Finally found a facial surgeon who takes my insurance & can see me next week. None of the several others who take Medicare have any openings...
Got the 3 stitches in my right eyebrow removed today, making me look a little less scary. Prevailed on doc who did it to give me a quick...
I think they made the mold used for the plaque from a work of his, but doubt very much that he originated the image any more than he designed the...
I have 9 pieces signed by Michelini, all of them off of eBay & have seen others that were too pricey for me. I find it hard to believe that...
Think they all draw on the same primary source. Houdon, maybe?
Thought it might be Caritas/Charity, but that idea led nowhere.
Thank you for the kind wishes. I am being entertained by watching the change, almost hour by hour, in what color my face is & where. The...
Gorgeous - what a find!
Not sure whether this would qualify as 'dragon's breath'. Someone will know.
Looks like it is meant to be a laurel wreath, although the leaves are on the large side. That would indicate that she is Muse or a poet herself....
Maybe show us more of the clock & not only the marks in isolation. You will get better answers with the more info you provide. [ATTACH] The way...
This is the original: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euphorbos_plate https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/G_1860-0404-1
Hmm. She is not Beatrice Cenci & I can't see that she is Dante's Beatrice. It all depends on the kind of leaves in her wreath. Can you tell...
I was accorded the privilege of being taken down to the Met's vaults by a couple of curators from the department of European Sculpture &...
First, @Simona Buhus Sorry for hijacking your thread with my woes. Nothing was really accomplished at Monday followup visit except to learn that...
As komo said, helmet shell; cameo would have been cut in Italy & set elsewhere. As stracci noted, style of the lady is 20s/30s. This one is...
Had a reasonably comfortable lie-down, but wasn't able to sleep, mainly because I couldn't breathe through my nose. Seem to have stanched the...
Bronwen just got home from the ER (A&E for our Brit friends) a couple of hours ago after tripping on her way in to her local pharmacy, falling on...
I still keep thinking my ivory crushed velvet hip hugger bell bottoms will turn up in the back of a closet. Can't believe I got rid of them.
Think this is the Virgin Mary with the child Jesus, not a saint who died at the age of 12. If it said OPN I would think ora pro nobis (pray for...
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