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Corneille de Lyon : "Portrait d'Anne de Montmorency, Connétable de France", 1533-1536. (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

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Giulio Romano - Jupiter Seducing Olympias (1526-28)

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Rimini; Georg Braun, 1572.

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E.E. Cummings, from Tulips & Chimneys originally published in 1923

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Lavinia Fontana (Italian, 1552 - 1614): Portrait of a lady, three-quarter length, dressed in a white and gold embroidered gown, holding a glove in one hand and a rose and a pink in the other (via Sotheby's)

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'The Drowning of Britomartis'. Tapestry. Design probably by Jean Cousin the Elder.

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Portrait of Henri Coiffier de Ruzé, Marquis de Cinq-Mars, Mignon of Louis XIII, Anonymous, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Narbonne

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Hans Holbein the Younger

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The vampire of Toledo Cathedral (or Cain's bite). Late 14th Century.

A rare representation of Cain and Abel's biblical story in which Cain kills Abel by biting him, instead of hitting him with a rock.

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Well done, my brave knight. Now... off with your head. THE GREEN KNIGHT (2021) dir. David Lowery

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1680-1685 Nicolas de Largillière - Portrait of Philippe Roettiers

(National Gallery of Ireland)

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dated 159[?]3 Jacopo Chimenti, called Jacopo da Empoli - Portrait of a gentleman, possibly of the Strozzi family

(Private collection via Christie’s)

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An unusual Georgian-era pendant with imagery associated with mourning, however the images are composed entirely of micro-calligraphy text recalling the dates of death, and biblical verses. Extremely rare. Images on both sides. The case is gold filled.

(eriebasin.com)

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Lavinia Fontana, 1552-1614

Judith with the head of Holofernes, 1600, oil on canvasn 130x110 cm

Davia Bargellini Museum

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4th quarter of 17th century (1675-1700) Anonymous artist - Portrait of a man

(Musée Crozatier)

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Crown of Margaret of York, England, dated 1468

from The Aachen Cathedral Treasury

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Edmund Spenser - The Faerie Queene, Imprint: London: G. Routledge & Co., 1853