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Oval Pendant Decorated with Schweifwerk, Surrounded by Smaller Motifs and Four Birds

Jacques Hurtu (French), publisher Pierre Firens I (Flemish), ca. 1614–19

Blackwork and engraving

Ludovico Cigoli, better known by his birthplace nickname Cigoli, was an Italian draftsman, painter, sculptor and architect of the late Mannerist and early Baroque periods.

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Dorma by Corpo-Mente (igorrr)

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Palazzo Te

‘Story of St. John the ‘Baptist,’ set of four portuguese paintings by Simão Rodrigues, c. 1590-1610. Exhibited at the National Museum of Ancient Art, Lisbon

From lef to right:

i) “Nascimento de São João Baptista” (The Birth of Saint John the Baptist);

ii) “São João Baptista perante Herodes Antipas e Herodíade” (Saint John the Baptist Before Herod Antipas and Herodias);

iii) “Prisão de São João Baptista” (The Imprisonment of Saint John the Baptist);