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| attirbutetd to Jan Asselijn Artist sketching 17th century drawing Morgan Library, New York |
He who cannot draw has no worth:
Where there is no grace, there is no beauty;
Where there is no salt, there is no taste.
But with drawing, he has grace and beauty,
Decorum, grandeur, conceits, and art,
Such that he is the means by which we scale great heights,
Everyone [should] make his drawings on paper,
So that painting succeeds all the better,
And measure now the whole, now each part.
Chi Disegno non hà, non hà valore;
Dove gratia non è, non è bellezza;
E dove non è sal, non è sapore.
Ma col Disegno s'hà gratia, e vaghezza,
Decoro, maestà, concetti, ed arte,
Ch'egli ci è scala ad ogni grand'altezza.
Faccia ciascun gli suoi dissegni in carte,
Che meglio riesce la Pittura,
E misuri hor'il tutto, hora la parte.
– from a poem of 1605 by painter Federico Zuccaro (1541-1609) called The Lament of Painting (Il lamento della Pittura) reprinted in Julian Brooks's book about the Zuccaro brothers in late-Renaissance Rome published by the Getty Museum in 2007
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| Claude Lorrain Two men tending an ox 17th century drawing Morgan Library, New York |
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| Jacob Koninck Farm scene with hay barn 17th century drawing Morgan Library, New York |
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| Remigio Cantagallina Lock in Tuscany 17th century drawing Morgan Library, New York |
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| Francesco Allegrini Figures before a pyramid 17th century drawing Morgan Library, New York |
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| Anonymous French artist Architectural sculpture court 17th century drawing Morgan Library, New York |
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| Alessandro Magnasco Peep Show 17th century drawing Morgan Library, New York |
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| Anthonie Waterloo Woodland scene with hunter 17th century drawing Morgan Library, New York |
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| Anthonie Waterloo Wooded river landscape 17th century watercolor Morgan Library, New York |
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| Abraham Rutgers Road by a canal 17th century drawing Morgan Library, New York |
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| Francesco Montelatici St John the Baptist 17th century drawing Morgan Library, New York |
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| Francesco Montelatici Standing youth 17th century drawing Morgan Library, New York |
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| Francesco Montelatici Man carrying candelabra and frightened by dog 17th century drawing Morgan Library, New York |