EditorialPainting attributed to Diego Rodriguez de Silva y Velazquez (1599-1660). Spanish Baroque painter. Head of a Young Woman, ca.1624. Lazaro Galdiano Museum. Madrid. Spain.
EditorialThe signs of the Zodiac from the mosaic floor of the cathedral of Otranto, southern Italy. January: a woman warms her hands; February: a woman prepares a roast piglet, a " porchetta". The cathedral was built in 1088, the mosaic floor was comp...
EditorialLa Vie et les Miracles de Notre Dame-Life and miracles of Our Lady, 1260-1270. French, parchment, 27,5 x 19 cm, 285 pages. The usurer and the beggar-woman: left,the usurer whose soul is snatched by the devil,while the beggar woman has a vision of St. M...
EditorialDonor woman from Esterri Aneu, second half of 12th century. Anonymous. Catalonia. Fresco transferred to canvas. From the Old Church of Sant Pere of Esterri Aneu, Catalonia. National Art Museum of Catalonia. Barcelona. Catalonia. Spain.
EditorialPortrait of a Woman (Marianna Panciatichi, marchesa Paolucci delle Roncole, 1835-1919, or her sister-in-law, Beatrice Ferrari-Corbelli di Reggio, contessa di Lucciano).