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| Marco Ferrari d'Agrate St Bartholomew (draped in his own flayed skin) 1562 marble Duomo di Milano |
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| attributed to Battista di Domenico Lorenzi Ornamental Figures and Cherubs supporting Pulpit ca. 1565 marble Chiesa di San Salvatore in Ognissanti, Florence |
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| Battista di Domenico Lorenzi and workshop Devotional Female Figures supporting Cantoria and Organ Loft 1565 marble Chiesa di San Salvatore in Ognissanti, Florence |
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| Anonymous Italian Artist Ecce Homo 16th century marble Museo di Casa Romei, Ferrara |
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| Anonymous Italian Artist (imitator of Donatello) Dead Christ with Angels ca. 1520-40 marble relief (rilievo schiacciato) Victoria & Albert Museum, London |
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| Andrea Ferrucci St John the Baptist ca. 1508-1510 marble Palazzo Lanfranchi, Matera |
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| Andrea Ferrucci St Catherine of Alexandria ca. 1515 marble Walters Art Museum, Baltimore |
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| Antonio Begarelli Angel from Altar Group of the Crucifixion ca. 1534 marble Bode Museum, Berlin |
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| Antonio Begarelli Angel from Altar Group of the Crucifixion ca. 1534 marble Bode Museum, Berlin |
from A Dialogue between Death and Youth
And must I pass out of this world
Indeed, and shall I so?
May no man me restrain a while,
But needs now must I go?
Why, then, farewell my life and lands,
Adieu my pleasures all!
Lo dreadful death doth us depart,
And me away doth call.
My cheerful days be worn away,
My pleasant time is past;
My youthful years are spent and gone,
My life it may not last.
And I (for lack of life and breath)
Whose like hath not been seen,
Shall straight consumed be to dust,
As I had never been.
– Anonymous (published 1564)
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| Baccio Bandinelli Three Prophets before 1560 marble relief Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore, Florence |
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| Lorenzetto (Lorenzo Lotti) and Raffaele da Montelupo Elijah ca. 1522-27 marble Basilica di Santa Maria del Popolo, Rome |
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| Giovanni Battista Caccini Christ the Redeemer ca. 1598 marble Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
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| Giovanni Battista Caccini and Pietro Bernini The Holy Trinity 1594 marble relief Basilica di Santa Trinità , Florence |
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| Giambologna Samson slaying a Philistine ca. 1562 marble Victoria & Albert Museum, London |
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| Benedetto Cervi Virgin and Child with St Elizabeth and young St John the Baptist ca. 1520-40 marble relief Getty Museum, Los Angeles |