Baroque

Thomas Deacon - Peterborough Cathedral

walwyn Sun, 10/09/2011 - 20:36

White marble monument to Thomas Deacon (d1725) and wife.

Thomas Lucy and wife Alice - Charlecote, Warwickshire

walwyn Wed, 05/26/2010 - 20:53

Black and white Carrara marble monument to Thomas Lucy (d1640) and his wife Alice.

Tomb of Galileo Galilei - Santa Croce Florence

walwyn Sat, 10/27/2012 - 22:47

The tomb of Galileo Galilei (d1642) at Santa Croce in Florence was erected in 1737. It was designed by Giulio Foggini and contains a bust of Galileo Galilei (by Giovanni Battista Foggini), and figures representing Astronomy (by Vincenzo Foggini), and Geometry (by Girolamo Ticciati).

Warwick - Last Judgment after Michelangelo

walwyn Fri, 10/21/2011 - 20:13

This "Doom" painting in St Mary's Warwick, is copy (1678), by Richard Bird, of Michelangelo's Last Judgment in the Sistine Chapel. The left hand side of the work has been restored but the right hand side left unrestored at present.