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Pietro Testa (1612–1650) was a celebrated painter and etcher in Rome in the second quarter of the 17th century. The National Gallery of Art has a

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"Murillo: Picturing the Prodigal Son" is a major exhibition on view at The Meadows Museum at SMU now through June 12.

The Foundation for the a href= http://www.readingpublicmuseum.org target= _blank Reading Public Museum /a announced the opening of A Powerful Pant

Title Regno di Persia con le notitie delle Provincie Antiche, che più probabilmente corrispondono alle Divisioni moderne d'esso Regno.   1679 (dated)         1 : 6500000 Description This is a rare 1682 Cantelli da Vignola map of the Kingdom of Persia, incorporating modern day Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan and Uzbekistan. The map is unusual in its depiction of an eastern border to the Persian empire, here bordering the Mogul Empire. The map overall is notable for Cantelli's attempt to reconcile conflicting classical information of what was an essentially unfamiliar region, with what w...