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Rylands Medieval Collection, Latin MS 53, f. 58v. Christianus Prolianus and Joachinus de Gigantibus (?), Astronomia (1478)
“Comparative view of the magnitudes of the Sun (a large disc of burnished gold), the Moon (silver), Mars (gold), Venus (gold), Mercury (gold) and Earth (pale). Framed in a green wreath of leaves and blue background.”
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The Virgin With the Angels (detail) by William Adolphe Bouguereau (1825-1905)
oil on canvas, c.1900
(Source: paintingses)
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Auguste Rodin, Deux femmes enlacées (Two Women Embracing). 1908. Pencil and watercolour on paper, 32 x 24 cm.
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Fra Angelico, Virgin Annunciate. 1450-1455. Gold leaf and tempera on wooden panel, 33.0 x 27.0 cm. (The second in an Annunciation pair)
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