Song of Courtly Love ‘O Rosa Bella’
Well, two for one here. Settings of the same song of courtly love.
Month: August 2022
Study of an Old Bearded Man Wearing A Cap by Jan Lievens, c.1629
Why Jan Lievens should be so much less well-known than his almost exact contemporary Rembrandt (who was one year older) escapes me.
The Enchanted Castle by Claude Lorrain c.1664
The canvas was originally known as ‘Landscape with Psyche outside the Palace of Cupid’
Paintings by Ross Loveday which form the covers for ‘The Matter with Things’
Paintings I am fortunate enough to own, and which formed, with the artist’s permission, the basis for the covers of The Matter with Things, Vols 1 &…