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| Leonello Spada Denial of Peter ca. 1620 oil on canvas Galleria Nazionale di Parma |
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| Orazio Gentileschi Martha rebuking her sister Mary ca. 1620 oil on canvas Alte Pinakothek, Munich |
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| Anthony van Dyck Salvator Mundi ca. 1620 oil on canvas Bildgalerie von Sanssouci, Potsdam |
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| Gerrit van Honthorst Penitent Magdalen ca. 1625 oil on panel Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest |
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| Cornelis van Haarlem The Mirror of Time 1631 oil on panel National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa |
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| follower of Francesco Fracanzano Martyrdom of St Ignatius of Antioch ca. 1635-45 oil on canvas Galleria Borghese, Rome |
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| Pasquale Ottino (il Pasqualotto) Raising of Lazarus ca. 1615-20 oil on slate Galleria Borghese, Rome |
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| Eustache Le Sueur Sacrifice of Manoah ca. 1650 oil on canvas Musée des Augustins de Toulouse |
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| attributed to Jean-Baptiste de Champaigne Allegory of Peace ca. 1666-71 oil on canvas Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest |
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| Jacob Toorenvliet Allegory of Painting ca. 1675-79 oil on copper Leiden Collection, New York |
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| Magnus Rüber The Annunciation 1674 oil on copper Národní Galerie, Prague |
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| Giovanni Battista Benaschi Neptune and Nereids ca. 1675 oil on canvas Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia |
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| Gregorio Lazzarini Joseph interpreting Dreams in Prison ca. 1690-1710 oil on canvas Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest |
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| Marc Arcis Personification of Hope ca. 1700 terracotta (modello for façade statue, Montauban Cathedral) Musée des Augustins de Toulouse |
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| Felice Boselli Putti ca. 1704 oil on canvas Galleria Nazionale di Parma |
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| Matyáš Bernard Braun St Jude the Apostle 1712 carved linden wood Národní Galerie, Prague |
from Wasteful Gesture Only Not
Ruth visits her mother's grave in the California hills.
She knows her mother isn't there but the rectangle of grass
marks off the place where the memories are kept,
like a library book named Dorothy.
Some of the chapters might be: Dorothy:
Better Bird-Watcher Than Cook;
Dorothy, Wife and Atheist;
Passionate Recycler Dorothy, Here Lies But Not.
In the summer hills, where the tall tough grass
reminds you of persistence
and the endless wind
reminds you of persistence
and the endless wind
reminds you of indifference,
Ruth brings batches of white roses,
extravagant gesture not entirely wasteful
because as soon as she is gone she knows
the deer come out of the woods to eat them.
What was made for the eye
goes into the mouth,
thinks Ruth to herself as she drives away,
and in bed when she tries to remember her mother,
she drifts instead to the roses,
and when she thinks about the roses she
sees instead the deer chewing them –
– Tony Hoagland (2003)