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| Albrecht Dürer Lancer on Horseback 1502 drawing Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest |
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| Raphael Study of Horse Sculpture ca. 1516 drawing Chatsworth House, Derbyshire |
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| Polidoro da Caravaggio Cavalry Battle ca. 1524-26 drawing Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario |
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| Francesco Salviati Cavalry Skirmish ca. 1530-40 drawing Art Institute of Chicago |
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| attributed to Baldassare Peruzzi Man on Horseback before 1536 drawing Royal Collection, Great Britain |
Che Fece . . . Il Gran Rifiuto
To certain people there comes a day
when they must say the great Yes or the great No.
He who has the Yes ready within him
reveals himself at once, and saying it he crosses over
to the path of honor and his own conviction.
He who refuses does not repent. Should he be asked again,
he would say No again. And yet that No –
the right No – crushes him for the rest of his life.
– C.P Cavafy (1901), translated by Rae Dalven (1961)
For some people the day comes
when they have to declare the great Yes
or the great No. It's clear at once who has the Yes
ready within him; and saying it,
he goes from honor to honor, strong in his conviction.
He who refuses does not repent. Asked again,
he'd still say no. Yet that no – the right no –
drags him down all his life.
– C.P Cavafy (1901), translated by Edmund Keeley (1975)
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| Parmigianino Head of Horse before 1540 drawing Royal Collection, Great Britain |
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| Battista Franco Flight of Cloelia ca. 1545-51 drawing Minneapolis Institute of Art |
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| Marcello Fogolino Man on Horseback before 1548 drawing Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| Taddeo Zuccaro Horses Fighting (after antique sarcophagus relief, Fall of Phaethon) ca. 1550 drawing British Museum |
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| Biagio Pupini Equestrian Battle Scene before 1551 drawing Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh |
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| Paolo Farinati Elijah and the Chariot of Fire ca. 1565 drawing Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh |
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| attributed to Giovanni Battista Castello (Il Bergamasco) Horatius Cocles on Horseback defending the Sublician Bridge against Lars Porsenna and the Etruscans ca. 1566-69 drawing Museo del Prado, Madrid |
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| Jacopo Bertoia Six Horses' Heads ca. 1570 drawing Royal Collection, Great Britain |
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| Antonio Campi Cavalry Battle ca. 1578 drawing Teylers Museum, Haarlem |
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| Anonymous Artist after Maarten van Heemskerck Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius 16th century drawing British Museum |