 |
| Ary Johannes Lamme Paris Studio of Ary Scheffer 1851 oil on canvas Dordrechts Museum, Netherlands |
 |
| Arnoldo Tamburini In the Studio before 1887 oil on canvas Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC |
 |
| Lucien Pissarro Interior of the Studio 1887 oil on canvas Indianapolis Museum of Art |
 |
| Julian Ashton The Class Room 1893 etching National Gallery of Australia, Canberra |
 |
| Floris Arntzenius Studio Corner ca. 1895 oil on canvas Kunstmuseum, The Hague |
 |
| Leopold Seyffert In My Studio 1931 oil on canvas Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC |
 |
| Henry Lee McFee Corner of the Studio 1932 oil on canvas Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC |
 |
| Rudy Burckhardt Jackson Pollock's Studio 1950 gelatin silver print Archives of American Art, Washington DC |
 |
| Ellen Auerbach Fairfield and Anne Porter in Fairfield's Studio, Southampton, New York ca. 1952 gelatin silver print Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas |
 |
| John Koch My Studio ca. 1952 oil on canvas Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC |
-Studio-c1952-ORIG-oil-on-canvas-New-Britain-Museum-of-American-Art-Connecticut.jpeg) |
| Alan Wood-Thomas Studio ca. 1952 oil on canvas New Britain Museum of American Art, Connecticut |
 |
| Jan Coppens Giacometti's Studio in Paris 1964 gelatin silver print Kunstmuseum, The Hague |
 |
| David Vestal W. Eugene Smith 1965 gelatin silver print National Portrait Gallery, Washington DC |
 |
| Brett Whiteley Interior with Time Past 1976 oil on canvas National Gallery of Australia, Canberra |
 |
| Tristram Hillier Still Life in the Studio 1980 oil on board Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, California |
 |
| Robert Barnes Studio Interior 1993 oil on canvas Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney |
 |
| Larry Sultan West Valley Studio #3 1998 C-print Whitney Museum of American Art, New York |
The Emperor Hadrian (Publius Aelius Hadrianus) was born in AD 76 and ruled from 117 until his death in 138. He is supposed to have died with the following poem on his lips (rendered here by five successive translators) –
My little wandring sportful Soule,
Ghest, and companion of my body
– John Donne, 1611
My soul, my pleasant soul and witty,
The guest and consort of my body,
Into what place now all alone
Naked and sad wilt thou be gone?
No mirth, no wit, as heretofore,
Nor Jests wilt thou afford me more.
– Henry Vaughan, 1652
Poor little, pretty, fluttering thing,
Must we no longer live together?
And dost thou prune thy trembling Wing,
To take thy Flight thou know'st not whither?
Thy humorous Vein, thy pleasing Folly
Lyes all neglected, all forgot;
And pensive, wav'ring, melancholy,
Thou dread'st and hop'st thou know'st not what.
– Matthew Prior, 1709
Ah! gentle, fleeting, wav'ring sprite,
Friend and associate of this clay!
To what unknown region borne,
Wilt thou, now, wing thy distant flight?
No more, with wonted humour gay,
But pallid, cheerless, and forlorn.
– George Gordon, Lord Byron, 1806
Little soul so sleek and smiling
Flesh's guest and friend also
Where departing will you wander
Growing paler now and languid
And not joking as you used to?
– Stevie Smith, 1986