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| Girolamo Campagna Minerva with Owl ca. 1600-1620 bronze statuette Hermitage, Saint Petersburg |
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| Ferdinando Tacca Apollo slaying Python ca. 1640-80 bronze statuette Hermitage, Saint Petersburg |
I died last week, last year.
I know these streets so well, these skies,
yet look about me with a stranger's eyes.
I bring a message from the wind and worms,
from darkness, dust, and stones;
I wear a shroud beneath this suit
but talk of trifles or am mute.
Many, many that I meet
greet me politely and I greet them, too;
but, once behind,
out of sight, out of mind.
I have no word of blame, no stick or stone,
because I died. The fault, the weakness,
was mine, of course. Mine alone.
– Charles Reznikoff (1894-1976) – from Inscriptions 1944-1956
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| Anonymous Italian sculptor Apollo 18th century bronze statuette Hermitage, Saint Petersburg |
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| after François Duquesnoy Bacchus ca. 1750 bronze statuette Hermitage, Saint Petersburg |
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| after Giambologna Allegory of Architecture ca. 1600-1650 bronze statuette Hermitage, Saint Petersburg |
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| Girolamo Campagna Adonis ca. 1600-1620 bronze statuette Hermitage, Saint Petersburg |
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| Girolamo Campagna Venus and Cupid ca. 1600-1620 bronze Hermitage, Saint Petersburg |
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| workshop of Giambologna Stork ca. 1600-1610 bronze statuette Hermitage, Saint Petersburg |
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| workshop of Giambologna Ostrich ca. 1600-1610 bronze statuette Hermitage, Saint Petersburg |
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| Antonio Susini Bull ca. 1580-1600 bronze statuette Hermitage, Saint Petersburg |
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| circle of Leone Leoni Mounted Warrior ca. 1530-50 bronze statuette Hermitage, Saint Petersburg |
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| Anonymous Italian sculptor Door-knocker ca. 1550-1600 braonce Hermitage, Saint Petersburg |
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| Anonymous Italian sculptor Door-knocker ca. 1550-1600 bronze Hermitage, Saint Petersburg |
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| Ferdinando Tacca Wrestlers ca. 1640-80 bronze statuette Hermitage, Saint Petersburg |