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| Antonio Begarelli Angel from Altar Group of the Crucifixion ca. 1534 marble Bode Museum, Berlin |
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| Giovanni Battista Caccini St John the Baptist ca. 1595-1600 marble Certosa di San Martino, Naples |
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| Francesco Camilliani Melchizedek ca. 1570 marble Basilica della Santissima Annunziata, Florence |
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| Andrea Ferrucci Angel (detail) ca. 1515 marble Chiesa di San Salvatore di Ognissanti, Florence |
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| Andrea Ferrucci St Andrew 1512 marble Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore, Florence |
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| Giambologna and Giovanni Vincenzo Casali Solomon ca. 1573-75 marble Basilica della Santissima Annunziata, Florence |
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| Pierino da Vinci (nephew of Leonardo) Samson vanquishing Philistine ca. 1550 marble Palazzo Vecchio, Florence |
On that dear Frame the Years had worn
Yet precious as the House
In which We first experienced Light
The Witnessing, to Us –
Precious! It was conceiveless fair
As Hands the Grave had grimed
Should softly place within our own
Denying that they died.
– Emily Dickinson (1865)
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| Pierino da Vinci (nephew of Leonardo) Samson vanquishing Philistine (detail) ca. 1550 marble Palazzo Vecchio, Florence |
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| Lorenzetto (Lorenzo Lotti) after a drawing by Raphael Jonah (with head copied from the antique Farnese Antinoüs) 1520 marble Basilica di Santa Maria del Popolo, Rome |
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| Jacopo Sansovino Virgin and Child ca. 1510 marble relief Museo Horne, Florence |
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| Jacopo Sansovino Virgin and Child with Angels ca. 1530 marble relief Galleria Giorgio Franchetti alla Ca' d'Oro, Venice |
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| Giovanni Angelo Montorsoli Moses ca. 1540 marble Basilica della Santissima Annunziata, Florence |
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| Giovanni Angelo Montorsoli St Paul ca. 1540 marble Basilica della Santissima Annunziata, Florence |
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| Danese Cattaneo Christ the Redeemer 1565 marble Basilica di Sant' Anastasia, Verona |
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| attributed to Giacomo del Duca Pietà ca. 1550-1600 marble relief Pinacoteca Civica di Ascoli Piceno |