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| Pier Francesco Mola Two Angels in Flight ca. 1645-47 drawing Minneapolis Institute of Art |
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| attributed to Jacopo Ligozzi Olympian Gods and the Nine Muses early 17th century drawing Minneapolis Institute of Art |
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| attributed to Cristofano Allori Sketches of Trees early 17th century drawing Art Institute of Chicago |
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| Odoardo Fialetti after Jacopo Tintoretto St Sebastian early 17th century etching Philadelphia Museum of Art |
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| Giovanni Battista della Rovere St John the Evangelist early 17th century drawing Minneapolis Institute of Art |
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| attributed to Giovanni Battista della Rovere Bishop Saint exorcising the Devil early 17th century drawing Art Institute of Chicago |
The Old Man at the Wheel
Measured against the immeasurable
universe, no word you have spoken
brought light. Brought
light to what, as a child, you thought
too dark to be survived. By exorcism
you survived. By submission, then making.
You let all the parts of that thing you would
cut out of you enter your poem because
enacting there all its parts allowed you
the illusion you could cut it from your soul.
Dilemmas of choice given what cannot
change alone roused you to words.
As you grip the things that were young when
you were young, they crumble in your hand.
Now you must drive west, which in November
means driving directly into the sun.
– Frank Bidart (2007)
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| Domenico Peruzzini Lucius Brutus ca. 1663-65 drawing Minneapolis Institute of Art |
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| Claude Lorrain Study for Pilgrims at Emmaus ca. 1652 drawing Art Institute of Chicago |
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| Carlo Saraceni Centaur early 17th century drawing Minneapolis Institute of Art |
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| Sisto Badalocchio Adoration of the Magi before 1647 etching Art Institute of Chicago |
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| Sisto Badalocchio after Correggio St Hilary in Glory ca. 1610 etching Museum of Fine Arts, Boston |
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| Oliviero Gatti after Ludovico Carracci Duke of Mantua in Armour surrounded by Pagan Gods early 17th century engraving Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Oliviero Gatti Penitent St Jerome 1602 etching Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Oliviero Gatti Young Man presenting his Thesis to Cardinal Aldobrandini 1620 engraving Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (Achenbach Foundation) |