 |
| workshop of Andrea del Verrocchio Tobias and the Angel (detail) ca. 1470-75 tempera on panel National Gallery, London |
 |
| Piero della Francesca St Michael Archangel (detail) ca. 1470 tempera on panel National Gallery, London |
 |
| Vincenzo Foppa Adoration of the Magi (detail) ca. 1500 oil on panel National Gallery, London |
 |
| Sebastiano del Piombo Portrait of a Young Roman Woman (detail) ca. 1512 oil on panel Gemäldegalerie, Berlin |
 |
| Bernard van Orley The Virtue of Patience (detail) 1521 oil on panel Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts, Brussels |
 |
| attributed to Alessandro Allori Portrait of Francesco de' Medici (detail) ca. 1560 oil on panel Art Institute of Chicago |
 |
| Giambattista Moroni The Lawyer (detail) ca. 1570 oil on canvas National Gallery, London |
 |
| George Gower Portrait of Lady Philippa Coningsby (detail) 1578 oil on panel Indianapolis Museum of Art |
 |
| Jacopo Tintoretto Portrait of Doge Niccolò da Ponte (detail) ca. 1580 oil on canvas Palazzo Pretorio, Prato |
 |
| Orazio Gentileschi Young Woman playing a Violin - St Cecilia (detail) ca. 1612 oil on canvas Detroit Institute of Arts |
 |
| Cecco del Caravaggio The Resurrection (detail) ca. 1619-20 oil on canvas Art Institute of Chicago |
from Auspices
What future, though, in that simplicity?
If the observer alters what's observed,
Simple to see
The brilliant creatures may not long survive
Our scrutiny. And yet, what would be served
By aeons of extravagance to be
Merely alive,
Without the knowing eye, though its regard
Should bring to light what turns the world to stone?
Does the same hard
Attention that we boast of here abound,
Or has it been and gone among the starred
Immenseness – meaning we must fare alone,
Lost where we're found?
– Steven Edgar (2009)
 |
| Nicolas de Largillière Portrait of the Duchess of Beaufort (detail) ca. 1730 oil on canvas Musée Cognacq-Jay, Paris |
 |
| Pompeo Batoni Portrait of Edward Dering (detail) ca. 1758-59 oil on canvas Art Institute of Chicago |
 |
| Giandomenico Tiepolo A Philosopher (detail) ca. 1758-64 oil on canvas Art Institute of Chicago |
 |
| Thomas Lawrence Portrait of Mrs Jens Wolff (detail) ca. 1803-1815 oil on canvas Art Institute of Chicago |