Glove from Palermo before 1220

Sarah Paxton Ball Dodson - 1887 The Morning Stars

Lavinia Fontana, Portrait of Bianca Degli

"This direct and intimate family portrait was painted by Lavinia Fontana in Rome at the very beginning of the 17th century. It is one of her finest portraits and one of the few works known from this period of her career. It shows Bianca degli Utili, wife of the nobleman Pierino Maselli, with six of her children, and provides an invaluable insight into the fashion of the time."