 |
| Bartholomeus Spranger Omphale with Lion Skin and Club and Hercules with Spindle ca. 1585 oil on copper Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna |
 |
| Filippo da Verona Ariadne on Naxos ca. 1510 oil on panel Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
 |
| Alexander Runciman Agrippina with the Ashes of Germanicus ca. 1770 etching Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh |
 |
| Bartholomeus Spranger Circe and Odysseus ca. 1580-85 oil on canvas Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna |
 |
| Michele Tosini Leda ca. 1565 oil on panel Galleria Borghese, Rome |
 |
| attributed to Jan van Scorel Dying Cleopatra ca. 1520 oil on panel Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
 |
| Giovanni della Robbia Judith with the Head of Holofernes ca. 1495 glazed terracotta Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest |
-c1562-drawing-Rhode-Island-School-of-Design-Providence.jpg) |
| Giovanni Battista Zelotti Costume Design for Sophonisba (staging of drama by Giangiorgio Trissino) ca. 1562 drawing Rhode Island School of Design, Providence |
 |
| Gregorio Pagani Esther before Ahasuerus ca. 1600 oil on canvas Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna |
 |
| Fabrizio Santafede Samson and Delilah ca. 1610 oil on canvas Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest |
 |
| attributed to Francesco Furini Artemisia with the Ashes of Mausolus ca. 1605-1610 oil on canvas Yale University Art Gallery |
 |
| Master of the Holy Blood Lucretia ca. 1510-20 oil on panel Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest |
 |
| Laurent Pécheux Berenice Sacrificing her Hair 1797 oil on canvas Galleria Sabauda, Turin |
 |
| Lucas van Leyden Jael and Sisera 1517 drawing Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam |
 |
| Dosso Dossi Dido ca. 1519 oil on canvas Palazzo Doria Pamphilj, Rome |
 |
| Alonso Berruguete Salome with the Head of John the Baptist ca. 1514 oil on panel Gallerie degli Uffizi, Florence |
from The Statues
Pythagoras planned it. Why did the people stare?
His numbers though they moved or seemed to move
In marble or in bronze, lacked character.
But boys and girls pale from the imagined love
His numbers though they moved or seemed to move
In marble or in bronze, lacked character.
But boys and girls pale from the imagined love
Of solitary beds knew what they were,
That passion could bring character enough;
And pressed at midnight in some public place
Live lips upon a plummet-measured face.
– W.B. Yeats (1939)
That passion could bring character enough;
And pressed at midnight in some public place
Live lips upon a plummet-measured face.
– W.B. Yeats (1939)