbidden bit,
Had not a better fruit forbidden it,
Had not thy healthful womb
The world's new eastern window been
And given us heav'n again, in giving Him.
Thine was the rosy dawn that sprung the day
Which renders all the stars Eve stole away.
– Richard Crashaw (1648)
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| Anonymous Italian Artist working in Venice Virtue pursued by Vice ca. 1580-1600 oil on canvas Courtauld Gallery, London |
But Men Love Darkness rather than Light
The world's light shines, shine as it will,
The world will love its darkness still.
I doubt though when the world's in hell,
It will not love its darkness half so well.
– Richard Crashaw (1646)
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| Paolo Veronese and workshop Adoration of the Magi ca. 1580-88 oil on canvas Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna |
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| Paolo Veronese Virgin and Child with St Lucy, St Catherine and Two Nuns as Donors ca. 1580 oil on canvas Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna |
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| Scarsellino Holy Family with young St John the Baptist ca. 1590 oil on panel Ashmolean Museum, Oxford |
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| Jacopo Bassano Sacrifice of Noah ca. 1580 oil on canvas Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool |
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| attributed to Jacopo Bassano Daniel in the Lions' Den ca. 1580-90 oil on canvas National Trust, Ham House, London |
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| attributed to Giovanni Battista Crespi Rest on the Flight into Egypt ca. 1598-1600 oil on copper Ashmolean Museum, Oxford |