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| Anonymous Bolognese Artist St Jerome instructed by an Angel 17th century oil on panel Alte Pinakothek, Munich |
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| Giacomo Cavedone Virgin and Child in Glory with St Sebastian, St Roch and Praying Monk ca. 1628-30 drawing (study for altarpiece) Musée du Louvre |
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| Antonio Tempesta Conversion of St Paul before 1630 drawing (modello for print) Musée du Louvre |
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| Giovanni Lanfranco Martyrdom of St John the Evangelist ca, 1638-44 drawing (study for painting) Musée du Louvre |
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| Cavaliere d'Arpino (Giuseppe Cesari) Study for the Stoning of St Stephen before 1640 drawing Musée du Louvre |
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| Eustache Le Sueur St Bruno Kneeling ca. 1645-48 drawing (study for fresco cycle, Life of St Bruno) Musée du Louvre |
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| Eustache Le Sueur St Bruno Standing ca. 1645-48 drawing (study for fresco cycle, Life of St Bruno) Musée du Louvre |
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| Anonymous Italian Artist Penitent Magdalen ca. 1650 oil on canvas Palazzo Buonaccorsi, Macerata |
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| Alessandro Vitali St Agatha in Prison before 1650 oil on canvas Galleria Nazionale delle Marche, Urbino |
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| Pierre Puget St Cecilia 1651 oil on canvas Musée des Beaux-Arts de Marseille |
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| Giovanni Francesco Guerrieri St Victor of Milan before 1656 oil on canvas Galleria Nazionale delle Marche, Urbino |
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| Agostino Bonisoli Penitent St Peter ca. 1660-1700 oil on canvas Museo Civico ala Ponzone, Cremona |
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| Guillaume Courtois (il Borgognone) Apotheosis of a Saint ca. 1660 drawing (study for fresco) Musée du Louvre |
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| Guillaume Courtois (il Borgognone) St Gregory ca. 1660 drawing (study for fresco) Musée du Louvre |
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| Claude Deruet St Charles Borromeo ministering to Plague Victims before 1660 drawing Musée du Louvre |
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| Vincenzo Spisanelli St Lucy before 1662 oil on canvas Pinacoteca Nazionale di Bologna |
Virtue Study
It was his first
Gingerly little chain-
Sawing, a ring too tight,
Which had been on
Since eighty-two,
The year he was born.
"It grows," he showed me,
"Like a tree," the finger
Around the constriction.
"Yes," I said, "look how much
You grew in eighteen years.
No wonder I can't
Twist it free." His eyes
Worked nervously,
Yet, his hands calm, it fell
Open in three seconds.
Just takes a spinning
Wheel in a crescent
To cut through
Shackles of gold.
This, I know, will
Be encouraging for him.
He'll remember it
Tonight. He'll be able
To refer to it
For the rest of his memory,
As a first, succinct and civil, his role
As the sunspot that nipped the glare,
A severance attained
With perfect sympathy.
– Sandra McPherson (2002)