Contributing Writer
Leon Andersen
Leon Andersen writes for the Manuscripts & Rare Books department at Matchless Pieces, covering the history, makers and collecting of manuscripts & rare books.

Scene from Byron’s “Manfred”
October 5, 2026![Giovanni Paolo Lomazzo, 1538-1600, Milanese Painter and Theorist [obverse]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Annibale_Fontana%2C_Giovanni_Paolo_Lomazzo%2C_1538-1600%2C_Milanese_Painter_and_Theorist_%28obverse%29%2C_c._1560%2C_NGA_45119.jpg?width=480)
Giovanni Paolo Lomazzo, 1538-1600, Milanese Painter and Theorist [obverse]
October 5, 2026
A dog over a dead boar.
October 5, 2026Monkeys on a Rock Ledge
October 5, 2026
In the Sauna
October 5, 2026
N. Rosén von Rosenstein
October 5, 2026
Mlle Charlotte Berthier
October 5, 2026
Octavius Augustus Cæsar
October 5, 2026