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| Francesco Solimena Figures at the base of a Column ca. 1680-90 drawing British Museum |
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| Francesco Solimena Fall of Simon Magus (study for fresco) 1690 drawing Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| Francesco Solimena Pope Clement XI giving the Veil to his Niece (study for painting) ca. 1700-1720 drawing British Museum |
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| Francesco Solimena Prophetess Deborah ordering Barak to take arms against Sisera (study for painting) ca. 1728-33 drawing Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| Francesco Solimena Sketch of Cupids drawn by Dolphins before 1747 drawing Morgan Library, New York |
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| Francesco Solimena Figure-study of Seated Woman ca. 1725 drawing Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
Quondam was I in my lady's grace,
I think as well as now be you:
And when that you have trod the trace,
Then shall you know my words be true,
That quondam was I.
Quondam was I. She said, 'for ever'.
That 'ever' lasted but a short while,
A promise made not to dissever;
I thought she laughed, she did but smile.
Then quondam was I.
Quondam was I that full oft lay
In her arms with kisses many a one.
It is enough that I may say,
Though 'mong the moe now I be gone,
Yet quondam was I.
Quondam was I: she will you tell
That since the hour she was first born
She never loved none half so well
As you. But what though she had sworn,
Sure quondam was I.
– Sir Thomas Wyatt (ca. 1530)
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| Francesco Solimena Study of Kneeling Saint before 1747 drawing Morgan Library, New York |
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| Francesco Solimena Presentation of the Virgin ca. 1705 drawing British Museum |
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| Francesco Solimena Allegory of the Arts in Papal Rome (enthroned Pope at left with Campidoglio beyond) ca. 1700 drawing British Museum |
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| Francesco Solimena Figure with Sickle ca. 1720-30 drawing British Museum |
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| Francesco Solimena Allegorical Figure of Study before 1747 drawing Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| Francesco Solimena Figure chained to Rock before 1747 drawing National Gallery of Art, Washington DC |
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| Francesco Solimena Diana and Callisto before 1747 drawing British Museum |
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| Francesco Solimena Continence of Scipio before 1747 drawing Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| Francesco Solimena Jupiter with Eagle before 1747 drawing Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |