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Detail from Piero della Francesca's "Virgin and Child Enthroned with Four Angels"

Dear March - Come in Caro Marzo - Entra How glad I am Come sono felice I hoped for you before Ti aspettavo da tanto Put down your Hat Posa il tuo Cappello You must have walked Devi aver camminato How out of Breath you are Come sei Affannato Dear March, how are you, and the Rest Caro Marzo, come stai tu, e gli Altri Did you leave Nature well Hai lasciato bene la Natura Oh March, Come right up the stairs with me Oh Marzo, Vieni di sopra con me I have so much to tell.. Ho così tanto da…

Philippe Lasalle, Portrait of Catherine II of Russia, c.1771 103 cm x 73 cm Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg The verse embroidered along the bottom reads: "DU NIL AU BOSPHORE. L'OTTOMAN FREMIT. SON PEUPLE L'ADORE. LA TERRE APPLAUDIT" (From the Nile to the Bosphorus the Ottoman trembles: Her people adore her, the world applauds.) This portrait in silk of Catherine the Great, dating from 1771 and now in the Hermitage, represents a virtuoso technical feat: it is neither an embroidery nor a…