Herself and Offspring the Second visited several local museums this morning. She particularly liked this egg tempera-gold foil 15th century work, Adoration of the Shepherds, St John the Baptist, St Bartholemew (Master of the Osservanza). It's just fascinating that hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of years later, we can still see the details of the faces and the tiny white bird and buildings in the distance, as well as the intricate etchings into the thin sheet of gold. Remarkable.
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