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| Anonymous Italian Artist St John the Baptist ca. 1650-1700 oil on canvas National Trust, Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire |
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| Francesco de Rosa Rebecca at the Well before 1656 oil on canvas National Trust, Penrhyn Castle, Wales |
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| Massimo Stanzione Salome with the Head of John the Baptist before 1656 oil on canvas Manchester Art Gallery |
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| attributed to Giovanni Francesco Guerrieri Lot and his Daughters before 1656 oil on canvas Manchester Art Gallery |
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| Carlo Maratti St James the Greater ca. 1661 oil on canvas Temple Newsam House, Leeds |
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| Andrea Vaccaro The Infant Christ with the Infant St John the Baptist before 1670 oil on canvas Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, County Durham |
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| Benedetto Gennari Portrait of Marie-Anne de La Tour d'Auvergne née Mancini, Duchesse de Bouillon posing as Cleopatra ca. 1672-73 oil on canvas National Portrait Gallery, London |
from The Birth-day
Here bounds the gaudy, gilded chair,
Bedecked with fringe and tassels gay;
The melancholy mourner there
Pursues her sad and painful way.
Here, guarded by a motley train,
The pampered Countess glares along;
There, wrung by poverty and pain,
Pale Misery mingles with the throng.
Here, as the blazoned chariot rolls,
And prancing horses scare the crowd,
Great names, adorning little souls,
Announce the empty, vain and proud.
Here four tall lackeys slow precede
A painted dame in rich array;
There, the sad, shivering child of need
Steals barefoot o'er the flinty way.
'Room, room! stand back!' they loudly cry,
The wretched poor are driven around;
On every side they scattered fly,
And shrink before the threatening sound.
Here, amidst jewels, feathers, flowers,
The senseless Duchess sits demure,
Heedless of all the anxious hours
The sons of modest worth endure.
All silvered and embroidered o'er,
She neither knows nor pities pain;
The beggar freezing at her door
She overlooks with nice disdain.
– Mary Robinson, known as 'Perdita' (ca. 1795)
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| Benedetto Gennari Portrait of Nathaniel Cholmley 1687 oil on canvas Ferens Art Gallery, Kingston-upon-Hull |
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| attributed to Bartolomeo Guidobono Penitent Magdalen ca. 1680-90 oil on canvas National Trust, Nostell Priory, Yorkshire |
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| Giovanni Bonati St Peter before 1681 oil on canvas McManus Gallery, Dundee, Scotland |
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| Luca Giordano Last Supper ca. 1685-95 oil on canvas (sketch) York City Art Gallery |
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| attributed to Giovanni Battista Benaschi Head of an Apostle before 1688 oil on canvas National Trust, Hatchlands, Surrey |
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| Gaetano Recco Men playing Dice ca. 1690 oil on canvas Abingdon Guildhall, Oxfordshire |
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| follower of Guido Reni Liberality and Modesty 17th century oil on canvas Chiswick House, London |
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| follower of Andrea Sacchi Baptism of Christ 17th century oil on canvas Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, County Durham |