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| Cornelis Bloemaert after Abraham van Diepenbeeck Ethiopian King Memnon resting against a Sarcophagus at Sunrise ca. 1635-38 etching and engraving (book illustration) British Museum |
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| Cornelis Bloemaert after Giovanni Citosibio Guidi Restored Antique Statue of Gladiator from the Giustiniani Collection, Rome ca. 1636-47 engraving Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Cornelis Bloemaert after Joachim von Sandrart Restored Antique Statue of Hercules from the Giustiniani Collection, Rome ca. 1636-47 engraving Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Cornelis Bloemaert after Joachim von Sandrart Restored Antique Statue of Marsyas from the Giustiniani Collection, Rome ca. 1636-47 engraving Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Cornelis Bloemaert after Joachim von Sandrart Restored Antique Statue of Youth with Torch from the Giustiniani Collection, Rome ca. 1636-47 engraving Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Cornelis Bloemaert after Josse de Pape Restored Antique Statue of Military Commander from the Giustiniani Collection, Rome ca. 1636-47 engraving Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Cornelis Bloemaert after Reinier van Persijn Restored Antique Statue of Mercury from the Giustiniani Collection, Rome ca. 1636-47 engraving Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Leendert van der Cooghen after Salomon de Bray Study of Man and Boy ca. 1650-60 drawing Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Henricus Wilhelmus Couwenberg Académie 1836 engraving and etching Teylers Museum, Haarlem |
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| Jacob Ernst Marcus Académie 1804 drawing Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Woutherus Mol The Uffizi Wrestlers (study of a cast) ca. 1820 drawing Teylers Museum, Haarlem |
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| Woutherus Mol Académie ca. 1820 drawing Teylers Museum, Haarlem |
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| Jacob Smies Académie 1803 drawing Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Pieter de Josselin de Jong Académie 1879 drawing Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Pieter de Josselin de Jong Académie 1879 drawing Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
I Love The Statues In This Town
I love the statues in this town.
One figure is seated; another stands.
A horse tramples a serpent down.
One holds a book, another a hero's lance.
Women sit, minding children in their shade,
While pigeons forage around their feet for seed.
They, unlike human beings, hold
Their position,
a single pose for ever.
More and more statues. Humble, unpretentious,
Or full of self-importance, they prevail.
The thicket of stone people grows more dense.
One holds an apple; another holds a scroll;
And yet another holds a level . . .
I saunter
Among the statues, and guilt overwhelms me.
This one wrote something; this one was an inventor;
And this one, long ago, even founded a city!
– Yevgeny Vinokurov, translated by Daniel Weissbort (1974)