sofonisba anguissola ... witty self-portraitist

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sofonisba_Anguissola

orazio and artemisia gentileschi, father and daughter, via the exemplary "spencer alley" blog

father ...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orazio_Gentileschi

http://spenceralley.blogspot.com/2019/03/orazio-gentileschi-1563-1639-paintings_94.html

http://spenceralley.blogspot.com/2019/03/orazio-gentileschi-1563-1639-paintings_17.html

http://spenceralley.blogspot.com/2019/03/orazio-gentileschi-1563-1639-paintings.html



daughter ...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemisia_Gentileschi

http://spenceralley.blogspot.com/2019/03/artemisia-gentileschi-1593-1654-rome.html

wanda ... it had never occured to me that the creator of such a silly book might be so beautiful and sensitive

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wanda_G%C3%A1g






































































































http://collections.mnhs.org/MNHistoryMagazine/articles/55/v55i01p002-015.pdf

more tenby panoramix ...

melencolia ....

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melancholia

durer,  melencolia 1, 1514

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melencolia_I

holbein, 1533

https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/hans-holbein-the-younger-the-ambassadors
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ambassadors_(Holbein)

sebald beham, 1539

https://www.christies.com/lotfinder/Lot/hans-sebald-beham-1500-1550-melencolia-bartsch-144-5755205-details.aspx

burton's anatomy of melancholy, 1621 onwards
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Anatomy_of_Melancholy

castiglione, 1647

castiglione, circe with the companions of odysseus transformed into animals, c.1650

salvator rosa, democrites, c.1662

http://perspective.smk.dk/en/salvator-rosas-democritus-and-diogenes-copenhagen

https://jhna.org/articles/was-hendrick-ter-brugghen-melancholic/

panoramix ... since the belated discovery that my samsung smartphone's camera can take panoramic views, i've been getting out early most mornings ...