EditorialNetherlands / Holland: 'Still Life with Flowers'. Oil on panel painting by Hans Bollongier (fl. 1623-1672), 1639, featuring the tulip 'Semper Augustus', star bloom of the 'Tulipomania' phenomenon
EditorialItaly: Two of four giant telamones depicting the Moors defeated by Charles V in the 1535 conquest of Tunis, Porta Nuova (New Gate). The gate was originally built in the 15th century and rebuilt in 1584, but subsequently destroyed by fire in 1667 and rebui
EditorialItaly: Porta Nuova (New Gate), originally built in the 15th century and rebuilt in 1584, but subsequently destroyed by fire in 1667 and rebuilt again in 1669, Palermo, Sicily
EditorialA candle by Janie Korn depicts the embalming of William the Silent, Prince of Orange, after his assassination in 1584, which would have smelled?fresh, sweet and slightly medicinal. (Erik Tanner/The New York Times)