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Anonymous Flemish Artist Group of Three Caryatids ca. 1650 drawing Art Institute of Chicago |
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Giovanni Battista Carlone Studies for Angels as Caryatids in the Capella del Doge, Genoa before 1684 drawing Morgan Library, New York |
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Charles Le Brun Caryatid before 1690 drawing Victoria & Albert Museum |
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Charles Le Brun Caryatid (partial design for thesis print) ca. 1642 drawing Morgan Library, New York |
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Livio Mehus Two Herms as Caryatids ca. 1650-70 engraving Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
Disinterment of the Hermes
What forms divine in adamant fair –
Carven demigod and god,
And hero-marbles rivalling these,
Bide under Latium's sod,
Or lost in sediment and drift
Alluvial which the Grecian rivers sift.
To dig for these, O better far
Than raking arid sands
For gold more barren meetly theirs
Sterile, with brimming hands.
– Herman Melville (1891)
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Jan de Bisschop after Daniele da Volterra Caryatid flanking Aedicula 1671 etching British Museum |
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Jan de Bisschop after Daniele da Volterra Caryatid flanking Aedicula 1671 etching British Museum |
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attributed to Giovanni Lanfranco Figure of Satyr as Caryatid early 17th century drawing Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (Achenbach Foundation) |
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Richard Collin after Joachim von Sandrart Satyr as Caryatid 1676 engraving Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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Arent van Bolten Caryatid before 1633 drawing British Museum |
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Artus Quellinus Weeping Caryatid ca. 1650 terracotta Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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Artus Quellinus Captive Caryatid ca. 1650 terracotta Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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Hubert Quellinus after Artus Quellinus Weeping and Captive Caryatids ca. 1655-65 etching Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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Georg Petel after Peter Paul Rubens The Three Graces as Caryatid Group ca. 1621 gilt bronze statuette Museum of Fine Arts, Boston |