 |
| Giuseppe Alberti St Vigilius of Trent in Ecstasy (putti supporting a depiction of his martyrdom) 1673 oil on canvas Palazzo Pretorio, Trento |
 |
| Mattia Preti St Paul the Hermit ca. 1675 oil on canvas Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga, Lisbon |
 |
| Michel Corneille the Younger Martyrdom of St Andrew ca. 1680 watercolor Musée du Louvre |
 |
| Giovanni Domenico Cerrini (il Cavalier Perugino) St John the Baptist before 1681 oil on canvas private collection |
 |
| Giovanni Domenico Cerrini (il Cavalier Perugino) St John the Baptist before 1681 oil on panel Musei San Domenico, Chiesa di San Giacomo Apostolo, Forlì |
 |
| Antonio Molinari St John the Baptist before 1704 drawing Musée du Louvre |
 |
| Antonio Molinari St Sebastian tended by St Irene before 1704 drawing Musée du Louvre |
 |
| Federico Bencovich St Andrew with St Bartholomew, St Carlo Borromeo, St Lucy & St Apollonia ca. 1710-16 oil on canvas Église Notre Dame de Senonches |
 |
| Giovanni Francesco Bagnoli St Thomas of Villanova raising a Dead Child ca. 1710 oil on canvas (bozzetto for lunette fresco) private collection |
 |
| Biagio Puccini St Victorinus ca. 1715-20 oil on canvas Pinacoteca Tacchi Venturi, San Severino Marche |
 |
| Federico Bencovich St Francis Borgia ca. 1720 oil on canvas Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge |
 |
| Federico Bencovich St Francis Borgia ca. 1720 oil on canvas Musée Fabre, Montpellier |
 |
| Giovanni Battista Piazzetta St John the Baptist ca. 1740-50 oil on canvas Gemäldegalerie, Berlin |
 |
| Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini Beheading of St John the Baptist before 1741 drawing Musée du Louvre |
 |
| Gaetano Lapis Martyrdom of St Lawrence ca. 1745 oil on canvas Duomo di Jesi |
 |
| attributed to Joseph-Marie Vien St John the Baptist in the Desert ca. 1746 oil on paper (study for painting) Musée du Louvre |
Virtue at the Palace of Jove
So Virtue travels to Jove's palace, where
she means to complain of her treatment by
both men and gods. A month, she waits patiently,
while those inside teach cucumbers to flower
and paint the dusty wings of butterflies:
blue, sulfur, metalmark and nymphalid,
hairstreak, parnassian, their beauty ruined
at temperatures less than fifty degrees.
Virtue is flayed by wind and rain; the sun
beats on her; winter changes into spring.
Jove's hand is steadier, now, his brushwork improving.
He is afraid somehow he'll offend Fortune,
lose the imago, the white flower. Mercury
steps out a moment and sends Virtue away.
– Karl Kirchwey (2000)