This is so beautiful, I almost teared up. It’s part of the first page of Bellori’s biogr
This is so beautiful, I almost teared up. It’s part of the first page of Bellori’s biography of Caravaggio in his Vite de Pittore (1728). Look at its glorious browning pages, perfectly legible… Thank you, Getty Research Institute. -- source link
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