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William Romano

William Romano writes for the Illumination (Tezhip) department at Matchless Pieces, covering the history, makers and collecting of illumination (tezhip).

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Modo con que los antiguos Espanoles cazaban los toros a caballo en el campo (The Way in which the Ancient Spaniards Hunted Bulls on Horseback in the Open Country) — Francisco Goya

Modo con que los antiguos Espanoles cazaban los toros a caballo en el campo (The Way in which the Ancient Spaniards Hunted Bulls on Horseback in the Open Country)

October 13, 2026San Juan Capistrano Mission Border Design from the portfolio "Decorative Art of Spanish California" — American 20th Century

San Juan Capistrano Mission Border Design from the portfolio “Decorative Art of Spanish California”

October 13, 2026Plate 2: Jemez Book of Baptisms: From Portfolio "Spanish Colonial Designs of New Mexico" — American 20th Century

Plate 2: Jemez Book of Baptisms: From Portfolio “Spanish Colonial Designs of New Mexico”

October 13, 2026Liseuse (The Reader) — Georges Daniel de Monfreid

Liseuse (The Reader)

October 13, 2026Plate 47: Crosses of Tin: From Portfolio "Spanish Colonial Designs of New Mexico" — American 20th Century

Plate 47: Crosses of Tin: From Portfolio “Spanish Colonial Designs of New Mexico”

October 13, 2026Origen de los arpones o banderillas (Origin of the Harpoons or Banderillas) — Francisco Goya

Origen de los arpones o banderillas (Origin of the Harpoons or Banderillas)

October 13, 2026Michel Ange modelant l'esclave (Michelangelo Sculpting "The Slave") — Auguste Rodin

Michel Ange modelant l’esclave (Michelangelo Sculpting “The Slave”)

October 13, 2026Santa Barbara Mission Doorway Design from the portfolio "Decorative Art of Spanish California" — American 20th Century

Santa Barbara Mission Doorway Design from the portfolio “Decorative Art of Spanish California”

October 13, 2026Tête de femme, profil à droite (Head of a Woman in Profile to the Right) — Antonio de la Gandara

Tête de femme, profil à droite (Head of a Woman in Profile to the Right)

October 13, 2026Plate 32: Our Lady of Guadalupe": From Portfolio "Spanish Colonial Designs of New Mexico" — American 20th Century

Plate 32: Our Lady of Guadalupe”: From Portfolio “Spanish Colonial Designs of New Mexico”

October 13, 2026

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