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| Willem Key Portrait of a Gentleman ca. 1560 oil on panel National Trust, Knole, Kent |
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| Jan Soens Holy Family with young St John the Baptist ca. 1560-70 oil on canvas Manchester Art Gallery |
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| Lambert Sustris Judith with the Head of Holofernes ca. 1560-70 oil on panel, transferred to canvas National Trust, Hatchlands, Surrey |
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| attributed to Steven van der Meulen Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester ca. 1560-65 oil on panel Wallace Collection, London |
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| Anonymous British Artist Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester ca. 1564 oil on panel National Trust, Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire |
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| Marcello Venusti The Annunciation ca. 1560-70 oil on panel Wellington Collection, Apsley House, London |
The Church Floor
Mark you the floor? that square and speckled stone,
Which looks so firm and strong,
Is patience:
And the other black and grave, wherewith each one
Is chequered all along
Humility:
The gentle rising, which on either hand
Leads to the choir above,
Is confidence:
But the sweet cement, which in one sure band
Ties the whole frame, is love
And charity.
Hither sometimes sin steals, and stains
The marble's neat and curious veins;
But all is cleansèd when the marble weeps.
Sometimes death, puffing at the door,
Blows all the dust about the floor;
But while he thinks to spoil the room, he sweeps.
Blest be the architect, whose art
Could build so strong a weak heart.
– George Herbert (1633)
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| Pompeo Cesura Holy Family ca. 1560-70 oil on panel Wallace Collection, London |
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| Pieter Brueghel the Elder The Adoration of the Kings 1564 oil on panel National Gallery, London |
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| Paolo Veronese St Sebastian ca. 1565 oil on canvas Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna |
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| Luis de Morales Christ at the Column ca. 1570-80 oil on panel National Trust, Kingston Lacy, Dorset |
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| Adrian Vanson George, 5th Lord Seton, aged 27, at the Marriage of Mary, Queen of Scots and the Dauphin ca. 1570-80 oil on panel (painted long after the event) Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh |
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| Jacopo Tintoretto Apollo crowning a Poet ca. 1570-80 oil on canvas National Trust, Kingston Lacy, Dorset |
The Quiddity
My God, a verse is not a crown,
No point of honour, or gay suit,
No hawk, or banquet, or renown,
Nor a good sword, nor yet a lute:
It cannot vault, or dance, or play;
It never was in France or Spain;
Nor can it entertain the day
With my great stable or demain:
It is no office, art, or news,
Nor the exchange, or busy hall;
But it is that which while I use
I am with thee, and most take all.
– George Herbert (1633)
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| Michele Tosini Charity ca. 1570 oil on panel National Gallery, London |
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| Federico Barocci Madonna del Gatto ca. 1575 oil on canvas National Gallery, London |
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| El Greco Disrobing of Christ 1577-78 oil on panel National Trust, Upton House, Warwickshire |