Masterpiece Of The Day

Madame de Pompadour (c. 1758) by François Boucher (1703-1770)

There's nothing more soul-uplifting than contemplating this masterpiece while listening to an instrumental variation for recorder (flûte à bec) of John Dowland's most famous ayre "Flow My Tears" by the dutch composer Johan Jakob Van Eyck.

Masterpiece Of The Day

The Game of Chess (1555) by Sofinisba Anguissola (1532?-1625)