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The Genius of Carlo Marchiori
Pan Figure on Cabinet in Pompeian Style, Carlo Marchiori (Photo P.F. Sommerfeldt, 2012) By P. F. Sommerfeldt - Carlo Marchiori’s riotous imagination brings...
Bruegel’s Hunters in the Snow, 1565
Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Hunters in the Snow, 1565, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna (Photo in public domain) By Patrick Hunt - One of the most beautiful paintings...
Ancient Egyptian Tilapia Fish Story
Egyptian Tilapia Fish Bottle, el Amarna, glass, British Museum, 18th Dynasty, circa 1390-36 BCE (Photo in public domain) By Patrick Hunt - A “fish story”...
Medieval Heraldry as Visual Literacy
Queen Penthesilea in ‘L’Épître Othéa’, c. 1410, British Library Ms. Harley 4431 folio 103v (Photo Courtesy of British Library) By Patrick...
Rembrandt and the Rembrandthuis Museum, Amsterdam
Rembrandt’s self-portrait etching of himself as an oriental potentate with a kris, 1634 (Public Domain Image) By Patrick Hunt - Rembrandt van Rijn lived here...