Anonymous Italian Artist Appliqué with Tritons and Dolphins ca. 1450-1500 gilt bronze National Gallery of Art, Washington DC |
Anonymous Italian Artist Beheading of St Paul 16th century bronze relief National Gallery of Art, Washington DC |
Anonymous Italian Artist Constantia (Ox and Lion) 16th century bronze plaquette National Gallery of Art, Washington DC |
Anonymous Italian Artist (Emilia) Portrait of a Woman ca. 1550-1600 bronze plaquette National Gallery of Art, Washington DC |
Anonymous Italian Artist (Ferrara) Portrait of a Woman ca. 1470-1500 bronze relief National Gallery of Art, Washington DC |
Anonymous Italian Artist Head of Youth 15th century bronze plaquette National Gallery of Art, Washington DC |
Anonymous Italian Artist Hercules and Antaeus 16th century bronze statuette with traces of gilding North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh |
Anonymous Italian Artist Hercules and the Nemean Lion 16th century bronze statuette Harvard Art Museums |
Anonymous Italian Artist (Mantua) A Triumph ca. 1600-1625 bronze medallion National Gallery of Art, Washington DC |
Anonymous Italian Artist (Padua) Door Knocker ca. 1475-1525 bronze National Gallery of Art, Washington DC |
Anonymous Italian Artist (Padua) Lamp 16th century bronze National Gallery of Art, Washington DC |
Anonymous Italian Artist Portrait of a Woman ca. 1550-1600 bronze plaquette National Gallery of Art, Washington DC |
Anonymous Italian Artist Portrait of a Woman ca. 1550 bronze plaquette National Gallery of Art, Washington DC |
Anonymous Italian Artist Portrait of Beatrice Roverella ca. 1540-50 bronze relief National Gallery of Art, Washington DC |
Anonymous Italian Artist Satyr 16th century bronze statuette North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh |
Anonymous Italian Artist (Venice) Head of Marcus Aurelius 16th century bronze Harvard Art Museums |
The Magi
Toward world's end, through the bare
beginnings of winter, they are traveling again.
How many winters have we seen it happen,
watched the same sign, come forward as they pass
cities sprung around this route their gold
engraved on the desert, and yet
held our peace, these
being the Wise, come to see at the accustomed hour
nothing changed: roofs, the barn
blazing in darkness, all they wish to see.
– Louise Glück (1975)