Rapier with sword belt. The rapier’s enamelled gold hilt has an animal’s head as a pommel and a dragon as a crossguard. The blade is signed Peter Munich. The belt’s plate features snakes and mollusc masks. Belonged to the chosen prince. Maybe was made for his wedding in 1634. [2681x3005]
"All Is Vanity" by the American illustrator Charles Allan Gilbert, made in 1892 CE. The drawing employs a double image (or visual pun) in which the scene of a woman admiring herself in a mirror of her vanity table, when viewed from a distance, appears to be a human skull [1600x2438]
Built on the site of a Roman temple to the water nymphs, Ninfa in Italy grew into a thriving medieval town of 150 houses. In 1382, it was sacked during the Papal Schism, and a malaria outbreak in the 17th century left it a ghost town. It's now a public garden with over 1300 plant species [1424x1908]