Europe’s Physician
Europe’s Physician: the various life of Sir Theodore de Mayerne by Hugh Trevor-Roper New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2006 Here is a long overdue review of Hugh Trevor-Roper’s biography of...
View ArticleThe apotheosis of James I
I popped into Tate Britain in my lunchbreak yesterday to look at the Rubens sketch of the apotheosis of James I. Unfortunately the images are copyright so I can’t reproduce them, but you can get a good...
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… is saved for the nation, thanks to a last-minute top-up from the National Heritage Memorial Fund, Tate Members and The Art Fund. I’ve previously posted about it here, and while it’s only a small...
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