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| Hugo van der Goes Adoration of the Magi (Monforte Altarpiece) ca. 1470 oil on panel (cut-down central panel of triptych) Gemäldegalerie, Berlin |
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| Hugo van der Goes The Crucifixion ca. 1470 oil on panel Museo Correr, Venice |
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| Quentin Metsys and workshop Virgin of Sorrows ca. 1510 oil on panel (fragment of altarpiece) Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga, Lisbon |
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| Quentin Metsys The Crucifixion ca. 1515 oil on panel National Gallery, London |
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| Quentin Metsys The Crucifixion (detail) ca. 1515 oil on panel National Gallery, London |
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| Quentin Metsys Triptych of the Life of St Anne ca. 1509 oil on panel Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts, Brussels |
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| Quentin Metsys Virgin and Child enthroned with Angels ca. 1506-1509 oil on panel National Gallery, London |
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| Jan de Beer and workshop Triptych of the Virgin and Child enthroned with Saints ca. 1515-20 oil on panel National Gallery, London |
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| Master of 1518 Dieleghem Abbey Triptych (Raising of Lazarus - Feast of Simon the Pharisee - Assumption of Mary Magdalen) ca. 1510-25 oil on panel Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts, Brussels |
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| Master of 1518 Dieleghem Abbey Triptych (detail) ca. 1510-25 oil on panel Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts, Brussels |
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| Master of 1518 Dieleghem Abbey Triptych (detail) ca. 1510-25 oil on panel Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts, Brussels |
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| Master of 1518 Dieleghem Abbey Triptych (detail) ca. 1510-25 oil on panel Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts, Brussels |
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| Johannes Stradanus The Crucifixion (detail) 1569 oil on panel Basilica della Santissima Annunziata, Florence |
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| Johannes Stradanus The Crucifixion (detail) 1569 oil on panel Basilica della Santissima Annunziata, Florence |
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| Master of the Von Groote Adoration The Lamentation early 16th century oil on panel Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille |
from In The Park
Eventually, sometime around the middle of your life,
There's a moment when the first imagination begins to wane.
The future that had always seemed so limitless dissolves,
And the dreams that used to seem so real float up and fade.
The years accumulate; but they start to take on a mild,
Human tone beyond imagination, like the sound the heart makes
Pouring into the past its hymns of adoration and regret.
And then gradually the moments quicken into life,
Vibrant with possibility, sovereign, dense, serene;
And then the park is empty and the years are still.
– John Koethe (1984)