incidental depictions of guitar ancestors and relatives in various media, plucked from my environment.
Angel with Lute Rosso Fiorentino (Christmas card, 2000)
David Forsees the Coming of Christ Limbourg brothers, early 15th century (Très Riches Heures de Jean, Duc de Berry)
Elizabeth I of England (saved on my computer from some stop or other in my web travels)
Silent Night Marlene Moore (Christmas card, 1993)
Songs of the Angels Bouguereau (Christmas card from my Washington Post carrier, 2001)
The Vocation of San Luigi Gonzaga (detail) Guercino, 1650 (Metropolitan Museum of Art Birthday Book)
The Coronation of the Virgin embroidery (detail) Florence, Italy, early 15th century (Textiles in Daily Life in the Middle Ages by Rebecca Martin)
Celestial Musician, relief (detail) China, c.5th century (Dawn of the Middle Ages by Michael Grant)
Commemorative Poster Tours, France, 1985 (A freebie collected when I lived in Tours 1985-86, now gracing my living room wall. Pierre de Ronsard was a Renaissance poet. The building in the background is the Priory of St. Côme, where Ronsard is buried and which was a 5-minute walk from the dingy apartment complex where I lived.)
La Luna / The Moon Tarot Card, 1980 (Renaissance Tarot Deck by Brian Williams)
