The Hague, MMW, 10 A 11, detail of fol. 320r (‘Souls ascending to Janus and Terminus, who are holding the world; souls descending to hell’). Augustine, La Cité de Dieu (Vol. I). Translation from the Latin by Raoul de Presles. Paris; c. 1475 (c.) c. 1478-1480
Breve trattato delle afflittioni d’Italia et del conflitto di Roma con pronosticatione (1525 - 1550)
Italy, personnified as a woman, is torn at the breasts, but is protected by the hand of the King of France
(vía moonsiren)
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Delle allvsioni, imprese, et emblemi del Sig. Principio Fabricii da Teramo sopra la vita, opere, et attioni di Gregorio XIII pontefice massimo (1588). [x]
> Engravings by Natale Bonifacio.](http://24.media.tumblr.com/2de69443aa92b6191eb98d7df5d167e8/tumblr_mmvwplImDa1qe866ho1_1280.jpg)
Delle allvsioni, imprese, et emblemi del Sig. Principio Fabricii da Teramo sopra la vita, opere, et attioni di Gregorio XIII pontefice massimo (1588). [x]
> Engravings by Natale Bonifacio.
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Joseph Zoller - ConCeptVs ChronographICVs De ConCepta saCra DeIpara (1712). [x]
> Engraving by J.C. Banawiz.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/e1f36ea7c329818e4752a6f2bcf03bea/tumblr_mo0n4qrG9n1qe866ho1_1280.jpg)
Joseph Zoller - ConCeptVs ChronographICVs De ConCepta saCra DeIpara (1712). [x]
> Engraving by J.C. Banawiz.
Athanasius Kircher - Obeliscus Pamphilius (1650).
Plaats François - Emblemata selectiora (1704).
Adrian d’Amboise - Devises royales (1621).
Pablo Picasso - Two Women at a Bar, 1902
Léon Spilliaert - Woman at the edge of the water (1910)
Alma Mater by Željko Tonšić via eclectix
[Flemish-born Italian Mannerist Sculptor, 1529-1608]
Hercules beating Centaur Nesso, 1599
marble
Loggia dei Lanzi.
Saint Lucia - After Francisco de Zurbarán.
