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| Jan Baptist Xavery Nymph 1729 ivory Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Jan Baptist Xavery Satyr 1729 ivory Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Jan Baptist Xavery Johan Theodoor, Baron von Friesheim 1731 terracotta model for tomb effigy Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
"Neglected, she sat for entire mornings and afternoons upon the sofa, and life seemed to her like a little ditty whose last notes fade away even before it begins. With a taken-for-grantedness that left nothing to be desired, he abandoned her to her unfulfilled assumptions. To the extent that he was unassuming, she was anything but. She was longing for something. It took her many days to come to a realization on this account. Finally it dawned on her that she wished to become bad, she no longer wanted to be pure, good and lovely. Being bad would undoubtedly be far simpler, easier and more effortless that playing a solid, refined role. Being good regardless of the circumstances – oh, how difficult this was proving to be. And so she ran out of the house into the street. The wind whistled, plucking at the trees, rain slapped against her cheeks, lights were shimmering in the dark. She ran through the black of night and soon vanished into one of those bars that imply ugly assumptions about ladies who set foot in them. For propriety's sake, let me leave her for the time being and content myself with expressing the wish that she return from this outing or detour into the unsavory realm of the sickly in the best of health. And indeed this is just what came to pass a short time later. I see her, to my satisfaction – though to be sure she is still somewhat haggard and suffers from all sorts of memories flocking about like will-o-the-wisps – breathing sighs of relief as she sits in a confidence-inspiring garret room. A man who showed understanding for her errant ways and was at pains to cheer her took her pale hand gently in his and coaxed from her a weak smile with his attempts at courtesy. She found herself well looked after. Once more she became good. This was no doubt what the course of things allowed and required of her."
– from the episode As I was instructed by a book by Robert Walser, from the collection called Microscripts, originally composed in German during the 1920s, but unpublished until 1978 – translated by Susan Bernofsky and first published in English by New Directions in 2010
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| Sebastiano Cavina Anatomical Figure (écorché) 1734 bronze Hermitage, Saint Petersburg |
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| John Michael Rysbrack Victory, or, Fame 1760 terracotta model for monument Victoria & Albert Museum, London |
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| John Michael Rysbrack Thomas Wentworth, 3rd Earl of Strafford ca. 1740 terracotta model for portrait statue Victoria & Albert Museum, London |
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| Étienne-Simon Martin and Guillaume Martin Figures carrying baskets of sugar-cane 1740s painted bronze, silver Getty Museum, Los Angeles originally owned by Madame de Pompadour |
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| Friedrich Elias Meyer Personifications of Painting, Music & Sculpture from the Berlin Dessert Service 1771-72 porcelain Hermitage, Saint Petersburg |
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| Anonymous Italian sculptor Decorative Column or Pedestal before 1787 marble Hermitage, Saint Petersburg |
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| Clodion Model for Music and Poetry 1774 terracotta National Gallery of Art, Washington DC |
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| Clodion Infant Satyr with Owl after 1780 terracotta Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Clodion Nymph with Cupids 1780s terracotta Victoria & Albert Museum, London |
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| China Saucer with flower sprays ca. 1700-1725 porcelaing Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| workshop of Giovanni Battista Piranesi Vase composed of ancient and modern fragments late 18th century marble Hermitage, Saint Petersburg |