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| workshop of Paolo Veronese Fortitude and Abundance ca. 1560 oil on canvas Alte Pinakothek, Munich |
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| workshop of Paolo Veronese Justice and Prudence ca. 1560 oil on canvas Alte Pinakothek, Munich |
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| Hendrik Goltzius Companions of Cadmus pursued by the Dragon ca. 1590 drawing Hamburger Kunsthalle |
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| Hendrik Goltzius Cadmus slaying the Dragon ca. 1590 drawing Hamburger Kunsthalle |
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| François Perrier Colossal Roman Sculpture - Horse Tamer (one of a pair, Piazza del Quirinale, Rome) 1638 etching Hamburger Kunsthalle |
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| François Perrier Colossal Roman Sculpture - Horse Tamer (one of a pair, Piazza del Quirinale, Rome) 1638 etching Hamburger Kunsthalle |
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| Giovanni Battista Mercati Bear Hunt with Roman Emperor (relief panel on the Arch of Constantine, Rome) 1642 etching Hamburger Kunsthalle |
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| Giovanni Battista Mercati Hunting Scene (relief panel on the Arch of Constantine, Rome) 1642 etching Hamburger Kunsthalle |
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| Lorenzo Mattielli Arethusa and Alpheus 1719-24 limestone Huntington Library and Art Museum, San Marino, California |
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| Lorenzo Mattielli Orpheus and Eurydice 1719-24 limestone Huntington Library and Art Museum, San Marino, California |
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| Jean-Baptiste Pigalle Mercury 1748 marble Bode Museum, Berlin |
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| Jean-Baptiste Pigalle Venus 1748 marble Bode Museum, Berlin |
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| Jacob Müller Leda and the Swan 1765 lead Bode Museum, Berlin |
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| Jacob Müller Venus and Cupid 1765 lead Bode Museum, Berlin |
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| Johann Heinrich Tischbein the Elder Briseis taken from the Tent of Achilles 1773 oil on canvas Hamburger Kunsthalle |
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| Johann Heinrich Tischbein the Elder Achilles quarreling with Agamemnon 1776 oil on canvas Hamburger Kunsthalle |
from An Ending
You were doing sixty
when the hare broke
from the hedge, your instinct
from the hedge, your instinct
to swerve taking us
to the bank's edge, not over.
Such a pair we'd have made,
to the bank's edge, not over.
Such a pair we'd have made,
though, in the smashed Ford:
cameo-style forehead to waxwork
cameo-style forehead to waxwork
forehead, a slow trickle of liquid
from our mouths' corners, posthumous
bruises dappling our temples.
Tucked up in rumpled metal
as if in bed. There would have been
Tucked up in rumpled metal
as if in bed. There would have been
wreathes, orations.
Hands would have wrung.
– Caitríona O'Reilly, The Sea Cabinet (2006)