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Nicolò dell'Abate Group of Figures ca. 1555 drawing Musée du Louvre |
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Anonymous French Artist Group of Five Figures 17th century drawing Biblioteca Reale, Turin |
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Anonymous Photographer Group of Athletes ca. 1880 tintype Rhode Island School of Design, Providence |
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Giuseppe Bernardino Bison Bacchus with Group of Followers ca. 1795 drawing Courtauld Gallery, London |
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attributed to Giulio Campi Group of Figures with Bound Prisoners ca. 1550 drawing Morgan Library, New York |
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François Girardon and Thomas Regnaudin Apollo attended by the Muses ca. 1666-74 marble statue group Château de Versailles |
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Jacopo di Giovanni di Francesco (Jacone) Group of Figures ca. 1520-30 drawing Gabinetto dei Disegni e delle Stampe, Gallerie degli Uffizi, Florence |
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Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Sketch of Seated Group 1910 drawing Kupferstichkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin |
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Master FP Group at an Altar ca. 1530-50 etching Hamburger Kunsthalle |
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François Perrier Niobids (ancient Roman sculpture group in Florence) 1638 etching Hamburger Kunsthalle |
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Carlo Raimondi after Correggio Group of Apostles from the Cupola of Parma Cathedral 1841 watercolor (print study) Galleria Nazionale di Parma |
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P.C. Skovgaard Group of Girls Walking 1855 oil on canvas Ordrupgaard Art Museum, Copenhagen |
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Anton Maria Zanetti after Parmigianino Group of Figures ca. 1725 chiaroscuro woodcut Hamburger Kunsthalle |
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Anthony van Dyck Family Group ca. 1634-35 oil on canvas Detroit Institute of Arts |
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Louis-André-Gabriel Bouchet Family Group 1812 oil on canvas Detroit Institute of Arts |
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Hans Bock the Elder The Farnese Bull (ancient Roman sculpture group in Naples) 1583 drawing Kupferstichkabinett, Kunstmuseum Basel |
from Comparative Mythography
Each day brings less, now,
to believe. Knowledge means
not that it is true, but that it works:
the elimination of air in a jar
makes smoke trickle downwards,
boils cool water,
boils cool water,
silences the tongues of bells.
It takes the strength of sixteen horses
to part a pair of bronze hemispheres
with nothing between them,
with nothing between them,
thus proving that nothing exists.
– Caitríona O'Reilly, Geis (2015)