Travels Near and Far

A visit to 1 West Mount Vernon Place, part of the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore, had a library sprinkled with guides of far away places. I took interest in this because I spent my last college semester studying in Siena, Italy. I recognize the cathedral and tower, but not the flying cherubs.

Walters In Baltimore

The Walters Art Museum in Baltimore offered this wonderful "A Roman Emperor: AD 41" by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema. I've added a detail here, all brilliantly wrought in clear brush strokes, beautiful blocking and luminous light. Always a treat to see what stood for beauty in centuries past.